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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">

<erlref>
  <header>
    <copyright>
      <year>1997</year><year>2013</year>
      <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
    </copyright>
    <legalnotice>
      Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      You may obtain a copy of the License at
 
          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

      Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
      distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
      WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
      See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
      limitations under the License.

    </legalnotice>

    <title>httpd_util</title>
    <prepared>Joakim Greben&ouml;</prepared>
    <docno></docno>
    <date>1997-10-14</date>
    <rev>2.2</rev>
    <file>httpd_util.sgml</file>
  </header>
  <module>httpd_util</module>
  <modulesummary>Miscellaneous utility functions to be used when implementing 
  Erlang web server API modules.</modulesummary>
  <description>
    <p>This module provides the Erlang web server API module
      programmer with miscellaneous utility functions.</p>

    <marker id="convert_request_date"></marker>
  </description>

  <funcs>
    <func>
      <name>convert_request_date(DateString) -> ErlDate|bad_date</name>
      <fsummary>Converts the date to the Erlang date format.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>DateString = string()</v>
        <v>ErlDate = {{Year,Month,Date},{Hour,Min,Sec}}</v>
        <v>Year = Month = Date = Hour = Min = Sec = integer()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>convert_request_date/1</c> converts <c>DateString</c> to 
          the Erlang date format. <c>DateString</c> must be in one of the 
	  three date formats defined in 
	<url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>.</p>

	<marker id="create_etag"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>create_etag(FileInfo) -> Etag</name>
      <fsummary>Calculates the Etag for a file.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>FileInfo = file_info()</v>
        <v>Etag = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>create_etag/1</c> calculates the Etag for a file from its
          size and time for last modification. <c>FileInfo</c> is a record defined 
          in <c>kernel/include/file.hrl</c>.</p>

	<marker id="decode_hex"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>decode_hex(HexValue) -> DecValue</name>
      <fsummary>Converts a hexadecimal value into its decimal equivalent.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>HexValue = DecValue = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p>Converts the hexadecimal value <c>HexValue</c> into its
          decimal equivalent (<c>DecValue</c>).</p>

	<marker id="day"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>day(NthDayOfWeek) -> DayOfWeek</name>
      <fsummary>Converts the day of the week 
      (integer [1-7]) to an abbreviated string.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>NthDayOfWeek = 1-7</v>
        <v>DayOfWeek = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="day"></marker>
        <p><c>day/1</c> converts the day of the week
          (<c>NthDayOfWeek</c>) from an integer (1-7) to an abbreviated
          string, that is:</p>
        <p>1 = "Mon", 2 = "Tue", ..., 7 = "Sat".</p>

	<marker id="flatlength"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>flatlength(NestedList) -> Size</name>
      <fsummary>Computes the size of a possibly nested list.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>NestedList = list()</v>
        <v>Size = integer()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="flatlength"></marker>
        <p><c>flatlength/1</c> computes the size of the possibly nested
          list <c>NestedList</c>, which can contain binaries.</p>

        <marker id="hexlist_to_integer"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

<!--
    <func>
      <name>header(StatusCode,PersistentConn)</name>
      <name>header(StatusCode,Date)</name>
      <name>header(StatusCode,MimeType,Date)</name>
      <name>header(StatusCode,MimeType,PersistentConn,Date) -> HTTPHeader</name>
      <fsummary>Generates an HTTP 1.1 header.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>StatusCode = integer()</v>
        <v>Date = rfc1123_date()</v>
        <v>MimeType = string()</v>
        <v>PersistentConn = true | false</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="header"></marker>
        <p><c>header</c> returns an HTTP 1.1 header string.
          <c>StatusCode</c> is one of the status codes defined in
	  <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>
          and the <c>Date</c> string is RFC 1123 
          compliant (see <seealso marker="#rfc1123_date">rfc1123_date/0</seealso>).
          </p>
        <p>Notice that the two versions of <c>header/n</c> that does not
          have a <c>PersistentConn</c> argument is only for
          backward compatibility and must not be used in new Erlang
          web server API modules supporting persistent
          connections.</p>

	<marker id="hexlist_to_integer"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>
-->

    <func>
      <name>hexlist_to_integer(HexString) -> Number</name>
      <fsummary>Converts a hexadecimal string to an integer.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Number = integer()</v>
        <v>HexString = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>hexlist_to_integer</c> converts the hexadecimal value of 
          <c>HexString</c> to an integer.</p>

	<marker id="integer_to_hexlist"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>integer_to_hexlist(Number) -> HexString</name>
      <fsummary>Converts an integer to a hexadecimal string.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>Number = integer()</v>
        <v>HexString = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="integer_to_hexlist"></marker>
        <p><c>integer_to_hexlist/1</c> returns a string representing
          <c>Number</c> in a hexadecimal form.</p>

	<marker id="lookup"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>lookup(ETSTable,Key) -> Result</name>
      <name>lookup(ETSTable,Key,Undefined) -> Result</name>
      <fsummary>Extracts the first value associated with a <c>Key</c> 
      in an ETS table.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>ETSTable = ets_table()</v>
        <v>Key = term()</v>
        <v>Result = term() | undefined | Undefined</v>
        <v>Undefined = term()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>lookup</c> extracts <c>{Key,Value}</c> tuples from
          <c>ETSTable</c> and returns the <c>Value</c> associated  
          with <c>Key</c>. If <c>ETSTable</c> is of type <c>bag</c>,
          only the first <c>Value</c> associated with <c>Key</c> is
          returned. <c>lookup/2</c> returns <c>undefined</c> and
          <c>lookup/3</c> returns <c>Undefined</c> if no <c>Value</c>
          is found.</p>

	<marker id="lookup_mime"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>lookup_mime(ConfigDB,Suffix)</name>
      <name>lookup_mime(ConfigDB,Suffix,Undefined) -> MimeType</name>
      <fsummary>Returns the MIME type associated with a specific file suffix.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>ConfigDB = ets_table()</v>
        <v>Suffix = string()</v>
        <v>MimeType = string() | undefined | Undefined</v>
        <v>Undefined = term()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="lookup_mime"></marker>
        <p><c>lookup_mime</c> returns the MIME type associated with a
          specific file suffix as specified in the file <c>mime.types</c>
          (located in the 
          <path unix="$SERVER_ROOT/conf/mime.types" windows="%SERVER_ROOT%\conf\mime.types">
	config directory</path>).</p>

	<marker id="lookup_mime_default"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>lookup_mime_default(ConfigDB,Suffix)</name>
      <name>lookup_mime_default(ConfigDB,Suffix,Undefined) -> MimeType</name>
      <fsummary>Returns the MIME type associated with a specific file suffix 
      or the value of the DefaultType.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>ConfigDB = ets_table()</v>
        <v>Suffix = string()</v>
        <v>MimeType = string() | undefined | Undefined</v>
        <v>Undefined = term()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="lookup_mime_default"></marker>
        <p><c>lookup_mime_default</c> returns the MIME type associated
          with a specific file suffix as specified in the
          <c>mime.types</c> file (located in the
          <path unix="$SERVER_ROOT/conf/mime.types" windows="%SERVER_ROOT%\conf\mime.types">
	    config  directory</path>). 
          If no appropriate association is found, the value of <c>DefaultType</c> is
          returned.</p>

	<marker id="message"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>message(StatusCode,PhraseArgs,ConfigDB) -> Message</name>
      <fsummary>Returns an informative HTTP 1.1 status string in HTML.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>StatusCode = 301 | 400 | 403 | 404 | 500 | 501 | 504</v>
        <v>PhraseArgs = term()</v>
        <v>ConfigDB = ets_table</v>
        <v>Message = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="message"></marker>
        <p><c>message/3</c> returns an informative HTTP 1.1 status
          string in HTML. Each <c>StatusCode</c> requires a specific
          <c>PhraseArgs</c>:
          </p>
        <taglist>
          <tag><c>301</c></tag>
          <item><p><c>string()</c>: A URL pointing at the new document
           position.</p></item>
          <tag><c>400 | 401 | 500</c></tag>
          <item><p><c>none</c> (no <c>PhraseArgs</c>).</p></item>
          <tag><c>403 | 404</c></tag>
          <item><p><c>string()</c>: A <c>Request-URI</c> as described in
          <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>.</p>
	  </item>
          <tag><c>501</c></tag>
          <item><p><c>{Method,RequestURI,HTTPVersion}</c>: The HTTP
          <c>Method</c>, <c>Request-URI</c>, and <c>HTTP-Version</c>
           as defined in RFC 2616.</p></item>
          <tag><c>504</c></tag>
          <item><p><c>string()</c>: A string describing why the service
           was unavailable.</p></item>
        </taglist>

	<marker id="month"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>month(NthMonth) -> Month</name>
      <fsummary>Converts the month as an integer (1-12) to an abbreviated string.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>NthMonth = 1-12</v>
        <v>Month = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="month"></marker>
        <p><c>month/1</c> converts the month <c>NthMonth</c> as an
          integer (1-12) to an abbreviated string, that is: </p>
        <p>1 = "Jan", 2 = "Feb", ..., 12 = "Dec".</p>

	<marker id="multi_lookup"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>multi_lookup(ETSTable,Key) -> Result</name>
      <fsummary>Extracts the values associated with a key in an ETS table.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>ETSTable = ets_table()</v>
        <v>Key = term()</v>
        <v>Result = [term()]</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>multi_lookup</c> extracts all <c>{Key,Value}</c> tuples
          from an <c>ETSTable</c> and returns <em>all</em> <c>Values</c> 
	associated with <c>Key</c> in a list.</p>

	<marker id="reason phrase"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>reason_phrase(StatusCode) -> Description</name>
      <fsummary>Returns the description of an HTTP 1.1 status code.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>StatusCode = 100| 200 | 201 | 202 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 300 | 301 | 302 | 303 | 304 | 400 | 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 410 411 | 412 | 413 | 414 415 | 416 | 417 | 500 | 501 | 502 | 503 | 504 | 505</v>
        <v>Description = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>reason_phrase</c> returns <c>Description</c> of an
          HTTP 1.1 <c>StatusCode</c>, for example, 200 is "OK" and 201
          is "Created". For more information, see
	<url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>.</p>
	<marker id="rfc1123_date"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>rfc1123_date() -> RFC1123Date</name>
      <name>rfc1123_date({{YYYY,MM,DD},{Hour,Min,Sec}}) -> RFC1123Date</name>
      <fsummary>Returns the current date in RFC 1123 format.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>YYYY = MM = DD = Hour = Min = Sec = integer()</v>
        <v>RFC1123Date = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="rfc1123_date"></marker>
        <p><c>rfc1123_date/0</c> returns the current date in RFC 1123
          format. <c>rfc_date/1</c> converts the date in the Erlang format
          to the RFC 1123 date format.</p>

	<marker id="split"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>split(String,RegExp,N) -> SplitRes</name>
      <fsummary>Splits a string in N chunks using a regular expression.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>String = RegExp = string()</v>
        <v>SplitRes = {ok, FieldList} | {error, errordesc()}</v>
        <v>Fieldlist = [string()]</v>
        <v>N = integer</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="split"></marker>
        <p><c>split/3</c> splits <c>String</c> in <c>N</c> chunks
          using <c>RegExp</c>. <c>split/3</c> is equivalent to
          <c>regexp:split/2</c> with the exception that <c>N</c>
          defines the maximum number of fields in
          <c>FieldList</c>.</p>

	<marker id="split_script_path"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>split_script_path(RequestLine) -> Splitted</name>
      <fsummary>Splits a <c>RequestLine</c> in a file reference to an executable, 
      and a <c>QueryString</c> or a <c>PathInfo</c>string.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>RequestLine = string()</v>
        <v>Splitted = not_a_script | {Path, PathInfo, QueryString}</v>
        <v>Path = QueryString = PathInfo = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="split_script_path"></marker>
        <p><c>split_script_path/1</c> is equivalent to
          <c>split_path/1</c> with one exception. If the longest
          possible path is not a regular, accessible, and executable
          file, then <c>not_a_script</c> is returned.</p>

	<marker id="split_path"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>split_path(RequestLine) -> {Path,QueryStringOrPathInfo}</name>
      <fsummary>Splits a <c>RequestLine</c> in a file reference, and a 
      <c>QueryString</c> or a <c>PathInfo</c> string.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>RequestLine = Path = QueryStringOrPathInfo = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="split_path"></marker>
        <p><c>split_path/1</c> splits <c>RequestLine</c> in a file
          reference (<c>Path</c>), and a <c>QueryString</c> or a
          <c>PathInfo</c> string as specified in
	  <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>.
	  A <c>QueryString</c> is isolated from <c>Path</c> with a
          question mark (<c>?</c>) and <c>PathInfo</c> with a slash
          (/). In the case of a <c>QueryString</c>, everything before
          <c>?</c> is a <c>Path</c> and everything after <c>?</c> is a
          <c>QueryString</c>. In the case of a <c>PathInfo</c>,
          <c>RequestLine</c> is scanned from left-to-right on the hunt
          for longest possible <c>Path</c> being a file or a
          directory. Everything after the longest possible
          <c>Path</c>, isolated with a <c>/</c>, is regarded as
          <c>PathInfo</c>. The resulting <c>Path</c> is decoded using
          <c>decode_hex/1</c> before delivery.</p>

	<marker id="strip"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>strip(String) -> Stripped</name>
      <fsummary>Returns <c>String</c> where the leading and trailing space 
      tabs are removed.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>String = Stripped = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="strip"></marker>
        <p><c>strip/1</c> removes any leading or trailing linear white
          space from the string. Linear white space is to be read as
          horizontal tab or space.</p>

	<marker id="suffix"></marker>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name>suffix(FileName) -> Suffix</name>
      <fsummary>Extracts the file suffix from a given filename.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>FileName = Suffix = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <marker id="suffix"></marker>
        <p><c>suffix/1</c> is equivalent to
          <c>filename:extension/1</c> with the exception that
          <c>Suffix</c> is returned without a leading dot (<c>.</c>).</p>
      </desc>
    </func>
  </funcs>

  <section>
    <marker id="see_also"></marker>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
    <p><seealso marker="httpd">httpd(3)</seealso></p>
  </section>
  
</erlref>