http library

A composable, Future-based library for making HTTP requests.

Classes

BaseClient
The abstract base class for an HTTP client.
BaseRequest
The base class for HTTP requests.
BaseResponse
The base class for HTTP responses.
ByteStream
A stream of chunks of bytes representing a single piece of data.
Client
The interface for HTTP clients that take care of maintaining persistent connections across multiple requests to the same server.
ClosableStreamedResponse
MultipartFile
A file to be uploaded as part of a MultipartRequest.
MultipartRequest
A multipart/form-data request.
PartialTimeouts
Encapsulates timeouts for individual parts of a request's lifecycle.
Request
An HTTP request where the entire request body is known in advance.
RequestController
A RequestController manages the lifecycle of a request, or multiple requests.
Response
An HTTP response where the entire response body is known in advance.
StreamedRequest
An HTTP request where the request body is sent asynchronously after the connection has been established and the headers have been sent.
StreamedResponse
An HTTP response where the response body is received asynchronously after the headers have been received.

Enums

RequestLifecycleState
Represents the state of a request that is in progress.

Functions

delete(Uri url, {Map<String, String>? headers, Object? body, Encoding? encoding}) Future<Response>
Sends an HTTP DELETE request with the given headers to the given URL.
get(Uri url, {Map<String, String>? headers}) Future<Response>
Sends an HTTP GET request with the given headers to the given URL.
Sends an HTTP HEAD request with the given headers to the given URL.
patch(Uri url, {Map<String, String>? headers, Object? body, Encoding? encoding}) Future<Response>
Sends an HTTP PATCH request with the given headers and body to the given URL.
post(Uri url, {Map<String, String>? headers, Object? body, Encoding? encoding}) Future<Response>
Sends an HTTP POST request with the given headers and body to the given URL.
put(Uri url, {Map<String, String>? headers, Object? body, Encoding? encoding}) Future<Response>
Sends an HTTP PUT request with the given headers and body to the given URL.
read(Uri url, {Map<String, String>? headers}) Future<String>
Sends an HTTP GET request with the given headers to the given URL and returns a Future that completes to the body of the response as a String.
readBytes(Uri url, {Map<String, String>? headers}) Future<Uint8List>
Sends an HTTP GET request with the given headers to the given URL and returns a Future that completes to the body of the response as a list of bytes.
runWithClient<R>(R body(), Client clientFactory(), {ZoneSpecification? zoneSpecification}) → R
Runs body in its own Zone with the Client returned by clientFactory set as the default Client.

Exceptions / Errors

CancelledException
An exception caused by a request being cancelled programmatically.
ClientException
An exception caused by an error in a pkg/http client.