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authorMicael Karlberg <[email protected]>2011-06-15 18:30:40 +0200
committerMicael Karlberg <[email protected]>2011-06-15 18:30:40 +0200
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[httpc|httpd] Added support for IPv6 with ssl.
OTP-5566 Merge branch 'bmk/inets/handle_ipv6_with_ssl2/OTP-5566' into bmk/inets/inets57_integration2 Conflicts: lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml lib/inets/src/inets_app/inets.appup.src lib/inets/test/inets_test_lib.erl
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/inets/doc')
-rw-r--r--lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml180
-rw-r--r--lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml21
2 files changed, 101 insertions, 100 deletions
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml
index f6b6827e93..d1671ac9bd 100644
--- a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml
+++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ filename() = string()
<v>Result = {status_line(), headers(), Body} |
{status_code(), Body} | request_id() </v>
<v>Body = string() | binary()</v>
- <v>Profile = profile()</v>
+ <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v>
<v>Reason = term() </v>
</type>
<desc>
@@ -194,16 +194,16 @@ filename() = string()
<v>Result = {status_line(), headers(), Body} |
{status_code(), Body} | request_id() </v>
<v>Body = string() | binary()</v>
- <v>Profile = profile() </v>
+ <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v>
<v>Reason = {connect_failed, term()} |
{send_failed, term()} | term() </v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Sends a HTTP-request. The function can be both synchronous
- and asynchronous. In the later case the function will return
- <c>{ok, RequestId}</c> and later on the information will be delivered
- to the <c>receiver</c> depending on that value. </p>
+ and asynchronous. In the later case the function will return
+ <c>{ok, RequestId}</c> and later on the information will be delivered
+ to the <c>receiver</c> depending on that value. </p>
<p>Http option (<c>http_option()</c>) details: </p>
<taglist>
@@ -211,7 +211,7 @@ filename() = string()
<item>
<p>Timeout time for the request. </p>
<p>The clock starts ticking as soon as the request has been
- sent. </p>
+ sent. </p>
<p>Time is in milliseconds. </p>
<p>Defaults to <c>infinity</c>. </p>
</item>
@@ -219,7 +219,7 @@ filename() = string()
<tag><c><![CDATA[connect_timeout]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Connection timeout time, used during the initial request,
- when the client is <em>connecting</em> to the server. </p>
+ when the client is <em>connecting</em> to the server. </p>
<p>Time is in milliseconds. </p>
<p>Defaults to the value of the <c>timeout</c> option. </p>
</item>
@@ -227,60 +227,61 @@ filename() = string()
<tag><c><![CDATA[ssl]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>This is the default ssl config option, currently defaults to
- <c>essl</c>, see below. </p>
+ <c>essl</c>, see below. </p>
<p>Defaults to <c>[]</c>. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[ossl]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If using the OpenSSL based (old) implementation of SSL,
- these SSL-specific options are used. </p>
+ these SSL-specific options are used. </p>
<p>Defaults to <c>[]</c>. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[essl]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>If using the Erlang based (new) implementation of SSL,
- these SSL-specific options are used. </p>
+ these SSL-specific options are used. </p>
<p>Defaults to <c>[]</c>. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[autoredirect]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Should the client automatically retrieve the information
- from the new URI and return that as the result instead
- of a 30X-result code. </p>
- <p>Note that for some 30X-result codes automatic redirect
- is not allowed. In these cases the 30X-result will always
- be returned. </p>
- <p>Defaults to <c>true</c>. </p>
+ <p>Should the client automatically retrieve the information
+ from the new URI and return that as the result instead
+ of a 30X-result code. </p>
+ <p>Note that for some 30X-result codes automatic redirect
+ is not allowed. In these cases the 30X-result will always
+ be returned. </p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>true</c>. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[proxy_auth]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>A proxy-authorization header using the provided user name and
- password will be added to the request. </p>
+ password will be added to the request. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[version]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Can be used to make the client act as an <c>HTTP/1.0</c> or
- <c>HTTP/0.9</c> client. By default this is an <c>HTTP/1.1</c>
- client. When using <c>HTTP/1.0</c> persistent connections will
- not be used. </p>
- <p>Defaults to the string <c>"HTTP/1.1"</c>. </p>
+ <c>HTTP/0.9</c> client. By default this is an <c>HTTP/1.1</c>
+ client. When using <c>HTTP/1.0</c> persistent connections will
+ not be used. </p>
+ <p>Defaults to the string <c>"HTTP/1.1"</c>. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[relaxed]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>If set to <c>true</c> workarounds for known server deviations from
- the HTTP-standard are enabled. </p>
+ <p>If set to <c>true</c> workarounds for known server deviations
+ from the HTTP-standard are enabled. </p>
<p>Defaults to <c>false</c>. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[url_encode]]></c></tag>
<item>
- <p>Will apply Percent-encoding, also known as URL encoding on the URL.</p>
+ <p>Will apply Percent-encoding, also known as URL encoding on the
+ URL.</p>
<p>Defaults to <c>false</c>. </p>
</item>
</taglist>
@@ -296,77 +297,77 @@ filename() = string()
<tag><c><![CDATA[stream]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Streams the body of a 200 or 206 response to the calling
- process or to a file. When streaming to the calling process
- using the option <c>self</c> the following stream messages
- will be sent to that process: <c>{http, {RequestId,
- stream_start, Headers}, {http, {RequestId, stream,
- BinBodyPart}, {http, {RequestId, stream_end, Headers}</c>. When
- streaming to to the calling processes using the option
- <c>{self, once}</c> the first message will have an additional
- element e.i. <c>{http, {RequestId, stream_start, Headers, Pid}</c>,
- this is the process id that should be used as an argument to
- <c>http:stream_next/1</c> to trigger the next message to be sent to
- the calling process. </p>
+ process or to a file. When streaming to the calling process
+ using the option <c>self</c> the following stream messages
+ will be sent to that process: <c>{http, {RequestId,
+ stream_start, Headers}, {http, {RequestId, stream,
+ BinBodyPart}, {http, {RequestId, stream_end, Headers}</c>. When
+ streaming to to the calling processes using the option
+ <c>{self, once}</c> the first message will have an additional
+ element e.i. <c>{http, {RequestId, stream_start, Headers, Pid}</c>,
+ this is the process id that should be used as an argument to
+ <c>http:stream_next/1</c> to trigger the next message to be sent to
+ the calling process. </p>
<p>Note that it is possible that chunked encoding will add
- headers so that there are more headers in the <c>stream_end</c>
- message than in the <c>stream_start</c>.
- When streaming to a file and the request is asynchronous the
- message <c>{http, {RequestId, saved_to_file}}</c> will be sent. </p>
+ headers so that there are more headers in the <c>stream_end</c>
+ message than in the <c>stream_start</c>.
+ When streaming to a file and the request is asynchronous the
+ message <c>{http, {RequestId, saved_to_file}}</c> will be sent. </p>
<p>Defaults to <c>none</c>. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[body_format]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines if the body shall be delivered as a string or as a
- binary. This option is only valid for the synchronous
- request. </p>
+ binary. This option is only valid for the synchronous
+ request. </p>
<p>Defaults to <c>string</c>. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[full_result]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Should a "full result" be returned to the caller (that is,
- the body, the headers and the entire status-line) or not
- (the body and the status code). </p>
+ the body, the headers and the entire status-line) or not
+ (the body and the status code). </p>
<p>Defaults to <c>true</c>. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[header_as_is]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Shall the headers provided by the user be made
- lower case or be regarded as case sensitive. </p>
+ lower case or be regarded as case sensitive. </p>
<p>Note that the http standard requires them to be
- case insenstive. This feature should only be used if there is
- no other way to communicate with the server or for testing
- purpose. Also note that when this option is used no headers
- will be automatically added, all necessary headers have to be
- provided by the user. </p>
- <p>Defaults to <c>false</c>. </p>
+ case insenstive. This feature should only be used if there is
+ no other way to communicate with the server or for testing
+ purpose. Also note that when this option is used no headers
+ will be automatically added, all necessary headers have to be
+ provided by the user. </p>
+ <p>Defaults to <c>false</c>. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[socket_opts]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Socket options to be used for this and subsequent
- request(s). </p>
- <p>Overrides any value set by the
- <seealso marker="#set_options">set_options</seealso>
- function. </p>
+ request(s). </p>
+ <p>Overrides any value set by the
+ <seealso marker="#set_options">set_options</seealso>
+ function. </p>
<p>Note that the validity of the options are <em>not</em>
- checked in any way. </p>
+ checked in any way. </p>
<p>Note that this may change the socket behaviour
- (see <seealso marker="kernel:inet#setopts/2">inet:setopts/2</seealso>)
- for an already existing one, and therefore an already connected
- request handler. </p>
+ (see <seealso marker="kernel:inet#setopts/2">inet:setopts/2</seealso>)
+ for an already existing one, and therefore an already connected
+ request handler. </p>
<p>By default the socket options set by the
- <seealso marker="#set_options">set_options/1,2</seealso>
- function are used when establishing a connection. </p>
+ <seealso marker="#set_options">set_options/1,2</seealso>
+ function are used when establishing a connection. </p>
</item>
<tag><c><![CDATA[receiver]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Defines how the client will deliver the result of an
- asynchroneous request (<c>sync</c> has the value
- <c>false</c>). </p>
+ asynchroneous request (<c>sync</c> has the value
+ <c>false</c>). </p>
<taglist>
<tag><c><![CDATA[pid()]]></c></tag>
@@ -380,7 +381,7 @@ filename() = string()
<tag><c><![CDATA[function/1]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Information will be delivered to the receiver via calls
- to the provided fun: </p>
+ to the provided fun: </p>
<pre>
Receiver(ReplyInfo)
</pre>
@@ -389,7 +390,7 @@ Receiver(ReplyInfo)
<tag><c><![CDATA[{Module, Funcion, Args}]]></c></tag>
<item>
<p>Information will be delivered to the receiver via calls
- to the callback function: </p>
+ to the callback function: </p>
<pre>
apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args])
</pre>
@@ -410,7 +411,7 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args])
</pre>
<p>Defaults to the <c>pid()</c> of the process calling the request
- function (<c>self()</c>). </p>
+ function (<c>self()</c>). </p>
</item>
</taglist>
@@ -425,7 +426,7 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args])
<type>
<v>RequestId = request_id() - A unique identifier as returned
by request/4</v>
- <v>Profile = profile()</v>
+ <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Cancels an asynchronous HTTP-request. </p>
@@ -514,11 +515,10 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args])
This option is used to switch on (or off)
different levels of erlang trace on the client.
It is a debug feature.</d>
- <v>Profile = profile()</v>
+ <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Sets options to be used for subsequent
- requests.</p>
+ <p>Sets options to be used for subsequent requests.</p>
<note>
<p>If possible the client will keep its connections
alive and use persistent connections
@@ -548,7 +548,7 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args])
</type>
<desc>
<p>Triggers the next message to be streamed, e.i.
- same behavior as active once for sockets.</p>
+ same behavior as active once for sockets. </p>
<marker id="verify_cookies"></marker>
<marker id="store_cookies"></marker>
@@ -562,14 +562,14 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args])
<type>
<v>SetCookieHeaders = headers() - where field = "set-cookie"</v>
<v>Url = url()</v>
- <v>Profile = profile()</v>
+ <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Saves the cookies defined in SetCookieHeaders
- in the client profile's cookie database. You need to
- call this function if you have set the option <c>cookies</c> to <c>verify</c>.
- If no profile is specified the default profile will be used.
- </p>
+ in the client profile's cookie database. You need to
+ call this function if you have set the option <c>cookies</c>
+ to <c>verify</c>.
+ If no profile is specified the default profile will be used. </p>
<marker id="cookie_header"></marker>
</desc>
@@ -582,13 +582,12 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args])
making a request to Url using the profile <c>Profile</c>.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>Url = url()</v>
- <v>Profile = profile()</v>
+ <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>Returns the cookie header that would be sent
- when making a request to <c>Url</c> using the profile <c>Profile</c>.
- If no profile is specified the default profile will be used.
- </p>
+ when making a request to <c>Url</c> using the profile <c>Profile</c>.
+ If no profile is specified the default profile will be used. </p>
<marker id="reset_cookies"></marker>
</desc>
@@ -600,12 +599,12 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args])
<name>reset_cookies(Profile) -> void()</name>
<fsummary>Reset the cookie database.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Profile = profile()</v>
+ <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Resets (clears) the cookie database for the specified <c>Profile</c>.
- If no profile is specified the default profile will be used.
- </p>
+ <p>Resets (clears) the cookie database for the specified
+ <c>Profile</c>. If no profile is specified the default profile
+ will be used. </p>
</desc>
</func>
@@ -615,17 +614,16 @@ apply(Module, Function, [ReplyInfo | Args])
<name>which_cookies(Profile) -> cookies()</name>
<fsummary>Dumps out the entire cookie database.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Profile = profile()</v>
- <v>cookies() = [cooie_stores()]</v>
- <v>cookie_stores() = {cookies, icookies()} | {session_cookies, icookies()}</v>
- <v>icookies() = [icookie()]</v>
+ <v>Profile = profile() | pid() (when started <c>stand_alone</c>)</v>
+ <v>cookies() = [cookie_stores()]</v>
+ <v>cookie_stores() = {cookies, cookies()} | {session_cookies, cookies()}</v>
+ <v>cookies() = [cookie()]</v>
<v>cookie() = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
<p>This function produces a list of the entire cookie database.
- It is intended for debugging/testing purposes.
- If no profile is specified the default profile will be used.
- </p>
+ It is intended for debugging/testing purposes.
+ If no profile is specified the default profile will be used. </p>
</desc>
</func>
</funcs>
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml
index 47198b1b91..34f26bf45b 100644
--- a/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml
+++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml
@@ -35,22 +35,17 @@
<section><title>Inets 5.7</title>
<section><title>Improvements and New Features</title>
+<!--
<p>-</p>
+-->
-<!--
<list>
<item>
- <p>[httpc] Add support for upload body streaming (PUT and POST).</p>
- <p>For more info,
- see the definition of the <c>Body</c> argument of the
- <seealso marker="httpc#request2">request/4,5</seealso>
- function. </p>
- <p>Filipe David Manana</p>
- <p>Own Id: OTP-9094</p>
+ <p>[httpc|httpd] Added support for IPv6 with ssl. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-5566</p>
</item>
</list>
--->
</section>
@@ -80,6 +75,14 @@
<p>Own Id: OTP-9343</p>
</item>
+ <item>
+ <p>[httpc] Clients started stand-alone not properly handled.
+ Also it was not documented how to use them, that is that
+ once started, they are represented by a <c>pid()</c> and not by
+ their <c>profile()</c>. </p>
+ <p>Own Id: OTP-9365</p>
+ </item>
+
</list>
</section>