Class: Net::HTTPRequest
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| Class Chain: 
          self,
           HTTPGenericRequest | |
| Instance Chain: 
          self,
           HTTPGenericRequest,HTTPHeader | |
| Inherits: | Net::HTTPGenericRequest 
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| Defined in: | lib/net/http/request.rb | 
Overview
HTTP request class. This class wraps together the request header and the request path. You cannot use this class directly. Instead, you should use one of its subclasses: HTTP::Get, HTTP::Post, HTTP::Head.
Class Method Summary
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      .new(path, initheader = nil)  ⇒ HTTPRequest 
    
    constructor
    Creates an HTTPrequest object forpath.
HTTPGenericRequest - Inherited
Instance Attribute Summary
HTTPGenericRequest - Inherited
| #body, #body=, #body_exist?, #body_stream, #body_stream=, | |
| #decode_content | Automatically set to false if the user sets the Accept-Encoding header. | 
| #method, #path, #request_body_permitted?, #response_body_permitted?, #uri | |
HTTPHeader - Included
| #chunked? | Returns “true” if the “transfer-encoding” header is present and set to “chunked”. | 
| #connection_close?, #connection_keep_alive?, | |
| #content_length | Returns an Integer object which represents the  | 
| #content_length= | |
Instance Method Summary
HTTPGenericRequest - Inherited
| #encode_multipart_form_data, #flush_buffer, #inspect, #quote_string, #send_request_with_body, #send_request_with_body_data, #send_request_with_body_stream, #supply_default_content_type, | |
| #wait_for_continue | Waits up to the continue timeout for a response from the server provided we’re speaking  | 
| #write_header, | |
| #[]= | Don’t automatically decode response content-encoding if the user indicates they want to handle it. | 
| #exec | write. | 
| #set_body_internal | internal use only. | 
| #update_uri | internal use only. | 
HTTPHeader - Included
| #[] | Returns the header field corresponding to the case-insensitive key. | 
| #[]= | Sets the header field corresponding to the case-insensitive key. | 
| #add_field | 
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| #basic_auth | Set the Authorization: header for “Basic” authorization. | 
| #canonical_each | Alias for HTTPHeader#each_capitalized. | 
| #content_range | Returns a Range object which represents the value of the Content-Range: header field. | 
| #content_type | Returns a content type string such as “text/html”. | 
| #content_type= | Alias for HTTPHeader#set_content_type. | 
| #delete | Removes a header field, specified by case-insensitive key. | 
| #each | Alias for HTTPHeader#each_header. | 
| #each_capitalized | As for  | 
| #each_capitalized_name | Iterates through the header names in the header, passing capitalized header names to the code block. | 
| #each_header | Iterates through the header names and values, passing in the name and value to the code block supplied. | 
| #each_key | Alias for HTTPHeader#each_name. | 
| #each_name | Iterates through the header names in the header, passing each header name to the code block. | 
| #each_value | Iterates through header values, passing each value to the code block. | 
| #fetch | Returns the header field corresponding to the case-insensitive key. | 
| #form_data= | Alias for HTTPHeader#set_form_data. | 
| #get_fields | 
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| #initialize_http_header, | |
| #key? | true if  | 
| #main_type | Returns a content type string such as “text”. | 
| #proxy_basic_auth | Set Proxy-Authorization: header for “Basic” authorization. | 
| #range | Returns an Array of Range objects which represent the Range:  | 
| #range= | Alias for HTTPHeader#set_range. | 
| #range_length | The length of the range represented in Content-Range: header. | 
| #set_content_type | Sets the content type in an  | 
| #set_form | Set an HTML form data set. | 
| #set_form_data | Set header fields and a body from HTML form data. | 
| #set_range | Sets the  | 
| #sub_type | Returns a content type string such as “html”. | 
| #to_hash | Returns a Hash consisting of header names and array of values. | 
| #type_params | Any parameters specified for the content type, returned as a Hash. | 
| #append_field_value, #basic_encode, #capitalize, #set_field, | |
| #length | Alias for HTTPHeader#size. | 
| #size | obsolete. | 
Constructor Details
    .new(path, initheader = nil)  ⇒ HTTPRequest 
  
# File 'lib/net/http/request.rb', line 14
def initialize(path, initheader = nil) super self.class::METHOD, self.class::REQUEST_HAS_BODY, self.class::RESPONSE_HAS_BODY, path, initheader end