nsIIOService
netwerk/base/public/nsiioservice.idlscriptable this interface provides a set of url parsing utility functions.
... note: nsiioservice may only be used from the main thread.
... implemented by @mozilla.org/network/io-service;1 as a service: var ioservice = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); method overview boolean allowport(in long aport, in string ascheme); acstring extractscheme(in autf8string urlstring); unsigned long getprotocolflags(in string ascheme); nsiprotocolhandler getprotocolhandler(in string ascheme); nsichannel newchannel(in autf8string aspec, in string aorigincharset, in nsiuri abaseuri); obsolete since gecko 48 nsichannel newchannel2(in autf8string aspec, in string aorigincharset, in nsiuri abaseuri, in nsidomnode aloadingnode, in nsiprincipal aloadingprincipal, in nsiprincipal atriggeringprincipal, in uint32_t asecu...

Necko Architecture
uris (recall that a url is just one implementation of a uri) can be created as individual components independently of necko, or they can be retrieved via the nsiioservice interface.
...nsiioservice acts as the central point of access to urls and channels (nsichannel) in necko.
... given a string representation of a url, you can ask the nsiioservice for a url instance representing that string.
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Places Developer Guide
var bookmarkuri = cc["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(ci.nsiioservice) .newuri("http://www.mozilla.com", null, null); var bookmarkid = bookmarks.insertbookmark( bookmarks.toolbarfolder, // the id of the folder the bookmark will be placed in.
... creating a livemark var ioservice = cc["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(ci.nsiioservice); var siteuri = ioservice.newuri("http://www.mozilla.com", null, null); var feeduri = ioservice.newuri("http://www.mozilla.org/news.rdf", null, null); var livemarks = cc["@mozilla.org/browser/livemark-service;2"] .getservice(ci.nsilivemarkservice); livemarks.createlivemark(bookmarks.toolbarfolder, // the id of the folder the livemark will be placed in "my livemark title", ...
... getservice(ci.nsiioservice).
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Finishing the Component
*_retval = pr_true; return ns_ok; } creating nsiuri objects to create an nsiuri, use nsiioservice.
... nsiioservice is the part of the networking library ("necko") that's responsible for kicking off network requests, managing protocols such as http, ftp, or file, and creating nsiuris.
... use the service manager to acquire the nsiioservice.
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Chapter 4: Using XPCOM—Implementing advanced processes - Archive of obsolete content
listing 1: calling xpcom functions using xpconnect <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <page xmlns="http://www.mozilla.org/keymaster/gatekeeper/there.is.only.xul"> <script type="application/javascript"><![cdata[ var ioservice = components.classes['@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1'] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); alert(ioservice); ]]></script> </page> calling xpconnect using local files try saving the contents of listing 1 as the file test.xul, somewhere on your desktop, and drag and drop it into firefox to open it.
...an xpconnect-wrapped nsiioservice message should appear.
... listing 11: converting a local file path to a url var path = 'c:\\temp\\temp.txt'; var file = components.classes['@mozilla.org/file/local;1'] .createinstance(components.interfaces.nsilocalfile); file.initwithpath(path); var ioservice = components.classes['@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1'] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); var url = ioservice.newfileuri(file); var fileurl = url.spec; alert(fileurl); // "file:///c:/temp/temp.txt" listing 12: converting a url to a local file path var url = 'file:///c:/temp/test.txt'; var ioservice = components.classes['@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1'] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); var filehandler = ioservice.getprotocolhandler('file') ...
... listing 21: loading a page by setting a referrer var browser = document.getelementbyid('browser'); var ioservice = components.classes['@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1'] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); var referrer = ioservice.newuri('http://www.gihyo.co.jp/', null, null); browser.loaduri('http://www.gihyo.co.jp/magazines/sd', referrer); listing 22: loading a page with data transmitted via the post method var content = encodeuricomponent('password=foobar'); var referrer = null; var postdata = components.classes['@mozilla.org/io/string-input-stream;1'] .createinstance(compone...

Index
386 nsichannel interfaces, interfaces:scriptable, xpcom, xpcom api reference, xpcom interface reference once a channel is created (via nsiioservice.newchannel()), parameters for that request may be set by using the channel attributes, or by calling queryinterface() to retrieve a subclass of nsichannel for protocol-specific parameters.
... 681 nsihttpchannel channels, http, interface reference, interfaces, interfaces:scriptable, network, xpcom, xpcom api reference, xpcom interface reference to create an http channel, use nsiioservice with a http uri, for example: 682 nsihttpchannelinternal http, interfaces, interfaces:scriptable, xpcom, xpcom interface reference gets the request's major and minor version numbers.
... 691 nsiioservice channels, i/o, interfaces, interfaces:scriptable, uris, xpcom, xpcom api reference, xpcom interface reference this interface duplicates many of the nsiprotocolhandler methods in a protocol handler independent way (for example newuri() inspects the scheme in order to delegate creation of the new uri to the appropriate protocol handler).
... 919 nsispeculativeconnect interfaces, interfaces:scriptable, necko, network, xpcom interface references to use this service, simply call nsisupports.queryinterface() on the nsiioservice you plan to use for the connection, to get access to the i/o service's implementation of nsispeculativeconnect.

Bookmarks - Archive of obsolete content
var ios = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); var uri = ios.newuri("http://google.com/", null, null); var newbkmkid = bmsvc.insertbookmark(newfolderid, uri, bmsvc.default_index, ""); this example instantiates the nsiioservice and uses it to create an nsiuri referring to the google web site, then calls nsinavbookmarksservice.insertbookmark() to create a new bookmark to google, placing it at the end of the bookmarks folder referenced by ne...
... var ios = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); var uri = ios.newuri("http://google.com/", null, null); var bookmarksarray = bmsvc.getbookmarkidsforuri(uri, {}); after executing this code, the array bookmarksarray contains the ids of all bookmarks that refer to the specified uri (in this case, "http://google.com").
... var ios = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); var uri = ios.newuri("http://mozilla.com/", null, null); if (!bmsvc.isbookmarked(uri)) { bmsvc.insertbookmark(bmsvc.toolbarfolder, uri, bmsvc.default_index, "mozilla"); } this example looks to see if the user already has a bookmark for the mozilla web site, and, if not, creates one, adding it to the user's bookmarks toolbar.

File I/O - Archive of obsolete content
if you need to use file:// uris as initializers, see discussion of nsiioservice below.
... to get a url of a file, use nsiioservice.newfileuri(): // file is nsifile components.utils.import("resource://gre/modules/services.jsm"); var url = services.io.newfileuri(file); // url is a nsiuri; to get the string "file://...", see url.spec to get an nsifile from the 'file://' url, use nsifileurl: // url is a nsiuri; see nsiioservice::newuri for getting a string into a nsiuri.
... getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); var url = ios.newuri(afileurl, null, null); if (!url || !url.schemeis("file")) throw "expected a file url."; var pngfile = url.queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsifileurl).file; var istream = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/file-input-stream;1"].

Using the Stylesheet Service - Archive of obsolete content
var sss = components.classes["@mozilla.org/content/style-sheet-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsistylesheetservice); var ios = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); var uri = ios.newuri("chrome://myext/content/myext.css", null, null); sss.loadandregistersheet(uri, sss.user_sheet); note: loadandregistersheet will load the stylesheet synchronously, so you should only call this method using local uris.
... var sss = components.classes["@mozilla.org/content/style-sheet-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsistylesheetservice); var ios = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); var uri = ios.newuri("chrome://myext/content/myext.css", null, null); if(!sss.sheetregistered(uri, sss.user_sheet)) sss.loadandregistersheet(uri, sss.user_sheet); removing a previously registered stylesheet if you wish to remove a stylesheet that you previously registered, simply use the unregistersheet method.
... var sss = components.classes["@mozilla.org/content/style-sheet-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsistylesheetservice); var ios = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); var u = ios.newuri("chrome://myext/content/myext.css", null, null); if(sss.sheetregistered(u, sss.user_sheet)) sss.unregistersheet(u, sss.user_sheet); registering stylesheets on startup via the category manager stylesheets may also be registered on startup via the agent-style-sheets and user-style-sheets categories.

Creating Sandboxed HTTP Connections
to create an nsiuri from an string, we use the newuri method of nsiioservice: // the io service var ioservice = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); // create an nsiuri var uri = ioservice.newuri(myurlstring, null, null); once the nsiuri has been created, a nsichannel can be generated from it using nsiioservice's newchannelfromuri method: // get a channel for that nsiuri var ...
...below is an example: // global channel var gchannel; // init the channel // the io service var ioservice = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); // create an nsiuri var uri = ioservice.newuri(myurlstring, null, null); // get a channel for that nsiuri gchannel = ioservice.newchannelfromuri(uri); // get an listener var listener = new streamlistener(callbackfunc); gchannel.notificationcallbacks = listener; gchannel.asyncopen(listener, null); function streamlistener(acallbackfunc) { this.mcallbackfunc = acallbackfunc; } streamlisten...
...like before, the nsiioservice is used: var referreruri = ioservice.newuri(referrerurl, null, null); next, the nsichannel is qied to nsihttpchannel and the referrer property is set to the generated nsiuri: var httpchannel = channel.queryinterface(components.interfaces.nsihttpchannel); httpchannel.referrer = referreruri; creating http posts to create an http post, a few additional steps are required after the nsichannel ...

Manipulating bookmarks using Places
var ios = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); var uri = ios.newuri("http://google.com/", null, null); var newbkmkid = bmsvc.insertbookmark(newfolderid, uri, bmsvc.default_index, ""); this example instantiates the nsiioservice and uses it to create an nsiuri referring to the google web site, then calls nsinavbookmarksservice.insertbookmark() to create a new bookmark to google, placing it at the end of the bookmarks folder referenced by ne...
... var ios = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); var uri = ios.newuri("http://google.com/", null, null); var bookmarksarray = bmsvc.getbookmarkidsforuri(uri, {}); after executing this code, the array bookmarksarray contains the ids of all bookmarks that refer to the specified uri (in this case, "http://google.com").
... var ios = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); var uri = ios.newuri("http://mozilla.com/", null, null); if (!bmsvc.isbookmarked(uri)) { bmsvc.insertbookmark(bmsvc.toolbarfolder, uri, bmsvc.default_index, "mozilla"); } this example looks to see if the user already has a bookmark for the mozilla web site, and, if not, creates one, adding it to the user's bookmarks toolbar.

NetUtil.jsm
l] acallback) void asyncfetch(asource, acallback) nsichannel newchannel(awhattoload, [optional] aorigincharset, [optional] nsiuri abaseuri) nsiuri newuri(atarget, [optional] aorigincharset, [optional] nsiuri abaseuri) string readinputstreamtostring(ainputstream, acount, aoptions) attributes attribute type description ioservice nsiioservice returns a reference to nsiioservice.
...this method wraps the nsiioservice.newuri().

nsISpeculativeConnect
1.0 66 introduced gecko 15.0 inherits from: nsisupports last changed in gecko 15.0 (firefox 15.0 / thunderbird 15.0 / seamonkey 2.12) to use this service, simply call nsisupports.queryinterface() on the nsiioservice you plan to use for the connection, to get access to the i/o service's implementation of nsispeculativeconnect.
... see also nsiioservice blog post: making firefox search snappier ...

nsIURI
to create an nsiuri object, you should use nsiioservice.newuri(), like this: function makeuri(aurl, aorigincharset, abaseuri) { var ioservice = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); return ioservice.newuri(aurl, aorigincharset, abaseuri); } components of a uri prepath path scheme userpass host port ref ...
... if the uri stores information from the nsiioservice interface's nsiioservice.newuri() call that created it, other than just the parsed string, the behavior of this information when setting the spec attribute is undefined.

Downloading Files - Archive of obsolete content
function getimagefromurl(url) { var ioserv = components.classes["@mozilla.org/network/io-service;1"] .getservice(components.interfaces.nsiioservice); var channel = ioserv.newchannel(url, 0, null); var stream = channel.open(); if (channel instanceof components.interfaces.nsihttpchannel && channel.responsestatus != 200) { return ""; } var bstream = components.classes["@mozilla.org/binaryinputstream;1"] .createinstance(components.interfaces.nsibinaryinputstream); bstream.setinputstream(stream); var size = 0;...