OpenAPI | Client

TsgcOpenAPI_Client is a non-visual component that encapsulates the main methods and properties to make HTTP requests from a OpenAPI specification.

 

Every OpenAPI interface created with sgcOpenAPI Parser has 2 methods

 

  1. GetOpenAPIClient: it's a singleton function that returns an instance of the main class, if not exists, it creates automatically.
  2. FreeOpenAPIClient: frees the main class if it's created.

 

Example

Use the Abstractapi to retrieve the localization of an IP Address.


GetOpenAPIClient.Retrieve_the_location_of_an_IP_address('your api', '80.258.15.2');

 

 

Authentication

 

TLSOptions

Allows to configure how connect to secure SSL/TLS servers using HTTP/1 protocol

 

ALPNProtocols: list of the ALPN protocols which will be sent to server.

RootCertFile: path to root certificate file.

CertFile: path to certificate file.

KeyFile: path to certificate key file.

Password: if certificate is secured with a password, set here.

VerifyCertificate: if certificate must be verified, enable this property.

VerifyDepth: is an Integer property that represents the maximum number of links permitted when verification is performed for the X.509 certificate.

Version: by default uses TLS 1.0, if server requires a higher TLS version, here can be selected.

IOHandler: select which library you will use to connection using TLS.

iohOpenSSL: uses OpenSSL library and is the default for Indy components. Requires to deploy openssl libraries for win32/win64.

iohSChannel: uses Secure Channel which is a security protocol implemented by Microsoft for Windows, doesn't require to deploy openssl libraries. Only works in Windows 32/64 bits.

OpenSSL_Options: configuration of the openSSL libraries.

APIVersion: allows to define which OpenSSL API will be used.

oslAPI_1_0: uses API 1.0 OpenSSL, it's latest supported by Indy

oslAPI_1_1: uses API 1.1 OpenSSL, requires our custom Indy library and allows to use OpenSSL 1.1.1 libraries (with TLS 1.3 support).

oslAPI_3_0: uses API 3.0 OpenSSL, requires our custom Indy library and allows to use OpenSSL 3.0.0 libraries (with TLS 1.3 support).

LibPath: here you can configure where are located the openSSL libraries

oslpNone: this is the default, the openSSL libraries should be in the same folder where is the binary or in a known path.

oslpDefaultFolder: sets automatically the openSSL path where the libraries should be located for all IDE personalities.

oslpCustomFolder: if this is the option selected, define the full path in the property LibPathCustom.

LibPathCustom: when LibPath = oslpCustomFolder define here the full path where are located the openSSL libraries.

UnixSymLinks: enable or disable the loading of SymLinks under Unix systems (by default is enabled, except under OSX64):

oslsSymLinksDefault: by default are enabled except under OSX64 (after MacOS Monterey fails trying to load the library without version.).

oslsSymLinksLoadFirst: Load SymLinks and do before trying to load the version libraries.

oslsSymLinksLoad: Load SymLinks after trying to load the version libraries.

oslsSymLinksDontLoad: don't load the SymLinks.

SChannel_Options: allows to use a certificate from Windows Certificate Store.

CertHash: is the certificate Hash. You can find the certificate Hash running a dir command in powershell.

CipherList: here you can set which Ciphers will be used (separated by ":"). Example: CALG_AES_256:CALG_AES_128

CertStoreName: the store name where is stored the certificate. Select one of below:

scsnMY (the default)

scsnCA

scsnRoot

scsnTrust

CertStorePath: the store path where is stored the certificate. Select one of below:

scspStoreCurrentUser (the default)

scspStoreLocalMachine

 

 

 

Proxy Options

Use this property to configure the connections through a proxy.

 

Enabled: set to true to enable proxy connections.

Host: Proxy server address

Port: Proxy server port

UserName/Password: Authentication to connect to proxy, only if required.

ProxyType: the following proxies are supported:

Log

If Log property is enabled it saves socket messages to a specified log file, useful for debugging.

 

Log: enable if you want to save the HTTP requests to a text file.

LogFileName: full path to the filename.

 

Properties

Other properties that can be used to customize the OpenAPI client:

 

EncodeBodyAsUTF8: if enabled, the JSON body is encoded as UTF8 (by default false).

 

 

Events

Find below the list of the events that you can handle when using the OpenAPI Client.

 

 

OnBeforeRequest

 

This event is called before the HTTP request is called. Allows to customize the Parameter names, Headers, security... Find below an example how to replace the name of some parameters.

 


procedure OnBeforeRequestEvent(Sender: TObject; const aRequest: TsgcOpenAPIRequest);
var
  i: Integer;
  oParameter: TsgcOpenAPIParameter;
begin
  for i := 0 to aRequest.Parameters.Count - 1 do
  begin
    oParameter := aRequest.Parameters[i];
    if oParameter._Name = 'meta-modified-from' then
      oParameter._name := 'eventDateTime-from';
    if oParameter._Name = 'meta-modified-to' then
      oParameter._name := 'eventDateTime-to';
  end;
end;

OnUpload

 

This event is called when a file is uploaded, you can use this event to know the progress of the upload.

 

OnDownload

 

This event is called when a file is downloaded, you ca use this event to know the progress of the download.