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47int <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPSave">xmlNanoHTTPSave</a> (void * ctxt, <br/> const char * filename); 48const char * <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPRedir">xmlNanoHTTPRedir</a> (void * ctx); 49const char * <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPAuthHeader">xmlNanoHTTPAuthHeader</a> (void * ctx); 50int <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPFetch">xmlNanoHTTPFetch</a> (const char * URL, <br/> const char * filename, <br/> char ** contentType); 51int <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPContentLength">xmlNanoHTTPContentLength</a> (void * ctx); 52const char * <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPMimeType">xmlNanoHTTPMimeType</a> (void * ctx); 53void <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPClose">xmlNanoHTTPClose</a> (void * ctx); 54void <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPCleanup">xmlNanoHTTPCleanup</a> (void); 55void * <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPMethod">xmlNanoHTTPMethod</a> (const char * URL, <br/> const char * method, <br/> const char * input, <br/> char ** contentType, <br/> const char * headers, <br/> int ilen); 56void <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPInit">xmlNanoHTTPInit</a> (void); 57void * <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPOpen">xmlNanoHTTPOpen</a> (const char * URL, <br/> char ** contentType); 58void * <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPOpenRedir">xmlNanoHTTPOpenRedir</a> (const char * URL, <br/> char ** contentType, <br/> char ** redir); 59void * <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPMethodRedir">xmlNanoHTTPMethodRedir</a> (const char * URL, <br/> const char * method, <br/> const char * input, <br/> char ** contentType, <br/> char ** redir, <br/> const char * headers, <br/> int ilen); 60void <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPScanProxy">xmlNanoHTTPScanProxy</a> (const char * URL); 61const char * <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPEncoding">xmlNanoHTTPEncoding</a> (void * ctx); 62int <a href="#xmlNanoHTTPReturnCode">xmlNanoHTTPReturnCode</a> (void * ctx); 63</pre> 64 </div> 65 <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 66 <h2>Description</h2> 67 </div> 68 <div class="refsect1" lang="en"> 69 <h2>Details</h2> 70 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"> 71 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPAuthHeader"/>xmlNanoHTTPAuthHeader ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">const char * xmlNanoHTTPAuthHeader (void * ctx)<br/> 72</pre><p>Get the authentication header of an HTTP context</p> 73<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the HTTP context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the stashed value of the WWW-Authenticate or Proxy-Authenticate header.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 74 <hr/> 75 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPCleanup"/>xmlNanoHTTPCleanup ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void xmlNanoHTTPCleanup (void)<br/> 76</pre><p>Cleanup the HTTP protocol layer.</p> 77</div> 78 <hr/> 79 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPClose"/>xmlNanoHTTPClose ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void xmlNanoHTTPClose (void * ctx)<br/> 80</pre><p>This function closes an HTTP context, it ends up the connection and free all data related to it.</p> 81<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the HTTP context</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 82 <hr/> 83 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPContentLength"/>xmlNanoHTTPContentLength ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int xmlNanoHTTPContentLength (void * ctx)<br/> 84</pre><p>Provides the specified content length from the HTTP header.</p> 85<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the HTTP context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the specified content length from the HTTP header. Note that a value of -1 indicates that the content length element was not included in the response header.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 86 <hr/> 87 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPEncoding"/>xmlNanoHTTPEncoding ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">const char * xmlNanoHTTPEncoding (void * ctx)<br/> 88</pre><p>Provides the specified encoding if specified in the HTTP headers.</p> 89<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the HTTP context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the specified encoding or NULL if not available</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 90 <hr/> 91 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPFetch"/>xmlNanoHTTPFetch ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int xmlNanoHTTPFetch (const char * URL, <br/> const char * filename, <br/> char ** contentType)<br/> 92</pre><p>This function try to fetch the indicated resource via HTTP GET and save it's content in the file.</p> 93<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>URL</tt></i>:</span></td><td>The URL to load</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>filename</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the filename where the content should be saved</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>contentType</tt></i>:</span></td><td>if available the Content-Type information will be returned at that location</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>-1 in case of failure, 0 incase of success. The contentType, if provided must be freed by the caller</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 94 <hr/> 95 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPInit"/>xmlNanoHTTPInit ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void xmlNanoHTTPInit (void)<br/> 96</pre><p>Initialize the HTTP protocol layer. Currently it just checks for proxy informations</p> 97</div> 98 <hr/> 99 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPMethod"/>xmlNanoHTTPMethod ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void * xmlNanoHTTPMethod (const char * URL, <br/> const char * method, <br/> const char * input, <br/> char ** contentType, <br/> const char * headers, <br/> int ilen)<br/> 100</pre><p>This function try to open a connection to the indicated resource via HTTP using the given @method, adding the given extra headers and the input buffer for the request content.</p> 101<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>URL</tt></i>:</span></td><td>The URL to load</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>method</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the HTTP method to use</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>input</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the input string if any</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>contentType</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the Content-Type information IN and OUT</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>headers</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the extra headers</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ilen</tt></i>:</span></td><td>input length</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>NULL in case of failure, otherwise a request handler. The contentType, if provided must be freed by the caller</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 102 <hr/> 103 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPMethodRedir"/>xmlNanoHTTPMethodRedir ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void * xmlNanoHTTPMethodRedir (const char * URL, <br/> const char * method, <br/> const char * input, <br/> char ** contentType, <br/> char ** redir, <br/> const char * headers, <br/> int ilen)<br/> 104</pre><p>This function try to open a connection to the indicated resource via HTTP using the given @method, adding the given extra headers and the input buffer for the request content.</p> 105<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>URL</tt></i>:</span></td><td>The URL to load</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>method</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the HTTP method to use</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>input</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the input string if any</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>contentType</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the Content-Type information IN and OUT</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>redir</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the redirected URL OUT</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>headers</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the extra headers</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ilen</tt></i>:</span></td><td>input length</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>NULL in case of failure, otherwise a request handler. The contentType, or redir, if provided must be freed by the caller</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 106 <hr/> 107 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPMimeType"/>xmlNanoHTTPMimeType ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">const char * xmlNanoHTTPMimeType (void * ctx)<br/> 108</pre><p>Provides the specified Mime-Type if specified in the HTTP headers.</p> 109<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the HTTP context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the specified Mime-Type or NULL if not available</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 110 <hr/> 111 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPOpen"/>xmlNanoHTTPOpen ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void * xmlNanoHTTPOpen (const char * URL, <br/> char ** contentType)<br/> 112</pre><p>This function try to open a connection to the indicated resource via HTTP GET.</p> 113<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>URL</tt></i>:</span></td><td>The URL to load</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>contentType</tt></i>:</span></td><td>if available the Content-Type information will be returned at that location</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>NULL in case of failure, otherwise a request handler. The contentType, if provided must be freed by the caller</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 114 <hr/> 115 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPOpenRedir"/>xmlNanoHTTPOpenRedir ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void * xmlNanoHTTPOpenRedir (const char * URL, <br/> char ** contentType, <br/> char ** redir)<br/> 116</pre><p>This function try to open a connection to the indicated resource via HTTP GET.</p> 117<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>URL</tt></i>:</span></td><td>The URL to load</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>contentType</tt></i>:</span></td><td>if available the Content-Type information will be returned at that location</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>redir</tt></i>:</span></td><td>if available the redirected URL will be returned</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>NULL in case of failure, otherwise a request handler. The contentType, if provided must be freed by the caller</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 118 <hr/> 119 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPRead"/>xmlNanoHTTPRead ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int xmlNanoHTTPRead (void * ctx, <br/> void * dest, <br/> int len)<br/> 120</pre><p>This function tries to read @len bytes from the existing HTTP connection and saves them in @dest. This is a blocking call.</p> 121<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the HTTP context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>dest</tt></i>:</span></td><td>a buffer</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>len</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the buffer length</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the number of byte read. 0 is an indication of an end of connection. -1 indicates a parameter error.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 122 <hr/> 123 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPRedir"/>xmlNanoHTTPRedir ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">const char * xmlNanoHTTPRedir (void * ctx)<br/> 124</pre><p>Provides the specified redirection URL if available from the HTTP header.</p> 125<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the HTTP context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the specified redirection URL or NULL if not redirected.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 126 <hr/> 127 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPReturnCode"/>xmlNanoHTTPReturnCode ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int xmlNanoHTTPReturnCode (void * ctx)<br/> 128</pre><p>Get the latest HTTP return code received</p> 129<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctx</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the HTTP context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the HTTP return code for the request.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 130 <hr/> 131 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPSave"/>xmlNanoHTTPSave ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">int xmlNanoHTTPSave (void * ctxt, <br/> const char * filename)<br/> 132</pre><p>This function saves the output of the HTTP transaction to a file It closes and free the context at the end</p> 133<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>ctxt</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the HTTP context</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>filename</tt></i>:</span></td><td>the filename where the content should be saved</td></tr><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>Returns</tt></i>:</span></td><td>-1 in case of failure, 0 incase of success.</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 134 <hr/> 135 <div class="refsect2" lang="en"><h3><a name="xmlNanoHTTPScanProxy"/>xmlNanoHTTPScanProxy ()</h3><pre class="programlisting">void xmlNanoHTTPScanProxy (const char * URL)<br/> 136</pre><p>(Re)Initialize the HTTP Proxy context by parsing the URL and finding the protocol host port it indicates. Should be like http://myproxy/ or http://myproxy:3128/ A NULL URL cleans up proxy informations.</p> 137<div class="variablelist"><table border="0"><col align="left"/><tbody><tr><td><span class="term"><i><tt>URL</tt></i>:</span></td><td>The proxy URL used to initialize the proxy context</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div> 138 <hr/> 139 </div> 140 </div> 141 </body> 142</html> 143
