How to know if a Url is reachable

[SPir4L]

Hi all,

I want to check if a text, that the user entered in a QString, is a valid
and reachable Internetaddress (or even better a valid and reachable URL).

I looked into the docs and found various classes dealing with network things
but nothing that suits my needs. Can somebody suggest me a Classname to use?
I don't want to use this address anywhere else, I only want to check if it can
be accessed.


PS: The address I've to check is not a webpage address but an online radio stream; for example:

mms://xx.xxx.xx.xxx:xxxx/radio_name

I hope someone could help me :)

[wysota]

The only thing you can do is to connect to it using QTcpSocket (or QUdpSocket).

[SPir4L]

Could you please give me an example of code?

[wysota]

Use QAbstractSocket::connectToHost() with proper host and port data and then when you get connected, try downloading the stream using a proper MMS command.

You can visit this link to learn more about the MMS protocol: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Media_Services

[yogeshgokul]

@ Wysota,
If you are suggesting to use QTcpSocket class, why dont you answer this post.

http://www.qtcentre.org/forum/f-qt-programming-2/t-qtcpsocketconnecttohost-15919.html