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+# This file is part of NIT ( http://www.nitlanguage.org ).
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Implementation of `app::http_request` using GDK and Curl
+module http_request
+
+intrude import app::http_request
+private import curl
+private import gtk::gdk
+
+redef class App
+ redef fun run_on_ui_thread(task) do gdk_threads_add_idle task
+end
+
+redef class Text
+ redef fun http_get
+ do
+ var req = new CurlHTTPRequest(to_s)
+ var rep = req.execute
+ if rep isa CurlResponseSuccess then
+ return new HttpRequestResult(rep.body_str, null, rep.status_code)
+ else
+ assert rep isa CurlResponseFailed
+ var error = new IOError(rep.error_msg)
+ return new HttpRequestResult(null, error)
+ end
+ end
+end