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# HttpRequest - Reference Documentation

Class implementing the request passed to a scripting servlet.

Instances of this class wrap the HttpServletRequest from the Servlet API and allow scripts easy access to properties of an incoming HTTP connection.

Instances of this class can not be created directly, but are passed as argument to the handleRequest() method.

Form fields and uploaded files can be accessed using the parameters property. It contains all form field names and the associated value. Uploaded files are stored as ByteString values.

## Index of Methods

- HttpRequest() constructor
- getSession()
- getEntityAsString()
- getEntityAsXML()
- getEntityAsInputStream()
- getHeaderField()
- getHeaderFieldList()

## Properties

Type | Name | Description
--- | --- | ---
String | method | The HTTP request method (GET, POST, PUT, DELETE, etc)
String | contextPath | The context path under which the servlet is installed. "" for root.
String | servletPath | The path that called this servlet
String | pathInfo | The additional path elements after the servlets URL or null
String | queryString | The query part of an URL after the '?' or null
String | contentType | The MIME type of the body of the request or null
String | contentLength | The length of content in the request
Number | localPort | The local port that received this request
Object | parameters | Associative array with form fields
HttpServletRequest | nativeRequest | The native request

## getSession()

### Prototype

HttpSession getSession()

### Description

Obtain - and possibly create - a session object for this connection

### Return

`HttpSession` | The session object associated with this request

### Exceptions

Name | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
GPError | GPError.INVALID_ARGUMENTS | Too many arguments in call
GPError | GPError.INVALID_TYPE | Type of argument is invalid for call

### Example

    function testSession(req, res) {
    	GPSystem.trace("TestSession");
    	var session = req.getSession();
    	GPSystem.trace("Session id " + session.id);
    	GPSystem.trace("Session is new: " + session.isNew);
    	GPSystem.trace("Native object " + session.nativeSession);
    }

## getEntityAsString()

### Prototype

String getEntityAsString()

### Description

Read the entity from an HTTP request and return it as String.

### Return

`String` | The content of the request's entity as string

### Exceptions

Name | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
GPError | GPError.INVALID_ARGUMENTS | Too many arguments in call
GPError | GPError.INVALID_TYPE | Type of argument is invalid for call

### Example

    function testEntityString(req, res) {
    	GPSystem.trace("TestEntityString");
    	var s = req.getEntityAsString();
    	GPSystem.trace("Entity (length=" + s.length + "): " + s)
    	res.print(s);
    }

## getEntityAsXML()

### Prototype

XML getEntityAsXML()

### Description

Read the entity from an HTTP request and parse as XML structure.

### Return

`XML` | The content of the request's entity as XML object

### Exceptions

Name | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
GPError | GPError.ARGUMENTS_MISSING | Too few arguments in call
GPError | GPError.INVALID_ARGUMENTS | Too many arguments in call
GPError | GPError.INVALID_TYPE | Type of argument is invalid for call

### Example

    function testEntityXML(req, res) {
    	GPSystem.trace("TestEntityXML");
    	var xml = req.getEntityAsXML();
    	GPSystem.trace("Entity: " + xml.toString());
    	res.print(xml);
    }

## getEntityAsInputStream()

### Prototype

java.io.InputStream getEntityAsInputStream()

### Description

Obtain the input stream to read the entity from the HTTP request.

This method is a special function to provide for backward compatibility with the GPXML class. It may be removed in future releases.

### Return

`java.io.InputStream` | The input stream to read the entity

### Exceptions

Name | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
GPError | GPError.ARGUMENTS_MISSING | Too few arguments in call
GPError | GPError.INVALID_ARGUMENTS | Too many arguments in call
GPError | GPError.INVALID_TYPE | Type of argument is invalid for call

### Example

    function testEntityInputStream(req, res) {
    	GPSystem.trace("TestEntityInputStream");
    	var is = req.getEntityAsInputStream();

    	var parser = new GPXML();
    	var r = parser.parse(is);

    	GPSystem.trace("Entity: " + r.p.elementValue);
    	res.println(r.p.elementValue);
    }

## getHeaderField()

### Prototype

String[] getHeaderField(String fieldName)

### Description

Returns a list of values for given header field.

If the field does already exists, then undefined is returned

### Arguments

Type | Name | Description
--- | --- | ---
`String` | fieldName | The HTTP header field name

### Return

`String[]` | The list of values for this header field

### Exceptions

Name | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
GPError | GPError.ARGUMENTS_MISSING | Too few arguments in call
GPError | GPError.INVALID_ARGUMENTS | Too many arguments in call
GPError | GPError.INVALID_TYPE | Type of argument is invalid for call

### Example

    function testHeader(req, res) {
    	GPSystem.trace("TestHeader");

    	var headers = req.getHeaderFieldList();
    	GPSystem.trace(headers);
    	for (var i = 0; i < headers.length; i++) {
    		print(headers[i] + " : " + req.getHeaderField(headers[i]));
    	}

    	var fieldList = req.getHeaderField("x-test");
    	if (fieldList) {
    		var str = fieldList[0];
    		GPSystem.trace(str);
    		res.addHeaderField("y-test", str);
    	}
    }

## getHeaderFieldList()

### Prototype

String[] getHeaderFieldList()

### Description

Returns a list of header fields contained in the response.

### Return

`String[]` | The list of header fields

### Exceptions

Name | Value | Description
--- | --- | ---
GPError | GPError.ARGUMENTS_MISSING | Too few arguments in call
GPError | GPError.INVALID_ARGUMENTS | Too many arguments in call
GPError | GPError.INVALID_TYPE | Type of argument is invalid for call

### Example

    // See getHeaderField for an example

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