{* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Author: François PIETTE Creation: December 12, 2004 Description: This is a demo showing how to use a THttpCli component in a DLL. The DLL is a HTTP client which get an URL and returns the document in the supplied buffer. There is only one function exported from the DLL: IcsDllDemo. It takes 3 arguments: a pointer to the URL to get (nul terminated string), a pointer to the document buffer and a pointer for buffer size. On entry buffer size must be initialised with the size of the actual document buffer. On exit, it is filled with the actual bytes in the document. If the supplied buffer is too short, then it will conatins partial document and buffer size will return a negative number which is the required size. The function's return value is the error code such as 404 when the document pointed by the URL is not found. To debug the DLL, enter DllTst1.exe as a host application into the run parameters. Version: V9.0 EMail: francois.piette@overbyte.be http://www.overbyte.be Support: https://en.delphipraxis.net/forum/37-ics-internet-component-suite/ Legal issues: Copyright (C) 1997-2023 by François PIETTE Rue de Grady 24, 4053 Embourg, Belgium. This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the author be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software. Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions: 1. The origin of this software must not be misrepresented, you must not claim that you wrote the original software. If you use this software in a product, an acknowledgment in the product documentation would be appreciated but is not required. 2. Altered source versions must be plainly marked as such, and must not be misrepresented as being the original software. 3. This notice may not be removed or altered from any source distribution. 4. You must register this software by sending a picture postcard to the author. Use a nice stamp and mention your name, street address, EMail address and any comment you like to say. History: Jan 29, 2012 V1.01 Arno fixed it. Apr 15, 2017 V1.02 FPiette - Removed compiler warning Aug 08, 2023 V9.0 Updated version to major release 9. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *} library OverbyteIcsDll2; {$DEFINE NOFORMS} // This will avoid forms unit and reduce DLL size // You should add NOFORMS in the project options to be sure to have all units // compiled with this option, specially wsocket.pas. {$I OVERBYTEICSDEFS.INC} {$IFDEF DELPHI25_UP} {$WARN SYMBOL_DEPRECATED OFF} {$ENDIF} uses Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, OverbyteIcsWinsock, OverbyteIcsHttpProt, OverbyteIcsWSocket; const IcsDll2Version = 900; CopyRight : String = ' IcsDll2 (c) 2023 Francois Piette V9.0 '; // If you use strings or other dynamically allocated data between the DLL and // the main program, then you _must_ use ShareMem unit as explained in Delphi // documentation. // Here we use only basic data types so that our DLL is usable with any language // able to call a DLL. function IcsDllDemo(URL : PAnsiChar; Buffer : PAnsiChar; BufSize : PInteger): Integer; stdcall; forward; procedure StrToBuffer(Buffer : PAnsiChar; BufSize : PInteger; Msg : AnsiString); forward; exports IcsDllDemo; type // We use a workerthread to do the job. // This will allows the DLL to be called by several processes simultaneously TClientThread = class(TThread) private FHttpCli : THttpCli; FUrl : PAnsiChar; FErrorCode : PInteger; FBuffer : PAnsiChar; FBufSize : PInteger; FReady : Boolean; procedure HttpCliRequestDone(Sender: TObject; RqType: THttpRequest; ErrCode: Word); protected procedure Execute; override; public constructor Create; property HttpCli : THttpCli read FHttpCli write FHttpCli; property Url : PAnsiChar read FUrl write FUrl; property Buffer : PAnsiChar read FBuffer write FBuffer; property BufSize : PInteger read FBufSize write FBufSize; property ErrorCode : PInteger read FErrorCode write FErrorCode; end; {* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *} { Create a new thread in the blocked state. This allow the user to register } { the client thread before it actually start working. } constructor TClientThread.Create; begin inherited Create(TRUE); FreeOnTerminate := False; end; {* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *} { This is the main thread routine. There is not much to do because THttpCli } { is event driven. So everythong to do is done inside an event handler. } procedure TClientThread.Execute; begin FReady := True; try { Create the HTTP component. It is important to create it inside the } { Execute method because it *must* be created by the thread. } { Otherwise the messages sent by winsock would be processed in the } { main thread context, effectively disabling multi-threading. } FHttpCli := THttpCli.Create(nil); try FHttpCli.Url := String(StrPas(FUrl)); FHttpCli.OnRequestDone := HttpCliRequestDone; FHttpCli.RcvdStream := TMemoryStream.Create; FHttpCli.GetAsync; { Message loop to handle all messages } { The loop is exited when WM_QUIT message is received } FHttpCli.CtrlSocket.MessageLoop; finally FHttpCli.Free; end; except on E:Exception do begin FErrorCode^ := -3; StrToBuffer(Buffer, BufSize, AnsiString(E.ClassName + ':' + E.Message)); end; end; { Returning from the Execute function effectively terminate the thread } ReturnValue := 0; end; {* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *} { This event handler is called when the client connection is established. } procedure TClientThread.HttpCliRequestDone( Sender : TObject; RqType : THttpRequest; ErrCode : Word); var N : Integer; begin if ErrCode <> 0 then begin // Failure FErrorCode^ := ErrCode; StrToBuffer(Buffer, BufSize, AnsiString(FHttpCli.ReasonPhrase)); end else if FHttpCli.StatusCode <> 200 then begin FErrorCode^ := FHttpCli.StatusCode; StrToBuffer(Buffer, BufSize, AnsiString(FHttpCli.ReasonPhrase)); end else begin // Success FErrorCode^ := FHttpCli.StatusCode; N := FHttpCli.RcvdStream.Size; if N > FBufSize^ then begin // Supplied buffer is too small N := FBufSize^; // Truncate length to copy FBufSize^ := -FHttpCli.RcvdStream.Size; // Return negative size end else FBufSize^ := N; // Return document size // Copy data to buffer Move(TMemoryStream(FHttpCli.RcvdStream).Memory^, Buffer^, N); end; // Free receive stream FHttpCli.RcvdStream.Free; FHttpCli.RcvdStream := nil; PostMessage(FHttpCli.CtrlSocket.Handle, WM_QUIT, 0, 0); end; {* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *} { Copy a string to a buffer with overflow check. } procedure StrToBuffer(Buffer : PAnsiChar; BufSize : PInteger; Msg : AnsiString); begin if Length(Msg) < BufSize^ then BufSize^ := Length(Msg); if BufSize^ > 0 then Move(Msg[1], Buffer^, BufSize^); end; {* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *} function IcsDllDemo( Url : PAnsiChar; Buffer : PAnsiChar; BufSize : PInteger): integer; stdcall; var WorkerThread : TClientThread; begin try Result := -1; WSocketForceLoadWinsock; // Create a new thread. It is created in sleeping state WorkerThread := TClientThread.Create; // Then pass all parameters WorkerThread.Buffer := Buffer; WorkerThread.BufSize := BufSize; WorkerThread.ErrorCode := @Result; WorkerThread.Url := Url; // Then let thread start his work {$if RTLVersion >= 21} WorkerThread.Start; {$else} WorkerThread.Resume; {$ifend} // And wait until it finishes while not WorkerThread.FReady do Sleep(10); WorkerThread.Free; except on E:Exception do begin Result := -2; StrToBuffer(Buffer, BufSize, AnsiString(E.ClassName + ': ' + E.Message)); end; end; end; {* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *} procedure DLLHandler(Reason: Integer); begin if Reason = DLL_PROCESS_DETACH then begin // MessageBox(0, PChar('Reason = ' + IntToStr(Reason)), 'DLLHandler', MB_OK); OverbyteIcsWinsock.CancelForceLoadWinsock; //WSocketUnregisterClass; // 27/04/2002 end; end; {* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *} begin // MessageBox(0, PChar('DLL Init ' + IntToStr(WSocketGCount)), 'DLL', MB_OK); DLLProc := @DLLHandler; end.