RequestContentFormat Property

The request content format.

Syntax

 coap.getRequestContentFormat([callback])
 coap.setRequestContentFormat( requestContentFormat, [callback])

Default Value

-1

Callback

The 'callback' parameter specifies a function which will be called when the operation completes (or an error is encountered). If the 'callback' parameter is not specified, then the method will block and will not return until the operation completes (or an error is encountered).

The callback for the getRequestContentFormat([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err, data){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'data' is the value returned by the method.

The callback for the setRequestContentFormat([callback]) method is defined as:

function(err){ }

'err' is the error that occurred. If there was no error, then 'err' is 'null'.

'err' has 2 properties which hold detailed information:

err.code
err.message

Remarks

When the class is operating in client mode (i.e., the Listening property is disabled), this property specifies the content format that should be included in outgoing requests.

When the class is operating in server mode (i.e., the Listening property is enabled), this property is populated with the content format included in incoming requests (if any) anytime the Request event fires.

In either case, the valid set of values for this property is -1, or a value in the range 0 to 65535. -1 prevents a Content-Format option from being included when sending a request, or indicates that one was not included in a received response.

The following table provides a (non-exhaustive) list of some of the more common content formats; refer to the IANA's CoAP Content-Formats registry for a full list.

This property is not available at design time.

Data Type

Integer