Basic JSON RESTful client fetching items from a local server at application start and adding them to the model.

network/servercommunicator.h

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+#ifndef SERVERCOMMUNICATOR_H
+#define SERVERCOMMUNICATOR_H
+
+#include <QNetworkAccessManager>
+#include <QNetworkRequestFactory>
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QRestAccessManager>
+
+class ServerCommunicator : public QObject {
+  Q_OBJECT
+ public:
+  explicit ServerCommunicator(QObject* parent = nullptr);
+
+  bool sslSupported();
+
+  QUrl url() const;
+  void setUrl(const QUrl& url);
+
+  void fetchItems();
+
+ signals:
+  void urlChanged();
+
+  void itemsFetched(const QByteArray jsonDoc);
+  void itemsFetchFailure(const QString errorString);
+
+ private:
+  QNetworkAccessManager m_netManager;
+  std::shared_ptr<QRestAccessManager> m_restManager;
+  std::shared_ptr<QNetworkRequestFactory> m_serviceApi;
+};
+
+#endif  // SERVERCOMMUNICATOR_H