StdClient onData

[benmerckx]

I want to use a Client to download some larger files. Seems StdClient uses Http.onData, so as far as I can tell waits for everything to be downloaded and converted to String before piping to source. Could haxe.Http.customRequest be used to create a proper body Source?

[kevinresol]

I think somehow we need to either abandon StdClient, or provide a custom override of haxe.Http.
Because the std Http class is quite limited. For one it's request() method only supports GET and POST.

[kevinresol]

Actually, I think things would be much easier if we provide StdClient over the Socket class rather than the Http class. Because we have all the http stuff ready anyway, so we actually don't need the api provided by Http (setHeader, setPostData, etc)

[kevinresol]

Quick prototype: https://github.com/kevinresol/tink_http_fetch/blob/d47897c7345b79f9c92a8dba7b414561cf7dc696/src/tink/http/Fetch.hx#L124-L193

See: #75

[kevinresol]

Let's say goodbye to StdClient

[back2dos]

\o/

[benmerckx]

Bye!