Why do I have to set the host in a QHttp object?

**dhjdhj** · 16th July 2009, 13:57

I'm just curious about motivation --- my team is committing to Qt and so we're making some simple examples to get a feel for the environment.

I was trying the QHttp object with the "get" method which, according to the docs, can accept a complete URL (which includes the host).

Yet I found that it wouldn't work unless I explicitly used QHttp::setHost first. Why can't the "get" method extract the host from the URL, when it's there?

Curiously,

**jpn** · 16th July 2009, 14:05

I wondered the same. But now there is more powerful QNAM...

**dhjdhj** · 16th July 2009, 14:12

What is QNAM .... ?

**nish** · 16th July 2009, 14:18

QNetworkAcessManager i suppose

**jpn** · 16th July 2009, 14:29

From QHttp docs:

However, for new applications, it is recommended to use QNetworkAccessManager and QNetworkReply, as those classes possess a simpler, yet more powerful API.

**dhjdhj** · 16th July 2009, 18:26

Hmmm, I was just following the tutorials.

**hashb** · 28th October 2009, 13:17

Great news for me
Because I'm suffering of how to use http to connect a website which need user&passwd ,such as Qt Center.
I think I should try QNetworkAccessManager now