Body class

The body of a request or response.

This tracks whether the body has been read. It's separate from Message because the message may be changed with Message.copyWith, but each instance should share a notion of whether the body was read.

Creating Response Bodies

Text Body

Body.fromString('Hello, World!')

JSON Body

final data = {'name': 'Alice', 'age': 30};
Body.fromString(
  jsonEncode(data),
  mimeType: MimeType.json,
)

HTML Body

Body.fromString(
  '<html><body><h1>Welcome!</h1></body></html>',
  mimeType: MimeType.html,
)

Binary Data

final bytes = Uint8List.fromList([1, 2, 3, 4]);
Body.fromData(bytes)

Streaming Data

Stream<Uint8List> dataStream = getFileStream();
Body.fromDataStream(
  dataStream,
  contentLength: fileSize,
  mimeType: MimeType.octetStream,
)

Empty Body

Body.empty()

Reading Request Bodies

Important: The body can only be read once!

// Read as string
final text = await request.readAsString();

// Parse JSON
final data = jsonDecode(await request.readAsString());

// Read as stream
final stream = request.read();
await for (final chunk in stream) {
  // Process chunk
}

Constructors

Body.empty()
Creates an empty body.
factory
Body.fromData(Uint8List body, {Encoding? encoding, MimeType? mimeType})
Creates a body from a Uint8List.
factory
Body.fromDataStream(Stream<Uint8List> body, {Encoding? encoding, MimeType? mimeType = MimeType.octetStream, int? contentLength})
Creates a body from a Stream of Uint8List.
factory
Body.fromString(String body, {Encoding encoding = utf8, MimeType? mimeType})
Creates a body from a string.
factory

Properties

bodyType → BodyType?
Body type is a combination of mimeType and encoding.
final
contentLength → int?
The length of the stream returned by read, or null if that can't be determined efficiently.
final
hashCode → int
The hash code for this object.
no setterinherited
runtimeType → Type
A representation of the runtime type of the object.
no setterinherited

Methods

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic
Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.
inherited
read({int? maxLength}) → Stream<Uint8List>
Returns a Stream representing the body.
toString() → String
A string representation of this object.
inherited

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool
The equality operator.
inherited