@system.request (Upload and Download)

The system.request module provides applications with basic upload and download capabilities.

NOTE

• The APIs of this module are deprecated since API version 9. You are advised to use @ohos.request instead.

• The initial APIs of this module are supported since API version 3. Newly added APIs will be marked with a superscript to indicate their earliest API version.

Modules to Import

import { Request } from '@kit.BasicServicesKit';

request.upload^(deprecated)

upload(options: UploadRequestOptions): void

Uploads a file. This API returns no value.

System capability: SystemCapability.MiscServices.Upload

NOTE

This API has been supported since API version 3 and deprecated since API version 9. You are advised to use request.uploadFile instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
options	UploadRequestOptions	Yes	Upload configurations.

Example

import  { Request, UploadRequestOptions, UploadResponse } from '@kit.BasicServicesKit';

let uploadRequestOptions: UploadRequestOptions = {
  url: 'http://www.path.com',
  method: 'POST',
  files: [{
    filename: "test",
    name: "test",
    uri: "internal://cache/test.jpg",
    type: "jpg"
  }],
  data: [{
    name: "name123",
    value: "123"
  }],
  success: (data: UploadResponse) => {
    console.info('Succeeded in uploading, code:' + JSON.stringify(data.code));
  },
  fail: (data: string, code: number) => {
    console.info('Failed to upload, data: ' + data + 'code: ' + code);
  },
  complete: () => {
    console.info('Upload complete');
  }
}

try {
  Request.upload(uploadRequestOptions);
  console.info('Start Upload');
} catch (err) {
  console.error('Failed to upload, err:' + err);
}

UploadRequestOptions^(deprecated)

System capability: SystemCapability.MiscServices.Upload

NOTE

This API has been supported since API version 3 and deprecated since API version 9. You are advised to use UploadConfig instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
url	string	Yes	URL of the upload server.
data	Array<RequestData>	No	Form data in the request body.
files	Array<RequestFile>	Yes	List of files to upload, which is submitted through multipart/form-data.
header	Object	No	Request header.
method	string	No	Request method, which can be 'POST' or 'PUT'. The default value is POST.
success	Function	No	Called when API call is successful.
fail	Function	No	Called when API call has failed.
complete	Function	No	Called when API call is complete.

success parameter

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
data	UploadResponse	Yes	Information returned when the upload task is successful.

fail parameters

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
data	any	Yes	Header information returned when the upload task fails.
code	number	Yes	HTTP status code returned when the upload task fails.

UploadResponse^(deprecated)

System capability: SystemCapability.MiscServices.Upload

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
code	number	Yes	HTTP status code returned by the server.
data	string	Yes	Content returned by the server. The value type is determined by the type in the returned headers.
headers	Object	Yes	Headers returned by the server.

RequestFile^(deprecated)

System capability: SystemCapability.MiscServices.Upload

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
filename	string	No	File name in the header when multipart is used.
name	string	No	Name of a form item when multipart is used. The default value is file.
uri	string	Yes	Local path for storing files.
type	string	No	Type of the file content. By default, the type is obtained based on the extension of the file name or URI.

RequestData^(deprecated)

System capability: SystemCapability.MiscServices.Upload

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
name	string	Yes	Name of the form element.
value	string	Yes	Value of the form element.

request.download^(deprecated)

download(options: DownloadRequestOptions): void

Downloads a file. This API returns no value.

System capability: SystemCapability.MiscServices.Download

Parameters

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
options	DownloadRequestOptions	Yes	Download configurations.

Example

import  { Request, DownloadResponse, DownloadRequestOptions } from '@kit.BasicServicesKit';

let downloadRequestOptions: DownloadRequestOptions = {
  url: 'http://www.path.com',
  filename: 'requestSystemTest',
  header: "",
  description: 'this is requestSystem download response',
  success: (data: DownloadResponse) => {
    console.info('Succeeded in downloading, code:' + JSON.stringify(data));
  },
  fail: (data: string, code: number) => {
    console.info('Failed to download, data: ' + data + 'code: ' + code);
  },
  complete: () => {
    console.info('Download complete');
  }
}

try {
  Request.download(downloadRequestOptions);
  console.info('Start download');
} catch(err) {
  console.error('Failed to download, err:' + err);
}

DownloadRequestOptions^(deprecated)

System capability: SystemCapability.MiscServices.Download

NOTE

This API has been supported since API version 3 and deprecated since API version 9. You are advised to use UploadConfig instead.

Parameters

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
url	string	Yes	Resource URL.
filename	string	No	Name of the file to download. The value is obtained from the current request or resource URL by default.
header	Object	No	Request header.
description	string	No	Download description. The default value is the file name.
success	Function	No	Called when API call is successful.
fail	Function	No	Called when API call has failed.
complete	Function	No	Called when API call is complete.

success parameter

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
data	DownloadResponse	Yes	Information returned when the download task is successful.

fail parameters

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
data	any	Yes	Header information returned when the download task fails.
code	number	Yes	HTTP status code returned when the download task fails.

DownloadResponse^(deprecated)

System capability: SystemCapability.MiscServices.Download

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
token	string	Yes	Download token, which is used to obtain the download status

request.onDownloadComplete^(deprecated)

onDownloadComplete(options: OnDownloadCompleteOptions): void

Listens for download task status. This API returns no value.

System capability: SystemCapability.MiscServices.Download

Parameters

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
options	OnDownloadCompleteOptions	Yes	Configurations of the download task.

Example

import  { Request, OnDownloadCompleteOptions, OnDownloadCompleteResponse } from '@kit.BasicServicesKit';

let onDownloadCompleteOptions: OnDownloadCompleteOptions = {
  token: 'token-index',
  success: (data: OnDownloadCompleteResponse) => {
    console.info('Succeeded in downloading, uri:' + JSON.stringify(data.uri));
  },
  fail: (data: string, code: number) => {
    console.info('Failed to download, data: ' + data + 'code: ' + code);
  },
  complete: () => {
    console.info('Download complete');
  }
}

Request.onDownloadComplete(onDownloadCompleteOptions);

OnDownloadCompleteOptions^(deprecated)

System capability: SystemCapability.MiscServices.Download

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
token	string	Yes	Result token returned by the download API.
success	Function	No	Called when API call is successful.
fail	Function	No	Called when API call has failed.
complete	Function	No	Called when API call is complete.

success parameter

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
data	OnDownloadCompleteResponse	Yes	Information returned when the download task is successful.

fail parameters

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
data	any	Yes	Header information returned when the download task fails.
code	number	Yes	HTTP status code returned when the download task fails.

OnDownloadCompleteResponse^(deprecated)

System capability: SystemCapability.MiscServices.Download

Name	Type	Mandatory	Description
uri	string	Yes	URI of the download file.