- (** starts an HTTP daemon listening
- * @param addr adress on which daemon will be listening, can be both a numeric
- * address (e.g. "127.0.0.1") and an hostname (e.g. "localhost"). Default is
+ (** start an HTTP daemon
+ * @param spec specification of daemon behaviour
+ *)
+val main: Http_types.daemon_spec -> unit
+
+ (** default daemon specification:
+ * - listen on 0.0.0.0, port 80
+ * - "always ok" callback (return an empty response, response code 200)
+ * - fork a child for each request
+ * - do not change to a root directory (i.e. keep cwd)
+ * - 300 seconds timeout
+ * - ignores exceptions
+ * - no authentication required *)
+val default_spec: Http_types.daemon_spec
+
+ (** currified daemon_spec constructor. Each parameter of this function
+ * corresponds to one field of Http_types.daemon_spec and defaults to the
+ * corresponding field of Http_daemon.default_spec *)
+val daemon_spec:
+ ?address:string ->
+ ?auth:(string * Http_types.auth_info) option ->
+ ?callback:(Http_types.request -> out_channel -> unit) ->
+ ?mode:(Http_types.daemon_mode) ->
+ ?port:int ->
+ ?root_dir:string option ->
+ ?exn_handler:(exn -> out_channel -> unit) option ->
+ ?timeout:int option ->
+ unit ->
+ Http_types.daemon_spec
+
+ (** starts an HTTP daemon (deprecated function)
+ *
+ * @deprecated This function will be removed in future versions, please switch
+ * to Http_daemon.main below.
+ *
+ * see {!Http_types.daemon_spec} for a detailed description of parameters
+ *
+ * @param addr like the "address" field of Http_types.daemon_spec, defaults to