io.ktor.client.engine / HttpClientEngine

HttpClientEngine

interface HttpClientEngine : CoroutineScope, Closeable

Base interface use to define engines for HttpClient.

Properties

config
abstract val config: HttpClientEngineConfig

Engine configuration

dispatcher
abstract val dispatcher: CoroutineDispatcher

CoroutineDispatcher specified for io operations.

Functions

execute
abstract suspend fun execute(
    data: HttpRequestData
): HttpResponseData

Creates a new HttpClientCall specific for this engine, using a request data.

install
open fun install(client: HttpClient): Unit

Install engine into HttpClient.

Extension Functions

decodeChunked
fun CoroutineScope.decodeChunked(
    input: ByteReadChannel
): DecoderJob

Start a chunked stream decoder coroutine

embeddedServer
fun <TEngine : ApplicationEngine, TConfiguration : Configuration> CoroutineScope.embeddedServer(
    factory: ApplicationEngineFactory<TEngine, TConfiguration>,
    port: Int = 80,
    host: String = "0.0.0.0",
    watchPaths: List<String> = emptyList(),
    parentCoroutineContext: <ERROR CLASS> = EmptyCoroutineContext,
    configure: TConfiguration.() -> Unit = {},
    module: Application.() -> Unit
): TEngine

Creates an embedded server with the given factory, listening on host:port

httpServer
fun CoroutineScope.httpServer(
    settings: HttpServerSettings,
    handler: HttpRequestHandler
): HttpServer

Start an http server with settings invoking handler for every request

parseMultipart
fun CoroutineScope.parseMultipart(
    input: ByteReadChannel,
    headers: HttpHeadersMap
): ReceiveChannel<MultipartEvent>
fun CoroutineScope.parseMultipart(
    input: ByteReadChannel,
    contentType: CharSequence,
    contentLength: Long?
): ReceiveChannel<MultipartEvent>
fun CoroutineScope.parseMultipart(
    boundaryPrefixed: ByteBuffer,
    input: ByteReadChannel,
    totalLength: Long?
): ReceiveChannel<MultipartEvent>

Starts a multipart parser coroutine producing multipart events

pinger
fun CoroutineScope.pinger(
    outgoing: SendChannel<Frame>,
    period: Duration,
    timeout: Duration,
    pool: ObjectPool<ByteBuffer> = KtorDefaultPool
): SendChannel<Pong>

Launch pinger coroutine on CoroutineScope that is sending ping every specified period to outgoing channel, waiting for and verifying client’s pong frames. It is also handling timeout and sending timeout close frame

fun CoroutineScope.pinger(
    outgoing: SendChannel<Frame>,
    periodMillis: Long,
    timeoutMillis: Long,
    pool: ObjectPool<ByteBuffer> = KtorDefaultPool
): SendChannel<Pong>

Launch pinger coroutine on CoroutineScope that is sending ping every specified periodMillis to outgoing channel, waiting for and verifying client’s pong frames. It is also handling timeoutMillis and sending timeout close frame

ponger
fun CoroutineScope.ponger(
    outgoing: SendChannel<Pong>,
    pool: ObjectPool<ByteBuffer> = KtorDefaultPool
): SendChannel<Ping>

Launch a ponger actor job on the CoroutineScope sending pongs to outgoing channel. It is acting for every client’s ping frame and replying with corresponding pong

startConnectionPipeline
fun CoroutineScope.startConnectionPipeline(
    input: ByteReadChannel,
    output: ByteWriteChannel,
    timeout: WeakTimeoutQueue,
    handler: HttpRequestHandler
): Job

Start connection HTTP pipeline invoking handler for every request. Note that handler could be invoked multiple times concurrently due to HTTP pipeline nature

writeMultipleRanges
fun CoroutineScope.writeMultipleRanges(
    channelProducer: (LongRange) -> ByteReadChannel,
    ranges: List<LongRange>,
    fullLength: Long?,
    boundary: String,
    contentType: String
): ByteReadChannel

Start multirange response writer coroutine

Inheritors

HttpClientJvmEngine
abstract class HttpClientJvmEngine : HttpClientEngine

Base jvm implementation for HttpClientEngine

MockEngine
class MockEngine : HttpClientEngine

HttpClientEngine for writing tests without network.

TestHttpClientEngine
class TestHttpClientEngine : HttpClientEngine