User Guide

The HttpClient user guide is designed to help developers use HttpClient in their applications. While the concept of a user guide being for developers may seem strange, the term developer guide is already in use for helping people develop HttpClient.

Overview

DocumentDescription
Authentication Guide This document describes the authentication schemes supported by HttpClient and how to use them.
Character Encodings Guidelines for correctly detecting the character encoding to use when sending and receiving data with HttpClient.
Cross Host Redirects Provide sample code for handling redirects across hosts.
Logging Guide This document describes the logging mechanism used by HttpClient and how to control what it outputs.
Methods This document describes the various methods that are provided by HttpClient and how to use them.
Sample Code This is a link to the sample code for using HttpClient that is stored in the CVS repository and is available in source releases of HttpClient.
Trouble Shooting This document provides hints and tips for debugging problems with HttpClient.
Tutorial This document provides a simple introductory tutorial for new users of HttpClient.