# Talker using RPC over HTTP
#
# (c) 2008 by Ralf Ertzinger <ralf@camperquake.de>
# licensed under GNU GPL v2

package xmlrtorrent::HTTPTalker;
use xmlrtorrent::TalkerBase;
@ISA = qw(xmlrtorrent::TalkerBase);

use Data::Dumper;
use RPC::XML::Client;
use strict;

sub new {
    my $class = shift;
    my $self = $class->SUPER::new();

    $self->{'NAME'} = 'http';
    $self->{'DESC'} = 'talker using RPC over HTTP';
    $self->{'_PARAMS'} = {
	'XMLURL' => ['', 'URL of SCGI script'],
	'USERNAME' => ['', 'username for RPC credentials (optional)'],
	'PASSWORD' => ['', 'password for RPC credentials (optional)'],
    };
    $self->{'_LASTXMLURL'} = undef;

    bless($self, $class);

    $self->_prepare_parameters();

    return $self;
}

sub send_request {
    my $self = shift;
    my @params = @_;

    unless (exists($self->{'XMLURL'}) and defined($self->{'XMLURL'})) {
	return 'http talker: XMLURL not set';
    }

    if ($self->{'XMLURL'} ne $self->{'_LASTXMLURL'}) {
	$self->{'_LASTXMLURL'} = $self->{'XMLURL'};
	$self->{'__RPCClient'} = RPC::XML::Client->new($self->{'XMLURL'});
    }	
    
    if ((exists($self->{'USERNAME'}) and exists($self->{'PASSWORD'})) and
	($self->{'USERNAME'} ne '')) {
	# mitch: let me guess, the realm must be configurable, too!
	$self->{'__RPCClient'}->credentials('', $self->{'USERNAME'}, $self->{'PASSWORD'});
    }

    return $self->{'__RPCClient'}->send_request(@params);
}

1;