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1 // urlwrite and urlread, a curl front-end for octave
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2 /*
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4 Copyright (C) 2006 Alexander Barth
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6 This file is part of Octave.
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8 Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
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9 under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the
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10 Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any
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11 later version.
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13 Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
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14 ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
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15 FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License
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16 for more details.
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18 You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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19 along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free
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20 Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
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21 02110-1301, USA.
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23 */
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25 // Author: Alexander Barth <abarth@marine.usf.edu>
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26 // Adapted-By: jwe
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28 #ifdef HAVE_CONFIG_H
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29 #include <config.h>
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30 #endif
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32 #include <string>
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33 #include <fstream>
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34 #include <iomanip>
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36 #include "oct-env.h"
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38 #include "defun-dld.h"
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39 #include "error.h"
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40 #include "oct-obj.h"
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41 #include "ov-cell.h"
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42 #include "pager.h"
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44 #if defined (HAVE_CURL)
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46 #include <curl/curl.h>
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47 #include <curl/types.h>
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48 #include <curl/easy.h>
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50 // Write callback function for curl.
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52 static int
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53 write_data (void *buffer, size_t size, size_t nmemb, void *streamp)
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54 {
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55 // *stream is actually an ostream object.
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56 std::ostream& stream = *(static_cast<std::ostream*> (streamp));
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57 stream.write (static_cast<const char*> (buffer), size*nmemb);
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58 return (stream.fail () ? 0 : size * nmemb);
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59 }
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61 // Form the query string based on param.
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63 static std::string
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64 form_query_string (CURL *curl, const Cell& param)
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65 {
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66 std::ostringstream query;
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68 for (int i = 0; i < param.numel (); i += 2)
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69 {
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70 std::string name = param(i).string_value ();
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71 std::string text = param(i+1).string_value ();
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72
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73 // Encode strings.
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74 char *enc_name = curl_easy_escape (curl, name.c_str (), name.length ());
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75 char *enc_text = curl_easy_escape (curl, text.c_str (), text.length ());
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77 query << enc_name << "=" << enc_text;
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79 curl_free (enc_name);
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80 curl_free (enc_text);
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82 if (i < param.numel()-1)
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83 query << "&";
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84 }
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86 query.flush ();
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87
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88 return query.str ();
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89 }
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90
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91 // curl front-end
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93 static CURLcode
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94 urlget (const std::string& url, const std::string& method,
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95 const Cell& param, std::ostream& stream)
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96 {
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97 CURL *curl;
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98
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99 curl_global_init(CURL_GLOBAL_DEFAULT);
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100
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101 curl = curl_easy_init();
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102
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103 if (! curl)
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104 return CURLE_FAILED_INIT;
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105
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106 // handle paramters of GET or POST request
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107
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108 std::string query_string = form_query_string (curl,param);
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109 //octave_stdout << "query_string " << query_string << std::endl;
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111 if (method == "get")
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112 {
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113 query_string = url + "?" + query_string;
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114 curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_URL, query_string.c_str ());
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115 }
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116 else if (method == "post")
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117 {
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118 curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_URL, url.c_str ());
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119 curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS, query_string.c_str ());
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120 }
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121 else
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122 curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_URL,url.c_str());
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124 // Define our callback to get called when there's data to be written.
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125 curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_WRITEFUNCTION, write_data);
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126
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127 // Set a pointer to our struct to pass to the callback.
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128 curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_WRITEDATA, static_cast<void*> (&stream));
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130 // Follow redirects.
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131 curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION, 1);
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133 curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_NOPROGRESS, false);
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134 curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_PROGRESSDATA, url.c_str ());
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135 curl_easy_setopt (curl, CURLOPT_FAILONERROR, true);
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136
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137 // Switch on full protocol/debug output
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138 // curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_VERBOSE, true);
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140 CURLcode res = curl_easy_perform (curl);
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142 // Always cleanup.
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143 curl_easy_cleanup (curl);
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145 curl_global_cleanup ();
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146
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147 return res;
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148 }
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149
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150 #endif
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151
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152 DEFUN_DLD (urlwrite, args, nargout,
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153 "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
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154 @deftypefn {Loadable Function} {} urlwrite (@var{URL}, @var{localfile})\n\
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155 @deftypefnx {Loadable Function} {@var{f} =} urlwrite (@var{url}, @var{localfile})\n\
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156 @deftypefnx {Loadable Function} {[@var{f}, @var{success}] =} urlwrite (@var{url}, @var{localfile})\n\
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157 @deftypefnx {Loadable Function} {[@var{f}, @var{success}, @var{message}] =} urlwrite (@var{url}, @var{localfile})\n\
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163 @end example\n\
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188 @end example\n\
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200 {
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287 "-*- texinfo -*-\n\
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288 @deftypefn {Loadable Function} {@var{s} =} urlread (@var{url})\n\
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289 @deftypefnx {Loadable Function} {[@var{s}, @var{success}] =} urlread (@var{url})\n\
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290 @deftypefnx {Loadable Function} {[@var{s}, @var{success}, @var{message}] =} urlread (@var{url})\n\
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291 @deftypefnx {Loadable Function} {[@dots{}] =} urlread (@var{url}, @var{method}, @var{param})\n\
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292 Download a remote file specified by its @var{URL} and return its content\n\
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298 \n\
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299 The variable @var{success} is 1 if the download was successful,\n\
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300 otherwise it is 0 in which case @var{message} contains an error\n\
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301 message. If no output argument is specified and if an error occurs,\n\
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303 \n\
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304 This function uses libcurl. Curl supports, among others, the HTTP,\n\
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305 FTP and FILE protocols. Username and password may be specified in the\n\
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306 URL. For example,\n\
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311 \n\
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312 GET and POST requests can be specified by @var{method} and @var{param}.\n\
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313 The parameter @var{method} is either @samp{get} or @samp{post}\n\
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314 and @var{param} is a cell array of parameter and value pairs.\n\
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315 For example,\n\
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316 \n\
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317 @example\n\
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318 s = urlread (\"http://www.google.com/search\", \"get\",\n\
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319 @{\"query\", \"octave\"@});\n\
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320 @end example\n\
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321 @seealso{urlwrite}\n\
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322 @end deftypefn")
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323 {
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324 // Octave's return value
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325 octave_value_list retval;
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327 #if defined (HAVE_CURL)
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328
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329 int nargin = args.length ();
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330
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331 // verify arguments
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332 if (nargin != 1 && nargin != 3)
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333 {
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334 print_usage ();
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335 return retval;
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336 }
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337
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338 std::string url = args(0).string_value();
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339
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340 if (error_state)
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341 {
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342 error ("urlread: url must be a character string");
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343 return retval;
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344 }
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346 std::string method;
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347 Cell param; // empty cell array
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349 if (nargin == 3)
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350 {
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351 method = args(1).string_value();
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353 if (error_state)
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354 {
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355 error ("urlread: method can only be \"get\" or \"post\"");
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356 return retval;
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357 }
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359 if (method != "get" && method != "post")
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360 {
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361 error ("urlread: method can only be \"get\" or \"post\"");
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362 return retval;
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363 }
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365 param = args(2).cell_value();
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367 if (error_state)
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368 {
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369 error ("urlread: parameters for get and post requests must be given as a cell");
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370 return retval;
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371 }
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373 if (param.numel () % 2 == 1 )
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374 {
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375 error ("urlread: number of elements in param must be even");
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376 return retval;
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380 std::ostringstream buf;
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382 CURLcode res = urlget (url, method, param, buf);
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384 if (nargout > 0)
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385 {
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386 retval(0) = buf.str ();
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387 retval(1) = res == CURLE_OK;
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388 // Return empty string if no error occured.
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389 retval(2) = std::string (res == CURLE_OK ? "" : curl_easy_strerror (res));
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393 error ("urlread: curl: %s", curl_easy_strerror (res));
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395 #else
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397 #endif
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399 return retval;
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