/** Generate a remote content request based on the parameters sent from the client. */
private HttpRequest buildHttpRequest(HttpServletRequest request) throws GadgetException {
Uri url = validateUrl(request.getParameter(URL_PARAM));
HttpRequest req = new HttpRequest(url);
req.setContainer(getContainer(request));
if (request.getParameter(GADGET_PARAM) != null) {
req.setGadget(Uri.parse(request.getParameter(GADGET_PARAM)));
}
// Allow the rewriter to use an externally forced mime type. This is needed
// allows proper rewriting of <script src="x"/> where x is returned with
// a content type like text/html which unfortunately happens all too often
req.setRewriteMimeType(request.getParameter(REWRITE_MIME_TYPE_PARAM));
req.setIgnoreCache(getIgnoreCache(request));
// If the proxy request specifies a refresh param then we want to force the min TTL for
// the retrieved entry in the cache regardless of the headers on the content when it
// is fetched from the original source.
if (request.getParameter(REFRESH_PARAM) != null) {
try {
req.setCacheTtl(Integer.parseInt(request.getParameter(REFRESH_PARAM)));
} catch (NumberFormatException nfe) {
// Ignore
}
}
return req;
}
