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Diffstat (limited to 'lib/inets/doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/http_server.xml | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml | 69 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml | 19 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/inets.xml | 54 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/mod_esi.xml | 48 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml | 137 |
7 files changed, 252 insertions, 87 deletions
diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/http_server.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/http_server.xml index 47ed9cd229..959386e471 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/http_server.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/http_server.xml @@ -63,9 +63,9 @@ technologies such as SOAP.</p> <p>Allmost all server functionality has been implemented using an - especially crafted server API, it is described in the Erlang Web - Server API. This API can be used to advantage by all who wants - to enhance the server core functionality, for example custom + especially crafted server API which is described in the Erlang Web + Server API. This API can be used to advantage by all who wish + to enhance the core server functionality, for example with custom logging and authentication.</p> <marker id="config"></marker> @@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ http://your.server.org/eval?httpd_example:print(atom_to_list(apply(erlang,halt,[ <tag><em>bytes</em></tag> <item>The content-length of the document transferred. </item> </taglist> - <p>Internal server errors are recorde in the error log file. The + <p>Internal server errors are recorded in the error log file. The format of this file is a more ad hoc format than the logs using Common Logfile Format, but conforms to the following syntax: </p> diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml index 8f68087871..f6b6827e93 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpc.xml @@ -76,38 +76,37 @@ socket_opt() = See the Options used by gen_tcp(3) and <p>For more information about HTTP see rfc 2616</p> <code type="none"><![CDATA[ -method() = head | get | put | post | trace | options | delete -request() = {url(), headers()} | - {url(), headers(), content_type(), body()} -url() = string() - Syntax according to the URI definition in rfc 2396, ex: "http://www.erlang.org" -status_line() = {http_version(), status_code(), reason_phrase()} -http_version() = string() ex: "HTTP/1.1" -status_code() = integer() -reason_phrase() = string() -content_type() = string() -headers() = [header()] -header() = {field(), value()} -field() = string() -value() = string() -body() = string() | binary() -filename() = string() +method() = head | get | put | post | trace | options | delete +request() = {url(), headers()} | + {url(), headers(), content_type(), body()} +url() = string() - Syntax according to the URI definition in rfc 2396, ex: "http://www.erlang.org" +status_line() = {http_version(), status_code(), reason_phrase()} +http_version() = string() ex: "HTTP/1.1" +status_code() = integer() +reason_phrase() = string() +content_type() = string() +headers() = [header()] +header() = {field(), value()} +field() = string() +value() = string() +body() = string() | + binary() | + {fun(accumulator()) -> body_processing_result(), + accumulator()} | + {chunkify, + fun(accumulator()) -> body_processing_result(), + accumulator()} +body_processing_result() = eof | {ok, iolist(), accumulator()} +accumulator() = term() +filename() = string() ]]></code> </section> <section> <title>SSL DATA TYPES </title> - <p>Some type definitions relevant when using https, - for details <seealso marker="ssl:ssl">ssl(3)</seealso>: </p> - <code type="none"><![CDATA[ -ssl_options() = {verify, code()} | - {depth, depth()} | - {certfile, path()} | - {keyfile, path()} | - {password, string()} | - {cacertfile, path()} | - {ciphers, string()} - ]]></code> + <p>See <seealso marker="ssl:ssl">ssl(3)</seealso> for information + about ssl options (<c>ssloptions()</c>). </p> </section> <section> @@ -142,8 +141,9 @@ ssl_options() = {verify, code()} | <fsummary>Sends a get HTTP-request</fsummary> <type> <v>Url = url() </v> - <v>Result = {status_line(), headers(), body()} | - {status_code(), body()} | request_id() </v> + <v>Result = {status_line(), headers(), Body} | + {status_code(), Body} | request_id() </v> + <v>Body = string() | binary()</v> <v>Profile = profile()</v> <v>Reason = term() </v> </type> @@ -166,9 +166,9 @@ ssl_options() = {verify, code()} | <v>http_options() = [http_option()]</v> <v>http_option() = {timeout, timeout()} | {connect_timeout, timeout()} | - {ssl, ssl_options()} | - {ossl, ssl_options()} | - {essl, ssl_options()} | + {ssl, ssloptions()} | + {ossl, ssloptions()} | + {essl, ssloptions()} | {autoredirect, boolean()} | {proxy_auth, {userstring(), passwordstring()}} | {version, http_version()} | @@ -191,8 +191,9 @@ ssl_options() = {verify, code()} | <v>Function = atom() </v> <v>Args = list() </v> <v>body_format() = string | binary </v> - <v>Result = {status_line(), headers(), body()} | - {status_code(), body()} | request_id() </v> + <v>Result = {status_line(), headers(), Body} | + {status_code(), Body} | request_id() </v> + <v>Body = string() | binary()</v> <v>Profile = profile() </v> <v>Reason = {connect_failed, term()} | {send_failed, term()} | term() </v> @@ -226,7 +227,7 @@ ssl_options() = {verify, code()} | <tag><c><![CDATA[ssl]]></c></tag> <item> <p>This is the default ssl config option, currently defaults to - <c>ossl</c>, see below. </p> + <c>essl</c>, see below. </p> <p>Defaults to <c>[]</c>. </p> </item> diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml index 62f4e18f82..edacb73b65 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/httpd.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1997</year><year>2010</year> + <year>1997</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -154,7 +154,7 @@ <c>ossl</c> specifically uses the OpenSSL based (old) SSL. <c>essl</c> specifically uses the Erlang based (new) SSL. When using <c>ssl</c> it <em>currently</em> defaults to - <c>ossl</c>. </p> + <c>essl</c>. </p> <p>Defaults to <c>ip_comm</c>. </p> </item> @@ -525,12 +525,13 @@ bytes scheme scripts. A matching URL is mapped into a specific module and function. For example: - <code>{erl_script_alias, {"/cgi-bin/example" [httpd_example]} + <code>{erl_script_alias, {"/cgi-bin/example", [httpd_example]} </code> and a request to http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/example/httpd_example:yahoo - would refer to httpd_example:yahoo/2 and + would refer to httpd_example:yahoo/3 or, if that did not exist, + httpd_example:yahoo/2 and http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/example/other:yahoo would not be allowed to execute. </item> @@ -793,14 +794,14 @@ bytes <marker id="sdir_prop"></marker> <p> Here follows the valid properties for security directories</p> <taglist> - <tag>{security_data_file, path()}</tag> + <tag>{data_file, path()}</tag> <item> Name of the security data file. The filename can either absolute or relative to the server_root. This file is used to store persistent data for the mod_security module. </item> - <tag>{security_max_retries, integer()}</tag> + <tag>{max_retries, integer()}</tag> <item> Specifies the maximum number of tries to authenticate a user has before the user is blocked out. If a user @@ -810,13 +811,13 @@ bytes server will return 401 (Unauthorized), for security reasons. Defaults to 3 may also be set to infinity.</item> - <tag>{security_block_time, integer()}</tag> + <tag>{block_time, integer()}</tag> <item> Specifies the number of minutes a user is blocked. After this amount of time, he automatically regains access. Defaults to 60</item> - <tag>{security_fail_expire_time, integer()}</tag> + <tag>{fail_expire_time, integer()}</tag> <item> Specifies the number of minutes a failed user authentication @@ -824,7 +825,7 @@ bytes time, his previous failed authentications are forgotten. Defaults to 30</item> - <tag>{security_auth_timeout, integer()}</tag> + <tag>{auth_timeout, integer()}</tag> <item> Specifies the number of seconds a successful user diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/inets.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/inets.xml index c367d7fa77..a2bf42320f 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/inets.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/inets.xml @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd"> <erlref> @@ -32,8 +32,10 @@ <modulesummary>The inets services API</modulesummary> <description> <p>This module provides the most basic API to the - clients and servers, that are part of the Inets application, - such as start and stop. </p> + clients and servers, that are part of the Inets application, + such as start and stop. </p> + + <marker id="common_data_types"></marker> </description> <section> @@ -42,7 +44,10 @@ this module: </p> <p><c> service() = ftpc | tftp | httpc | httpd</c></p> <p><c> property() = atom() </c></p> + <marker id="functions"></marker> + <marker id="services"></marker> </section> + <funcs> <func> <name>services() -> [{Service, Pid}]</name> @@ -54,11 +59,13 @@ <desc> <p>Returns a list of currently running services.</p> <note> - <p>Services started as <c>stand_alone</c> will not - be listed.</p> + <p>Services started as <c>stand_alone</c> will not be listed.</p> </note> + + <marker id="services_info"></marker> </desc> </func> + <func> <name>services_info() -> [{Service, Pid, Info}]</name> <fsummary>Returns a list of currently running services where @@ -73,11 +80,13 @@ </type> <desc> <p>Returns a list of currently running services where each - service is described by a [{Option, Value}] list. The - information given in the list is specific for each service - and it is probable that each service will have its own info - function that gives you even more details about the - service.</p> + service is described by a [{Option, Value}] list. The + information given in the list is specific for each service + and it is probable that each service will have its own info + function that gives you even more details about the + service.</p> + + <marker id="service_names"></marker> </desc> </func> @@ -89,6 +98,8 @@ </type> <desc> <p>Returns a list of available service names.</p> + + <marker id="start"></marker> </desc> </func> @@ -101,18 +112,24 @@ </type> <desc> <p>Starts the Inets application. Default type - is temporary. See also - <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso></p> + is temporary. See also + <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso>. </p> + + <marker id="stop"></marker> </desc> </func> + <func> <name>stop() -> ok </name> <fsummary>Stops the inets application.</fsummary> <desc> <p>Stops the inets application. See also - <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso></p> + <seealso marker="kernel:application">application(3)</seealso>. </p> + + <marker id="start2"></marker> </desc> </func> + <func> <name>start(Service, ServiceConfig) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, Reason}</name> <name>start(Service, ServiceConfig, How) -> {ok, Pid} | {error, Reason}</name> @@ -144,8 +161,11 @@ some sense the calling process has now become the top supervisor.</p> </note> + + <marker id="stop2"></marker> </desc> </func> + <func> <name>stop(Service, Reference) -> ok | {error, Reason} </name> <fsummary>Stops a started service of the inets application or takes @@ -157,9 +177,11 @@ </type> <desc> <p>Stops a started service of the inets application or takes - down a "stand_alone-service" gracefully. When the - <c>stand_alone</c> option is used in start, - only the pid is a valid argument to stop.</p> + down a "stand_alone-service" gracefully. When the + <c>stand_alone</c> option is used in start, + only the pid is a valid argument to stop.</p> + + <marker id="see_also"></marker> </desc> </func> </funcs> diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_esi.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_esi.xml index 3c473d3f94..9674cd9a88 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_esi.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_esi.xml @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd"> <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1997</year><year>2010</year> + <year>1997</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -32,16 +32,19 @@ <modulesummary>Erlang Server Interface </modulesummary> <description> <p>This module defines the API - Erlang Server Interface (ESI). - Which is a more efficient way of writing erlang scripts - for your Inets web server than writing them as common CGI scripts.</p> + Which is a more efficient way of writing erlang scripts + for your Inets web server than writing them as common CGI scripts.</p> + + <marker id="deliver"></marker> </description> + <funcs> <func> <name>deliver(SessionID, Data) -> ok | {error, Reason}</name> <fsummary>Sends Data back to client.</fsummary> <type> <v>SessionID = term()</v> - <v>Data = string() | io_list()</v> + <v>Data = string() | io_list() | binary()</v> <v>Reason = term()</v> </type> <desc> @@ -51,13 +54,15 @@ parts of the content to the user.</p> <p>Sends data from a Erl Scheme script back to the client.</p> - <note><p>Note - that if any HTTP-header fields should be added by the - script they must be in the first call to deliver/2 and the - data in the call must be a string. Do not - assume anything about the data type of SessionID, the - SessionID must be the value given as input to the esi - call back function that you implemented.</p></note> + <note> + <p>Note that if any HTTP-header fields should be added by the + script they must be in the first call to deliver/2 and the + data in the call must be a string. Calls after the headers + are complete may contain binary data to reduce copying + overhead. Do not assume anything about the data type of + SessionID, the SessionID must be the value given as input to + the esi call back function that you implemented.</p> + </note> </desc> </func> </funcs> @@ -78,24 +83,24 @@ </type> <desc> <p>The <c>Module</c> must be found in the code path and export - <c>Function</c> with an arity of two. An erlScriptAlias must + <c>Function</c> with an arity of three. An erlScriptAlias must also be set up in the configuration file for the Web server.</p> - <p>If the HTTP request is a post request and a body is sent + <p>If the HTTP request is a 'post' request and a body is sent then content_length will be the length of the posted - data. If get is used query_string will be the data after + data. If 'get' is used query_string will be the data after <em>?</em> in the url.</p> <p>ParsedHeader is the HTTP request as a key value tuple list. The keys in parsed header will be the in lower case.</p> <p>SessionID is a identifier - the server use when <c>deliver/2</c> is called, do not - assume any-thing about the datatype.</p> + the server uses when <c>deliver/2</c> is called; do not + assume anything about the datatype.</p> <p>Use this callback function to dynamically generate dynamic web content. when a part of the page is generated send the data back to the client through <c>deliver/2</c>. Note that the first chunk of data sent to the client must at least contain all HTTP header fields that the response - will generate. If the first chunk not contains - <em>End of HTTP header</em> that is <c>"\r\n\r\n"</c> + will generate. If the first chunk does not contain the + <em>End of HTTP the header</em>, that is <c>"\r\n\r\n",</c> the server will assume that no HTTP header fields will be generated.</p> </desc> @@ -106,11 +111,12 @@ <type> <v>Env = [EnvironmentDirectives] ++ ParsedHeader</v> <v>EnvironmentDirectives = {Key,Value}</v> - <v>Key = query_string | content_length | server_software | gateway_interface | server_protocol | server_port | request_method | remote_addr | script_name. <v>Input = string()</v> + <v>Key = query_string | content_length | server_software | gateway_interface | server_protocol | server_port | request_method | remote_addr | script_name.</v> + <v>Input = string()</v> <v>Response = string()</v> </type> <desc> - <p>This callback format consumes quite much memory since the + <p>This callback format consumes a lot of memory since the whole response must be generated before it is sent to the user. This functions is deprecated and only keept for backwards compatibility. diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml index 2a871d29d8..a3c91dca5b 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/mod_security.xml @@ -1,10 +1,10 @@ -<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1" ?> <!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd"> <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1998</year><year>2010</year> + <year>1998</year><year>2011</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml index 5da9d98002..0926df8581 100644 --- a/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml +++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/notes.xml @@ -32,6 +32,140 @@ <file>notes.xml</file> </header> + <section><title>Inets 5.6</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> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[ftp] Added (type) spec for all exported functions.</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9114 Aux Id: seq11799</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[httpd] + <seealso marker="mod_esi#deliver">mod_esi:deliver/2</seealso> + made to accept binary data. </p> + <p>Bernard Duggan</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9123</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[httpd] Prevent XSS in error pages. + Prevent user controlled input from being interpreted + as HTML in error pages by encoding the reserved HTML + characters. </p> + <p>Michael Santos</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9124</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[httpd] Improved error messages. </p> + <p>Ricardo Catalinas Jim�nez</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9157</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[httpd] Extended support for file descriptors. + In order to be able to bind to a privileged port + without running the erlang VM as root, the support + for using file descriptors has been improved. + It is now possible to add the file descriptor to the config + (option fd) when calling the + <seealso marker="inets#start2">inets:start(httpd, ...)</seealso> + function. </p> + <p>Attila Rajmund Nohl</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9202</p> + <p>Aux Id: seq11819</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>The default ssl kind has now been changed to <c>essl</c>. </p> + <p><c>ossl</c> will work for as long as the ssl application + supports it. </p> + <p>See the httpd + <seealso marker="httpd#comm_prop">socket_type</seealso> + communication property or the httpc + <seealso marker="httpc#request2">request/4,5</seealso> function + for more info. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9230</p> + <p>*** POTENTIAL INCOMPATIBILITY ***</p> + </item> + + </list> + </section> + + <section><title>Fixed Bugs and Malfunctions</title> +<!-- + <p>-</p> +--> + + <list> + <item> + <p>[httpd] Wrong + <seealso marker="httpd#sec_prop">security property</seealso> + names used in documentation. </p> + <p><c>security_data_file</c> used instead of <c>data_file</c>. </p> + <p><c>security_max_retries</c> used instead of <c>max_retries</c>. </p> + <p><c>security_block_time</c> used instead of <c>block_time</c>. </p> + <p><c>security_fail_expire_time</c> used instead of <c>fail_expire_time</c>. </p> + <p><c>security_auth_timeout</c> used instead of <c>auth_timeout</c>. </p> + <p>Garrett Smith</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9131</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[httpd] Fix timeout message generated by mod_esi. + When a mod_esi request times out, the code to send a + timeout response was incorrect and generated an + internal server error as well as an invalid response + line. </p> + <p>Bernard Duggan</p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9158</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[httpc] httpc manager crashes. + When a request results in a retry, the request id will be "reused" + in the previous implementation a race condition could occur causing + the manager to crash. </p> + <p>This is now avoided by using proc_lib:init_ack and + gen_server:enter_loop to allow mor advanced initialization of + httpc_handlers without blocking the httpc_manger and eliminating + extra processes that can cause race conditions. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9246</p> + </item> + + <item> + <p>[httpc] Issuing a request (<c>httpc:request</c>) to an + host with the ssl option + <c>{ip, {127,0,0,1}}</c> results in an handler crash. + The reason was that the connect call resulted in an exit with + reason <c>badarg</c> + (this was the same for both <c>ssl</c> and <c>gen_tcp</c>). </p> + <p>Exits was not catched. This has now been improved. </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-9289</p> + <p>Aux Id: seq11845</p> + </item> + + </list> + </section> + + </section> <!-- 5.6 --> + + <section><title>Inets 5.5.2</title> <section><title>Improvements and New Features</title> @@ -80,7 +214,8 @@ are URL-encoded. Added support in http-client to use URL-encoding. Also added the missing include directory for the inets application.</p> - <p>Own Id: OTP-8940 Aux Id: seq11735 </p> + <p>Own Id: OTP-8940</p> + <p>Aux Id: seq11735</p> </item> </list> </section> |