Request

An abstract request

class Request.Request

Bases: object

The abstract request class.

Request is a base class that offers the following:

• A time stamp (indicating when the request was made)

• An input stream

• Remote request information (address, name)

• Local host information (address, name, port)

• A security indicator

Request is an abstract class; developers typically use HTTPRequest.

__init__()

Initialize the request.

Subclasses are responsible for invoking super and initializing self._time.

clearTransaction()

input()

Return a file-style object that the contents can be read from.

isSecure()

Check whether this is a secure channel.

Returns true if request was made using a secure channel, such as HTTPS. This currently always returns false, since secure channels are not yet supported.

localAddress()

Get local address.

Returns a string containing the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the local host (e.g., the server) that received the request.

static localName()

Get local name.

Returns the fully qualified name of the local host (e.g., the server) that received the request.

localPort()

Get local port.

Returns the port of the local host (e.g., the server) that received the request.

remoteAddress()

Get the remote address.

Returns a string containing the Internet Protocol (IP) address of the client that sent the request.

remoteName()

Get the remote name.

Returns the fully qualified name of the client that sent the request, or the IP address of the client if the name cannot be determined.

responseClass()

Get the corresponding response class.

setTransaction(trans)

Set a transaction container.

time()

timeStamp()

Return time() as human readable string for logging and debugging.

transaction()

Get the transaction container.

writeExceptionReport(handler)