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+++ b/Resources/Orthanc/Plugins/Samples/Common/OrthancHttpConnection.cpp	Fri Dec 16 15:41:20 2016 +0100
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+/**
+ * Orthanc - A Lightweight, RESTful DICOM Store
+ * Copyright (C) 2012-2016 Sebastien Jodogne, Medical Physics
+ * Department, University Hospital of Liege, Belgium
+ *
+ * This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
+ * published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the
+ * License, or (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ * In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders of this
+ * program give permission to link the code of its release with the
+ * OpenSSL project's "OpenSSL" library (or with modified versions of it
+ * that use the same license as the "OpenSSL" library), and distribute
+ * the linked executables. You must obey the GNU General Public License
+ * in all respects for all of the code used other than "OpenSSL". If you
+ * modify file(s) with this exception, you may extend this exception to
+ * your version of the file(s), but you are not obligated to do so. If
+ * you do not wish to do so, delete this exception statement from your
+ * version. If you delete this exception statement from all source files
+ * in the program, then also delete it here.
+ * 
+ * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+ * WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
+ * General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ * along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+ **/
+
+
+#include "OrthancHttpConnection.h"
+
+namespace OrthancPlugins
+{
+  void OrthancHttpConnection::Setup()
+  {
+    url_ = client_.GetUrl();
+
+    // Don't follow 3xx HTTP (avoid redirections to "unsupported.png" in Orthanc)
+    client_.SetRedirectionFollowed(false);  
+  }
+
+
+  OrthancHttpConnection::OrthancHttpConnection() :
+    client_(Orthanc::WebServiceParameters(), "")
+  {
+    Setup();
+  }
+
+
+  OrthancHttpConnection::OrthancHttpConnection(const Orthanc::WebServiceParameters& parameters) :
+    client_(parameters, "")
+  {
+    Setup();
+  }
+
+
+  void OrthancHttpConnection::RestApiGet(std::string& result,
+                                         const std::string& uri)
+  {
+    boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(mutex_);
+
+    client_.SetMethod(Orthanc::HttpMethod_Get);
+    client_.SetUrl(url_ + uri);
+    client_.ApplyAndThrowException(result);
+  }
+
+
+  void OrthancHttpConnection::RestApiPost(std::string& result,
+                                          const std::string& uri,
+                                          const std::string& body)
+  {
+    boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(mutex_);
+
+    client_.SetMethod(Orthanc::HttpMethod_Post);
+    client_.SetUrl(url_ + uri);
+    client_.SetBody(body);
+    client_.ApplyAndThrowException(result);
+  }
+
+
+  void OrthancHttpConnection::RestApiPut(std::string& result,
+                                         const std::string& uri,
+                                         const std::string& body)
+  {
+    boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(mutex_);
+
+    client_.SetMethod(Orthanc::HttpMethod_Put);
+    client_.SetUrl(url_ + uri);
+    client_.SetBody(body);
+    client_.ApplyAndThrowException(result);
+  }
+
+
+  void OrthancHttpConnection::RestApiDelete(const std::string& uri)
+  {
+    boost::mutex::scoped_lock lock(mutex_);
+
+    std::string result;
+
+    client_.SetMethod(Orthanc::HttpMethod_Delete);
+    client_.SetUrl(url_ + uri);
+    client_.ApplyAndThrowException(result);
+  }
+}