> On 21.03.2019, at 13:14, H. Hirzel <hannes.hirzel at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello
> 
> This thread is related to my question how to get a picture from the web.
> 
> I understand that I probably have to use WebClient.
> 
> How would one of the convenience methods of WebClient be used to get a
> picture from the web?

maybe:

ImageReadWriter formFromStream: ((WebClient httpGet: 'the-url') contents readStream)

-t
> 
> --Hannes
> 
> On 1/18/19, tim Rowledge <tim at rowledge.org> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>> On 2019-01-18, at 1:30 AM, Tobias Pape <Das.Linux at gmx.de> wrote:
>>> 
>>> TL;DR: It's just WebClient with differing layers of icing on top.
>> 
>> Hah; so it is. That's good, I guess. Evidently diving a dozen or so layers
>> down wasn't enough to discover that. ;-)
>> 
>>> 
>>> But, yes, it could all be a bit more clear cut.
>> 
>> It certainly could; but more importantly it could do much better for raising
>> and handling errors helpfully. I note with wry amusement how the last part
>> of HTTPSocket class>>#httpGetDocument:args:accept:request: carefully takes
>> the helpful error info of WebClient and ensures that the less helpful
>> HttpSocket response is generated.
>> 
>> And of course none of this alters the fact that a good few methods could do
>> with changing to handle network errors, whichever flavour of WebClient icing
>> they use!
>> 
>> 
>> tim
>> --
>> tim Rowledge; tim at rowledge.org; http://www.rowledge.org/tim
>> Useful random insult:- Proof that evolution CAN go in reverse.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
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