openUrl method - HttpClient class - dart:io library (original) (raw)

openUrl abstract method

Future<HttpClientRequest> openUrl(

1. String method,
2. Uri url )

Opens an HTTP connection.

The HTTP method is specified in method and the URL to use inurl.

The Host header for the request will be set to the valueUri.host:Uri.port from url (if url.host is an IP address, it will still be used in the Host header). This can be overridden through theHttpClientRequest interface before the request is sent.

For additional information on the sequence of events during an HTTP transaction, and the objects returned by the futures, see the overall documentation for the class HttpClient.

Implementation

Future<HttpClientRequest> openUrl(String method, Uri url);