Method request

web/application.py:151–260

Makes request to this application for the specified path and method. Response will be a storage object with data, status and headers. >>> urls = ("/hello", "hello") >>> app = application(urls, globals()) >>> class hello: ... def GET(self):

(
        self,
        localpart="/",
        method="GET",
        data=None,
        host="0.0.0.0:8080",
        headers=None,
        https=False,
        **kw,
    )

        self.processors.append(processor)

    def request(
        self,
        localpart="/",
        method="GET",
        data=None,
        host="0.0.0.0:8080",
        headers=None,
        https=False,
        **kw,
    ):
        """Makes request to this application for the specified path and method.
        Response will be a storage object with data, status and headers.

            >>> urls = ("/hello", "hello")
            >>> app = application(urls, globals())
            >>> class hello:
            ...     def GET(self):
            ...         web.header('Content-Type', 'text/plain')
            ...         return "hello"
            ...
            >>> response = app.request("/hello")
            >>> response.data
            'hello'
            >>> response.status
            '200 OK'
            >>> response.headers['Content-Type']
            'text/plain'

        To use https, use https=True.

            >>> urls = ("/redirect", "redirect")
            >>> app = application(urls, globals())
            >>> class redirect:
            ...     def GET(self): raise web.seeother("/foo")
            ...
            >>> response = app.request("/redirect")
            >>> response.headers['Location']
            'http://0.0.0.0:8080/foo'
            >>> response = app.request("/redirect", https=True)
            >>> response.headers['Location']
            'https://0.0.0.0:8080/foo'

        The headers argument specifies HTTP headers as a mapping object
        such as a dict.

            >>> urls = ('/ua', 'uaprinter')
            >>> class uaprinter:
            ...     def GET(self):
            ...         return 'your user-agent is ' + web.ctx.env['HTTP_USER_AGENT']
            ...
            >>> app = application(urls, globals())
            >>> app.request('/ua', headers = {
            ...      'User-Agent': 'a small jumping bean/1.0 (compatible)'
            ... }).data
            'your user-agent is a small jumping bean/1.0 (compatible)'

        """
        # PY3DOCTEST: b'hello'