The JsonRpcClient class provides easy access to JSON-RPC web services. More...

Inherits HTTPClient.

Public Member Methods
hash	call (string method,...)
	Calls a remote method taking all arguments after the method name for the method arguments and returns the response as qore data structure. More...

hash	callArgs (string method, auto args)
	Calls a remote method using a single value after the method name for the method arguments and returns the response as qore data structure. More...

hash	callArgsWithInfo (reference info, string method, any args)
	Calls a remote method using a single value after the method name for the method arguments and returns the response as qore data structure, accepts a reference to a hash as the first argument to give technical information about the call. More...

hash	callId (any id, string method,...)
	Calls a remote method with a call ID, taking all arguments after the method name for the method arguments and returns the response as qore data structure. More...

hash	callIdArgsWithInfo (reference info, any id, string method, any args)
	Calls a remote method using a single value after the method name for the method arguments and returns the response as qore data structure, accepts a reference to a hash as the first argument to give technical information about the call. More...

hash	callIdWithInfo (reference info, any id, string method,...)
	Calls a remote method taking all arguments after the method name for the method arguments and returns the response as qore data structure, accepts a reference to a hash as the first argument to give technical information about the call. More...

hash	callWithInfo (reference info, string method,...)
	Calls a remote method taking all arguments after the method name for the method arguments and returns the response as qore data structure, accepts a reference to a hash as the first argument to give technical information about the call. More...

	constructor ()
	Creates the JsonRpcClient object with no arguments. More...

	constructor (hash opts, softbool no_connect=False)
	Creates the JsonRpcClient object based on the parameters passed. More...

	copy ()
	Throws an exception; copying JsonRpcClient objects is currently not supported. More...

string	getVersion ()
	Returns the JSON-RPC protocol version. More...

nothing	setEventQueue ()
	clears the event queue for the JsonRpcClient object More...

nothing	setEventQueue (Queue queue)
	sets the event queue for the JsonRpcClient object More...

nothing	setVersion (string version)
	Sets the JSON-RPC protocol version. More...

Detailed Description

The JsonRpcClient class provides easy access to JSON-RPC web services.

This class inherits all public methods of the HTTPClient class. The inherited HTTPClient methods are not listed in this section, see the documentation for the HTTPClient class for more information on methods provided by the parent class. For a list of low-level JSON-RPC functions, see JSON-RPC.

Thie object supports the following JSON-RPC protocol versions:

"2.0": the default; requests and responses will include the "jsonrpc" attribute assigned to the version number (this is true for any declared JSON-RPC protocol version >= 2)
"1.0": can be explicitly set in the JsonRpcClient::constructor() or by calling JsonRpcClient::setVersion()

Note: other JSON-RPC protocol versions can be used; for example the unpublished "1.1" version can be used as well, but support for JSON-RPC 1.1 is deprecated; for any JSON-RPC protocol version > 1.0 and < 2.0, the "version" attribute is serialized with the declared protocol version number (unlike with 2.0 or above, where the "jsonrpc" attribute contains this value)

The JsonRpcClient class understands the following protocol schemes in addition to the protocol schemes supported by the HTTPClient class:

JsonRpcClient Class Protocols

Protocol	Default Port	SSL?	Description
`jsonrpc`	`80`	No	Unencrypted JSON-RPC protocol over HTTP
`jsonrpcs`	`443`	Yes	JSON-RPC protocol over HTTP with SSL/TLS encryption

The JsonRpcClient supplies default values for HTTP headers as follows:

JsonRpcClient Default, but Overridable Headers

Header	Default Value
`Accept`	`text/json`
`Content-Type`	`application/json`;charset=utf-8
`User-Agent`	`Qore-JSON-RPC-Client/1.7`
`Connection`	`Keep-Alive`

Note

if no default_path is given in the constructor(), then "JSON" is used
This class is not available with the PO_NO_NETWORK parse option.

Member Function Documentation

◆ call()

QoreValue JsonRpcClient::call	(	string	method,
			...
	)

Calls a remote method taking all arguments after the method name for the method arguments and returns the response as qore data structure.

Parameters

method	The JSON-RPC method name to call
...	the arguments to the call

Returns: a data structure corresponding to the JSON data returned by the JSON-RPC server

Exceptions

JSON-SERIALIZATION-ERROR	cannot serialize value passed (ex: binary, object)
JSON-PARSE-ERROR	syntax error parsing JSON string
HTTP-CLIENT-TIMEOUT	timeout on response from HTTP server
HTTP-CLIENT-RECEIVE-ERROR	error communicating with HTTP server

Note: other exceptions may be thrown related to communication errors (ex: SSL errors, etc)

Example:: hash result = jrc.call("method.name", arg1, arg2);

Since: json 1.7 this method calls with a hardcoded id value of 1

◆ callArgs()

hash Qore::Json::JsonRpcClient::callArgs	(	string	method,
		auto	args
	)

Calls a remote method using a single value after the method name for the method arguments and returns the response as qore data structure.

Parameters

method	The JSON-RPC method name to call
args	An optional list of arguments (or single argument) for the method

Returns: a data structure corresponding to the JSON data returned by the JSON-RPC server

Exceptions

JSON-SERIALIZATION-ERROR	cannot serialize value passed (ex: binary, object)
JSON-PARSE-ERROR	syntax error parsing JSON string
HTTP-CLIENT-TIMEOUT	timeout on response from HTTP server
HTTP-CLIENT-RECEIVE-ERROR	error communicating with HTTP server

Note: other exceptions may be thrown related to communication errors (ex: SSL errors, etc)

Example:: hash result = jrc.callArgs("method.name", arg_list);

Since: json 1.7 this method calls with a hardcoded id value of 1

◆ callArgsWithInfo()

hash Qore::Json::JsonRpcClient::callArgsWithInfo	(	reference	info,
		string	method,
		any	args
	)

Calls a remote method using a single value after the method name for the method arguments and returns the response as qore data structure, accepts a reference to a hash as the first argument to give technical information about the call.

Parameters

info	a reference to a hash that provides the following keys on output giving technical information about the HTTP call: `request:` the literal outgoing request body sent `request-uri`: the first line of the HTTP request `headers:` a hash of HTTP headers in the outgoing request `response-uri`: the first line of the HTTP response `response:` the literal response body received from the server `response_headers:` a hash of headers received in the response
method	The JSON-RPC method name to call
args	An optional list of arguments (or single argument) for the method

Returns: a data structure corresponding to the JSON data returned by the JSON-RPC server

Exceptions

JSON-SERIALIZATION-ERROR	cannot serialize value passed (ex: binary, object)
JSON-PARSE-ERROR	syntax error parsing JSON string
HTTP-CLIENT-TIMEOUT	timeout on response from HTTP server
HTTP-CLIENT-RECEIVE-ERROR	error communicating with HTTP server

Note: other exceptions may be thrown related to communication errors (ex: SSL errors, etc)

Example:: hash info;

hash result = jrc.callArgsWithInfo(\info, "method.name", arg_list, 2);

Since: json 1.7 this method calls with a hardcoded id value of 1

◆ callId()

hash Qore::Json::JsonRpcClient::callId	(	any	id,
		string	method,
			...
	)

Calls a remote method with a call ID, taking all arguments after the method name for the method arguments and returns the response as qore data structure.

Parameters

id	the `id` value for the call
method	The JSON-RPC method name to call
...	the arguments to the call

Returns: a data structure corresponding to the JSON data returned by the JSON-RPC server

Exceptions

JSON-SERIALIZATION-ERROR	cannot serialize value passed (ex: binary, object)
JSON-PARSE-ERROR	syntax error parsing JSON string
HTTP-CLIENT-TIMEOUT	timeout on response from HTTP server
HTTP-CLIENT-RECEIVE-ERROR	error communicating with HTTP server

Note: other exceptions may be thrown related to communication errors (ex: SSL errors, etc)

Example:: hash result = jrc.callId(1, "method.name", arg1, arg2);

Since: json 1.7

◆ callIdArgsWithInfo()

hash Qore::Json::JsonRpcClient::callIdArgsWithInfo	(	reference	info,
		any	id,
		string	method,
		any	args
	)

Calls a remote method using a single value after the method name for the method arguments and returns the response as qore data structure, accepts a reference to a hash as the first argument to give technical information about the call.

Parameters

info	a reference to a hash that provides the following keys on output giving technical information about the HTTP call: `request:` the literal outgoing request body sent `request-uri`: the first line of the HTTP request `headers:` a hash of HTTP headers in the outgoing request `response-uri`: the first line of the HTTP response `response:` the literal response body received from the server `response_headers:` a hash of headers received in the response
id	the `id` value for the call
method	The JSON-RPC method name to call
args	An optional list of arguments (or single argument) for the method

Returns: a data structure corresponding to the JSON data returned by the JSON-RPC server

Exceptions

JSON-SERIALIZATION-ERROR	cannot serialize value passed (ex: binary, object)
JSON-PARSE-ERROR	syntax error parsing JSON string
HTTP-CLIENT-TIMEOUT	timeout on response from HTTP server
HTTP-CLIENT-RECEIVE-ERROR	error communicating with HTTP server

Note: other exceptions may be thrown related to communication errors (ex: SSL errors, etc)

Example:: hash info;

hash result = jrc.callIdArgsWithInfo(\info, 4, "method.name", arg_list, 2);

Since: json 1.7

◆ callIdWithInfo()

hash Qore::Json::JsonRpcClient::callIdWithInfo	(	reference	info,
		any	id,
		string	method,
			...
	)

Calls a remote method taking all arguments after the method name for the method arguments and returns the response as qore data structure, accepts a reference to a hash as the first argument to give technical information about the call.

Parameters

info	a reference to a hash that provides the following keys on output giving technical information about the HTTP call: `request:` the literal outgoing request body sent `request-uri`: the first line of the HTTP request `headers:` a hash of HTTP headers in the outgoing request `response-uri`: the first line of the HTTP response `response:` the literal response body received from the server `response_headers:` a hash of headers received in the response
id	the `id` value for the call
method	The JSON-RPC method name to call

Returns: a data structure corresponding to the JSON data returned by the JSON-RPC server

Exceptions

JSON-SERIALIZATION-ERROR	cannot serialize value passed (ex: binary, object)
JSON-PARSE-ERROR	syntax error parsing JSON string
HTTP-CLIENT-TIMEOUT	timeout on response from HTTP server
HTTP-CLIENT-RECEIVE-ERROR	error communicating with HTTP server

Note: other exceptions may be thrown related to communication errors (ex: SSL errors, etc)

Example:: hash info;

hash result = jrc.callIdWithInfo(\info, 3, "method.name", arg1, arg2);

Since: the id parameter was added in json 1.7

◆ callWithInfo()

hash Qore::Json::JsonRpcClient::callWithInfo	(	reference	info,
		string	method,
			...
	)

Calls a remote method taking all arguments after the method name for the method arguments and returns the response as qore data structure, accepts a reference to a hash as the first argument to give technical information about the call.

Parameters

info

a reference to a hash that provides the following keys on output giving technical information about the HTTP call:

request: the literal outgoing request body sent
request-uri: the first line of the HTTP request
headers: a hash of HTTP headers in the outgoing request
response-uri: the first line of the HTTP response
response: the literal response body received from the server
response_headers: a hash of headers received in the response

method The JSON-RPC method name to call

Returns: a data structure corresponding to the JSON data returned by the JSON-RPC server

Exceptions

JSON-SERIALIZATION-ERROR	cannot serialize value passed (ex: binary, object)
JSON-PARSE-ERROR	syntax error parsing JSON string
HTTP-CLIENT-TIMEOUT	timeout on response from HTTP server
HTTP-CLIENT-RECEIVE-ERROR	error communicating with HTTP server

Note: other exceptions may be thrown related to communication errors (ex: SSL errors, etc)

Example:: hash info;

hash result = jrc.callWithInfo(\info, "method.name", arg1, arg2);

Since: json 1.7 this method calls with a hardcoded id value of 1

◆ constructor() [1/2]

Qore::Json::JsonRpcClient::constructor ( )

Creates the JsonRpcClient object with no arguments.

No connection is made because no connection parameters are set with this call; connection parameters must be set afterwards using the appropriate HTTPClient methods.

The JSON-RPC version is set to "2.0" by default with this variant of the constructor()

Example:: JsonRpcClient jrc();

jrc.setURL("http://localhost:8080");

◆ constructor() [2/2]

Qore::Json::JsonRpcClient::constructor	(	hash	opts,
		softbool	no_connect = `False`
	)

Creates the JsonRpcClient object based on the parameters passed.

By default the object will immediately attempt to establish a connection to the server

Parameters

opts

HTTPClient constructor options:

connect_timeout: The timeout value in milliseconds for establishing a new socket connection (also can be a relative date-time value for clarity, ex: 30s)
default_path: The default path to use for new connections if a path is not otherwise specified in the connection URL; if this option is not given and no path appears in the URL, then "JSON" is used instead
default_port: The default port number to connect to if none is given in the URL
http_version: Either '1.0' or '1.1' for the claimed HTTP protocol version compliancy in outgoing message headers
protocols: A hash describing new protocols, the key is the protocol name and the value is either an integer giving the default port number or a hash with 'port' and 'ssl' keys giving the default port number and a boolean value to indicate that an SSL connection should be established
max_redirects: The maximum number of redirects before throwing an exception (the default is 5)
proxy: The proxy URL for connecting through a proxy
timeout: The timeout value in milliseconds (also can be a relative date-time value for clarity, ex: 5m)
url: A string giving the URL to connect to; if this option is not given and no path appears in the URL, then "JSON" is used instead
version: A string giving the JSON-RPC protocol version; default: "2.0"

no_connect pass a boolean True value argument to suppress the automatic connection and establish a connection on demand with the first request

See also: HTTPClient::constructor() and HTTPClient::connect() for information on possible exceptions

Example:: JsonRpcClient jrc(("url": "http://authuser:authpass@otherhost:8080/JSONRPC"));

Since: json 1.7 added support for the "version" option

◆ copy()

Qore::Json::JsonRpcClient::copy ( )

Throws an exception; copying JsonRpcClient objects is currently not supported.

Exceptions

JSONRPCCLIENT-COPY-ERROR copying JsonRpcClient objects is currently not supported

◆ getVersion()

string Qore::Json::JsonRpcClient::getVersion ( )

Returns the JSON-RPC protocol version.

Code Flags:: CONSTANT

Returns: the JSON-RPC protocol version

Since: json 1.7

◆ setEventQueue() [1/2]

nothing Qore::Json::JsonRpcClient::setEventQueue ( )

clears the event queue for the JsonRpcClient object

Example:: jrc.setEventQueue();

◆ setEventQueue() [2/2]

nothing Qore::Json::JsonRpcClient::setEventQueue ( Queue queue )

sets the event queue for the JsonRpcClient object

Parameters

queue the Queue object to receive network events from the JsonRpcClient object

Example:: Queue queue();

jrc.setEventQueue(queue);

◆ setVersion()

nothing Qore::Json::JsonRpcClient::setVersion ( string version )

Sets the JSON-RPC protocol version.

Parameters

version the JSON-RPC protocol version

Since: json 1.7

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

QC_JsonRpcClient.dox.h
QC_JsonRpcClient.cpp

Public Member Methods

Detailed Description

Member Function Documentation

◆ call()

◆ callArgs()

◆ callArgsWithInfo()

◆ callId()

◆ callIdArgsWithInfo()

◆ callIdWithInfo()

◆ callWithInfo()

◆ constructor() [1/2]

◆ constructor() [2/2]

◆ copy()

◆ getVersion()

◆ setEventQueue() [1/2]

◆ setEventQueue() [2/2]

◆ setVersion()