(*
OCaml HTTP - do it yourself (fully OCaml) HTTP daemon
- Copyright (C) <2002-2004> Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@cs.unibo.it>
+ Copyright (C) <2002-2005> Stefano Zacchiroli <zack@cs.unibo.it>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
- it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
- the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
- (at your option) any later version.
+ it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public License as
+ published by the Free Software Foundation, version 2.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
- GNU General Public License for more details.
+ GNU Library General Public License for more details.
- You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
- along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
- Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
+ You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
+ License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
+ USA
*)
(** Main OCaml HTTP module.
(** respond using a prebuilt Http_types.response object *)
val respond_with: Http_types.response -> out_channel -> unit
- (** 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
* the wildcard address "0.0.0.0"
- * @param port TCP port on which the daemon will be listening. Default is the
- * HTTP port 80
- * @param timeout timeout in seconds after which an incoming HTTP request will
- * be terminated closing the corresponding TCP connection. Passing None will
- * disable the timeout. Default is 5 minutes (300 seconds)
- * @param mode requests handling mode, it can have three different values.
- * `Single -> all requests will be handled by the same process,
- * `Fork -> each request will be handled by a separate process
- * `Thread -> each request will be handled by a separate thread
- * Default is `Fork
- * @param root document root (i.e. directory to which ocaml http will chdir
- * before starting handling requests). Default is current working directory
- * @param callback function which will be called each time a correct HTTP
- * request will be received. 1st callback argument is the path requested by
- * the HTTP client; 2nd argument is a list of pairs <parameter, value>
- * representing decoded query string; 3rd argument is an output channel
- * connected with the client
+ * @param port like the "port" field of Http_types.daemon_spec, defaults to 80
+ * @param timeout like the "timeout" field of Http_types.daemon_spec, defaults
+ * to Some 300
+ * @param mode like the "mode" field of Http_types.daemon_spec, defaults to
+ * `Fork
+ * @param root like the "root_dir" field of Http_types.daemon_spec, defaults to
+ * None
+ * @param callback functional version of the "callback" field of
+ * Http_types.daemon_spec. 1st argument is the request path, 2nd argument
+ * the decoded query string, 3rd argument an output channel connect to the
+ * client
*)
val start:
?addr: string -> ?port: int ->
(string -> (string * string) list -> out_channel -> unit) ->
unit
- (** identical to 'start' above but callback receive two arguments, the second
- one is an out_channel as per 'start', but the secondo one is a Request.request
- object *)
+ (** starts an HTTP daemon (deprecated function)
+ *
+ * @deprecated This function will be removed in future versions, please switch
+ * to Http_daemon.main below.
+ *
+ * parameters as per {!Http_daemon.start} except for the callback, in this case
+ * it behaves as the "callback" field of Http_types.daemon_spec
+ *)
val start':
?addr: string -> ?port: int ->
?timeout: int option -> ?mode: Http_types.daemon_mode -> ?root: string ->
unit
(** Object oriented interface to HTTP daemons.
- @param addr address on which daemon will listen for connections
- @param port port which daemon will bind
- see {! Http_types.daemon} *)
+ * @param addr address on which daemon will listen for connections
+ * @param port port which daemon will bind
+ * see {!Http_types.daemon} *)
class daemon:
?addr: string -> ?port: int ->
unit ->
Http_types.daemon
(** Trivial static pages HTTP daemon.
- Daemons created using this module will serve directory indexes and files found
- starting from the working directory *)
+ * Daemons created using this module will serve directory indexes and files
+ * found starting from the working directory *)
module Trivial :
sig
(** callback function, exposed if you like to use it as a basis to define
a more powerful daemon *)
- val callback : string -> 'a -> out_channel -> unit
+ val callback : Http_types.request -> out_channel -> unit
- (** start the "trivial" HTTP daemon *)
- val start : ?addr:string -> ?port:int -> unit -> unit
+ (** start the "trivial" HTTP daemon
+ * @param spec trivial HTTP daemon specification, "callback" field is
+ * ignored and set to the callback above *)
+ val main : Http_types.daemon_spec -> unit
end