Processing HTTP requests

[msmolyak]

I am using 3.0.1 version of vertx-when with Vertx 2.1.5. What is the proper way to use WhenHttpClient to

• Set HTTP headers
• Send POST body

Neither the documentation, nor the source code make it clear. I could not find a place in the code where headers or requestBody can be passed in or where they would be added to the HttpClientRequest object.

[adrianluisgonzalez]

You can provide a setup handler which gives you full access to the HttpClientRequest to add headers and call request.end() providing a post body.

Here's one of the overloads:
https://github.com/englishtown/vertx-when/blob/3.0.1/src/main/java/com/englishtown/vertx/promises/WhenHttpClient.java#L37

[msmolyak]

Adrian,

Does vertx-when 3.0.1 support SSL connection with its DefaultWhenHttpClient? Is there a way to set SSL to true and pass in key store and trust store parameters?

Thank you,

Michael

[adrianluisgonzalez]

I spoke to soon, here's an updated response:

There are a number of overloads that allows you to pass in the HttpClient you have initialized with whatever SSL parameters you like.

https://github.com/englishtown/vertx-when/blob/3.0.1/src/main/java/com/englishtown/vertx/promises/WhenHttpClient.java#L82