From e30f8b76eabc8b7b12c0a141e70477e638cec224 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Harrissou Sant-anna <delazj@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:49:05 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Add/Update HTTP downloads algorithms

Fixes #9282, fixes #9212
---
 .../processing_algs/qgis/filetools.rst        | 124 ++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 115 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/docs/user_manual/processing_algs/qgis/filetools.rst b/docs/user_manual/processing_algs/qgis/filetools.rst
index 10bbd8359ab..4d2ba7c4009 100644
--- a/docs/user_manual/processing_algs/qgis/filetools.rst
+++ b/docs/user_manual/processing_algs/qgis/filetools.rst
@@ -9,11 +9,9 @@ File tools
 
 .. _qgisfiledownloader:
 
-Download file
---------------
-Downloads a file specified using a URL (using for instance ``http:``
-or ``file:``).
-In other words you can copy/paste a URL and download the file.
+Download file via HTTP(S)
+----------------------------
+Downloads a URL to the file system with an HTTP(S) GET or POST request.
 
 Parameters
 ..........
@@ -34,8 +32,6 @@ Basic parameters
      - [string]
      - The URL of the file to download.
    * - **File destination**
-
-       Optional
      - ``OUTPUT``
      - [string]
 
@@ -44,8 +40,8 @@ Basic parameters
        One of:
 
        .. include:: ../algs_include.rst
-          :start-after: **file_output_types_skip**
-          :end-before: **end_file_output_types_skip**
+          :start-after: **file_output_types**
+          :end-before: **end_file_output_types**
 
 Advanced parameters
 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@@ -100,6 +96,116 @@ Python code
   :end-before: **end_algorithm_code_section**
 
 
+.. _qgishttprequest:
+
+HTTP(S) POST/GET request
+------------------------
+Performs a HTTP(S) POST/GET request and returns the HTTP status code and the reply data.
+If an error occurs then the error code and the message will be returned.
+Optionally, the result can be written to a file on disk.
+By default the algorithm will warn on errors. Optionally, the algorithm can be set to treat HTTP errors as failures.
+
+Parameters
+..........
+
+.. list-table::
+   :header-rows: 1
+   :widths: 20 20 20 40
+
+   * - Label
+     - Name
+     - Type
+     - Description
+   * - **URL or file path**
+     - ``URL``
+     - [string]
+     - The URL or path of the file to open.
+   * - **Method**
+     - ``METHOD``
+     - [enumeration]
+
+       Default: 0
+     - The HTTP method to use for the request. Options are:
+
+       * 0 --- GET
+       * 1 --- POST
+   * - **POST Data**
+
+       Optional
+     - ``DATA``
+     - [string]
+
+     - The data to add in the body if the request is a POST.
+   * - **Authentication**
+
+       Optional
+     - ``AUTH_CONFIG``
+     - [authconfig]
+
+       Default: No authentication
+     - An authentication configuration to pass
+   * - **Consider HTTP errors as failures**
+     - ``FAIL_ON_ERROR``
+     - [boolean]
+
+       Default: False
+     - If set, the algorithm will fail on encountering a HTTP error.
+   * - **File destination**
+
+       Optional
+     - ``OUTPUT``
+     - [string]
+
+       Default: ``[Skip Output]``
+     - The result can be written to a file instead of being returned as a string.
+       Specification of the file destination. One of:
+
+       .. include:: ../algs_include.rst
+          :start-after: **file_output_types_skip**
+          :end-before: **end_file_output_types_skip**
+
+Outputs
+.......
+
+.. list-table::
+   :header-rows: 1
+   :widths: 20 20 20 40
+
+   * - Label
+     - Name
+     - Type
+     - Description
+   * - **File destination**
+     - ``OUTPUT``
+     - [file]
+     - The downloaded file with the returned result
+   * - **HTTP Status**
+     - ``STATUS_CODE``
+     - [string]
+     - The HTTP Status
+   * - **Network error code**
+     - ``ERROR_CODE``
+     - [string]
+     - The error code When it fails (like as well on 404 HTTP Status etc.)
+   * - **Network error message**
+     - ``ERROR_MESSAGE``
+     - [string]
+     - A string containing the error message in case of failure
+   * - **Result data**
+     - ``RESULT_DATA``
+     - [string]
+     - A string containing the result data in case of success
+
+Python code
+...........
+
+**Algorithm ID**: ``native:httprequest``
+
+.. include:: ../algs_include.rst
+  :start-after: **algorithm_code_section**
+  :end-before: **end_algorithm_code_section**
+
+
 .. _qgisopenurl:
 
 Open file or URL