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Curl (gb.net.curl)

This class is the parent class of FtpClient, HttpClient and DictClient.

This class inherits Stream in gb.

This class is not creatable.

Static properties
DefaultProxy   Return or set default proxy of all newly created HttpClient objects.

Properties
Async   Returns or sets whether the FTP/HTTP request will be asynchronous.
BufferSize   Return or set the preferred receive buffer size, between 0 and 512 KB.
Debug   Return or set the debugging mode.
Downloaded   Return the number of bytes that have been downloaded.
ErrorText   Return the error string associated with the error code returned by the curl library.
Password   Returns or sets the password used for authorization.
Proxy   Returns a virtual object used for defining proxy parameters.
SSL   This virtual property allows to define the SSL properties of the CURL connection.
Status   Returns the status of the client.
TargetFile   Return or set the target file used for download operations.
Timeout   Returns or sets the client timeout in seconds.
TotalDownloaded   Returns the total number of bytes that are expected to be downloaded.
TotalUploaded   Returns the total number of bytes that are expected to be uploaded.
URL   Return or set the URL of the resource to download.
Uploaded   Return the number of bytes that have been uploaded.
User   Returns or sets the user used for authorisation.

Inherited properties
Blocking   Returns or sets if the stream is blocking.
ByteOrder   Returns or sets the byte order used to read or write binary data to the stream.
EndOfFile   This property signals whether the last use of LINE INPUT reached the end of file, instead of reading a full line with an end-of-line character.
EndOfLine   Return or set the newline separator used by this stream.
Eof   Return if a stream reached its end.
Handle   Returns the system file descriptor associated with this Stream.
IsTerm   Return if a stream is associated with a terminal.
Lines   Returns a virtual object that allows you to enumerate a stream line by line.
NoShare  
NullTerminatedString   Return or set if strings are null-terminated when they are serialized.
Tag   Returns or sets the tag associated with the stream.
Term   Return a virtual object that allows to manage the terminal associated with the stream.

Methods
Get   Retrieve a file from the server.
Peek   Returns the contents of the internal stream buffer.
Stop   Stop the current asynchronous request.

Inherited methods
Begin   Start to buffer data written to the stream, so that everything will be sent when the Send method is called.
Close   Closes the stream.
Drop   Drop the data that has been buffered since the last call to the Begin method.
ReadLine   Read a line of text from the stream, like the LINE INPUT instruction.
Send   Send all the data, in one shot, since the last call to Begin.
Watch   Start or stop watching the stream file descriptor for reading or writing, after it has been opened.

Events
Cancel   This event is raised when a request has been cancelled.
Connect   Raised when the connection is established.
Error   Raised when there was an error returned by the CURL library.
Finished   Raised when a command terminates correctly.
Progress   This event is raised periodically when something is downloaded or uploaded.
Read   Raised when there is some data received.