TrackerHTTP: a usage tracking module that uses HTTP/HTTPS via the curl library. More...

Public Member Functions
	TrackerHTTP ()
	default constructor is allowed, but doesn't generate output
	TrackerHTTP (int world_rank=0)
	standard constructor with ProblemDescDB, rank
	~TrackerHTTP ()
	destructor to free handles
void	post_start (ProblemDescDB &problem_db)
	post the start of an analysis and archive start time
void	post_finish (unsigned runtime=0)
	post the completion of an analysis including elapsed time
Private Member Functions
void	initialize (int world_rank=0)
	shared initialization functions across constructors
void	url_add_field (std::string &url, const char *keyword, const std::string &value, bool delimit=true) const
	append keyword/value pair to url in GET style (with &keyword=value); set delimit = false to omit the &
void	build_default_data (std::string &url, std::time_t &rawtime, const std::string &mode) const
	construct URL with shared information for start/finish
void	send_data_using_get (const std::string &urltopost) const
	transmit data to the web server using GET
void	send_data_using_post (const std::string &datatopost) const
	POST separate location and query; datatopost="name=daniel&project=curl".
void	populate_method_list (ProblemDescDB &problem_db)
	extract list of methods from problem database
std::string	get_uid () const
	get the real user ID
std::string	get_username () const
	get the username as reported by the environment
std::string	get_hostname () const
	get the system hostname
std::string	get_os () const
	get the operating system
std::string	get_datetime (const std::time_t &rawtime) const
	get the date and time as a string YYYYMMDDHHMMSS
Private Attributes
CURL *	curlPtr
	pointer to the curl handler instance
FILE *	devNull
	pointer to /dev/null
std::string	trackerLocation
	base URL for the tracker
std::string	proxyLocation
	if empty, proxy may still be specified via environment variables (unlike default CURL behavior)
long	timeoutSeconds
	seconds until the request will timeout (may have issues with signals)
std::string	methodList
	list of active methods
std::string	dakotaVersion
	DAKOTA version.
std::time_t	startTime
	cached starting time in raw seconds
short	outputLevel
	verbosity control