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Brendane(Posted 2006) [#1]
This is more of a suggestion than a question. How about extending the http protocol to something like :-

"http::" - uses port 80 by default as it does now.
"http:<port>::" - uses <port>


Brendane(Posted 2006) [#2]
Type THTTPStreamFactory Extends TStreamFactory

	Method CreateStream:TStream( url:Object,proto$,path$,readable,writeable )
		If proto[..4]="http"
			Local port=80
			If proto[..5]="http:"
				port = proto[5..].ToInt()
			EndIf

			Local i=path.Find( "/",0 ),server$,file$
			If i<>-1
				server=path[..i]
				file=path[i..]
			Else
				server=path
				file="/"
			EndIf

			Local stream:TStream=TSocketStream.CreateClient( server,port )
			If Not stream Return

			stream.WriteLine "GET "+file+" HTTP/1.0"
			stream.WriteLine "Host: "+server
			stream.WriteLine ""

			While Not Eof( stream )
				If Not stream.ReadLine() Exit
			Wend

			Return stream
		EndIf
	End Method

End Type



ozak(Posted 2006) [#3]
Hey. That's kinda nice ;)


Brendane(Posted 2006) [#4]
Yes. I use an SMS gateway which doesn't use port 80 so it makes sense to allow one to specify the port somewhere.


Yan(Posted 2006) [#5]
Wouldn't it be better to stick with convention and use "http::domain:port"?

Personally, I'd use a TCP stream for something like that anyway.


Brendane(Posted 2006) [#6]
Either way is good for me.

Sure you can code it explicitly if you like. What I'm suggesting is improving on what's already there by making it more complete so people don't have to hack it, wrap it or re-write it.


deakster(Posted 2006) [#7]
It is already part of the http protocol that you can specify the port of a request by appending :port to the end. This is per the specification, and all browsers etc support this form of request, i.e. http://www.something.com:8080


Brendane(Posted 2006) [#8]
I'm not sure I understand what you're getting at deakster.

There are two different meanings for 'protocol' here.
a) the Blitzmax protocol specifier - ie. the "incbin::", "http::", "littleendian::" bit of the url
b) the http protocol itself

are you saying you prefer the browser way of specifying the port, or that you believe it's handled in BM already?