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1 /*
2 HTTP Request Handling
3 Copyright (C) 1999-2005, Joe Orton <joe@manyfish.co.uk>
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22 #ifndef NE_REQUEST_H
23 #define NE_REQUEST_H
25 #include "ne_utils.h" /* For ne_status */
26 #include "ne_string.h" /* For ne_buffer */
27 #include "ne_session.h"
29 BEGIN_NEON_DECLS
31 #define NE_OK (0) /* Success */
32 #define NE_ERROR (1) /* Generic error; use ne_get_error(session) for message */
33 #define NE_LOOKUP (2) /* Server or proxy hostname lookup failed */
34 #define NE_AUTH (3) /* User authentication failed on server */
35 #define NE_PROXYAUTH (4) /* User authentication failed on proxy */
36 #define NE_CONNECT (5) /* Could not connect to server */
37 #define NE_TIMEOUT (6) /* Connection timed out */
38 #define NE_FAILED (7) /* The precondition failed */
39 #define NE_RETRY (8) /* Retry request (ne_end_request ONLY) */
40 #define NE_REDIRECT (9) /* See ne_redirect.h */
42 /* Opaque object representing a single HTTP request. */
43 typedef struct ne_request_s ne_request;
45 /***** Request Handling *****/
47 /* Create a request in session 'sess', with given method and path.
48 * 'path' must conform to the 'abs_path' grammar in RFC2396, with an
49 * optional "? query" part, and MUST be URI-escaped by the caller. */
50 ne_request *ne_request_create(ne_session *sess,
51 const char *method, const char *path);
53 /* The request body will be taken from 'size' bytes of 'buffer'. */
54 void ne_set_request_body_buffer(ne_request *req, const char *buffer,
55 size_t size);
57 /* The request body will be taken from 'length' bytes read from the
58 * file descriptor 'fd', starting from file offset 'offset'. */
59 void ne_set_request_body_fd(ne_request *req, int fd,
60 off_t offset, off_t length);
62 #ifdef NE_LFS
63 /* Alternate version of ne_set_request_body_fd taking off64_t
64 * offset type for systems supporting _LARGEFILE64_SOURCE. */
65 void ne_set_request_body_fd64(ne_request *req, int fd,
66 off64_t offset, off64_t length);
67 #endif
69 /* "Pull"-based request body provider: a callback which is invoked to
70 * provide blocks of request body on demand.
72 * Before each time the body is provided, the callback will be called
73 * once with buflen == 0. The body may have to be provided >1 time
74 * per request (for authentication retries etc.).
76 * For a call with buflen == 0, the callback must return zero on success
77 * or non-zero on error; the session error string must be set on error.
78 * For a call with buflen > 0, the callback must return:
79 * <0 : error, abort request; session error string must be set.
80 * 0 : ignore 'buffer' contents, end of body.
81 * 0 < x <= buflen : buffer contains x bytes of body data. */
82 typedef ssize_t (*ne_provide_body)(void *userdata,
83 char *buffer, size_t buflen);
85 /* Install a callback which is invoked as needed to provide the
86 * request body, a block at a time. The total size of the request
87 * body is 'length'; the callback must ensure that it returns no more
88 * than 'length' bytes in total. */
89 void ne_set_request_body_provider(ne_request *req, off_t length,
90 ne_provide_body provider, void *userdata);
92 #ifdef NE_LFS
93 /* Duplicate version of ne_set_request_body_provider, taking an off64_t
94 * offset. */
95 void ne_set_request_body_provider64(ne_request *req, off64_t length,
96 ne_provide_body provider, void *userdata);
97 #endif
99 /* Handling response bodies; two callbacks must be provided:
101 * 1) 'acceptance' callback: determines whether you want to handle the
102 * response body given the response-status information, e.g., if you
103 * only want 2xx responses, say so here.
105 * 2) 'reader' callback: passed blocks of the response-body as they
106 * arrive, if the acceptance callback returned non-zero. */
108 /* 'acceptance' callback type. Return non-zero to accept the response,
109 * else zero to ignore it. */
110 typedef int (*ne_accept_response)(void *userdata, ne_request *req,
111 const ne_status *st);
113 /* An 'acceptance' callback which only accepts 2xx-class responses.
114 * Ignores userdata. */
115 int ne_accept_2xx(void *userdata, ne_request *req, const ne_status *st);
117 /* An acceptance callback which accepts all responses. Ignores
118 * userdata. */
119 int ne_accept_always(void *userdata, ne_request *req, const ne_status *st);
121 /* Callback for reading a block of data. Returns zero on success, or
122 * non-zero on error. If returning an error, the response will be
123 * aborted and the callback will not be invoked again. The request
124 * dispatch (or ne_read_response_block call) will fail with NE_ERROR;
125 * the session error string should have been set by the callback. */
126 typedef int (*ne_block_reader)(void *userdata, const char *buf, size_t len);
128 /* Add a response reader for the given request, with the given
129 * acceptance function. userdata is passed as the first argument to
130 * the acceptance + reader callbacks.
132 * The acceptance callback is called once each time the request is
133 * sent: it may be sent >1 time because of authentication retries etc.
134 * For each time the acceptance callback is called, if it returns
135 * non-zero, blocks of the response body will be passed to the reader
136 * callback as the response is read. After all the response body has
137 * been read, the callback will be called with a 'len' argument of
138 * zero. */
139 void ne_add_response_body_reader(ne_request *req, ne_accept_response accpt,
140 ne_block_reader reader, void *userdata);
142 /* Retrieve the value of the response header field with given name;
143 * returns NULL if no response header with given name was found. The
144 * return value is valid only until the next call to either
145 * ne_request_destroy or ne_begin_request for this request. */
146 const char *ne_get_response_header(ne_request *req, const char *name);
148 /* Iterator interface for response headers: if passed a NULL cursor,
149 * returns the first header; if passed a non-NULL cursor pointer,
150 * returns the next header. The return value is a cursor pointer: if
151 * it is non-NULL, *name and *value are set to the name and value of
152 * the header field. If the return value is NULL, no more headers are
153 * found, *name and *value are undefined.
155 * The order in which response headers is returned is undefined. Both
156 * the cursor and name/value pointers are valid only until the next
157 * call to either ne_request_destroy or ne_begin_request for this
158 * request. */
159 void *ne_response_header_iterate(ne_request *req, void *cursor,
160 const char **name, const char **value);
162 /* Adds a header to the request with given name and value. */
163 void ne_add_request_header(ne_request *req, const char *name,
164 const char *value);
165 /* Adds a header to the request with given name, using printf-like
166 * format arguments for the value. */
167 void ne_print_request_header(ne_request *req, const char *name,
168 const char *format, ...)
169 ne_attribute((format(printf, 3, 4)));
171 /* ne_request_dispatch: Sends the given request, and reads the
172 * response. Returns:
173 * - NE_OK if the request was sent and response read successfully
174 * - NE_AUTH, NE_PROXYAUTH for a server or proxy server authentication error
175 * - NE_CONNECT if connection could not be established
176 * - NE_TIMEOUT if an timeout occurred sending or reading from the server
177 * - NE_ERROR for other fatal dispatch errors
178 * On any error, the session error string is set. On success or
179 * authentication error, the actual response-status can be retrieved using
180 * ne_get_status(). */
181 int ne_request_dispatch(ne_request *req);
183 /* Returns a pointer to the response status information for the given
184 * request; pointer is valid until request object is destroyed. */
185 const ne_status *ne_get_status(const ne_request *req) ne_attribute((const));
187 /* Returns pointer to session associated with request. */
188 ne_session *ne_get_session(const ne_request *req) ne_attribute((const));
190 /* Destroy memory associated with request pointer */
191 void ne_request_destroy(ne_request *req);
193 /* "Caller-pulls" request interface. This is an ALTERNATIVE interface
194 * to ne_request_dispatch: either use that, or do all this yourself:
196 * caller must call:
197 * 1. ne_begin_request (fail if returns non-NE_OK)
198 * 2. while(ne_read_response_block(...) > 0) ... loop ...;
199 * (fail if ne_read_response_block returns <0)
200 * 3. ne_end_request
202 * ne_end_request and ne_begin_request both return an NE_* code; if
203 * ne_end_request returns NE_RETRY, you must restart the loop from (1)
204 * above. */
205 int ne_begin_request(ne_request *req);
206 int ne_end_request(ne_request *req);
208 /* Read a block of the response into the passed buffer of size 'buflen'.
210 * Returns:
211 * <0 - error, stop reading.
212 * 0 - end of response
213 * >0 - number of bytes read into buffer.
215 ssize_t ne_read_response_block(ne_request *req, char *buffer, size_t buflen);
217 /* Read response blocks until end of response; exactly equivalent to
218 * calling ne_read_response_block() until it returns 0. Returns
219 * non-zero on error. */
220 int ne_discard_response(ne_request *req);
222 /* Read response blocks until end of response, writing content to the
223 * given file descriptor. Returns NE_ERROR on error. */
224 int ne_read_response_to_fd(ne_request *req, int fd);
226 /* If 'flag' is non-zer, enable the HTTP/1.1 "Expect: 100-continue"
227 * feature for the request, which allows the server to send an error
228 * response before the request body is sent. This should only be used
229 * if the server is known to support the feature (not all HTTP/1.1
230 * servers do); the request will time out and fail otherwise. */
231 void ne_set_request_expect100(ne_request *req, int flag);
233 /**** Request hooks handling *****/
235 typedef void (*ne_free_hooks)(void *cookie);
237 /* Hook called when a create is created; passed the request method,
238 * and the string used as the Request-URI (which may be an abs_path,
239 * or an absoluteURI, depending on whether an HTTP proxy is in
240 * use). */
241 typedef void (*ne_create_request_fn)(ne_request *req, void *userdata,
242 const char *method, const char *requri);
243 void ne_hook_create_request(ne_session *sess,
244 ne_create_request_fn fn, void *userdata);
246 /* Hook called before the request is sent. 'header' is the raw HTTP
247 * header before the trailing CRLF is added: add in more here. */
248 typedef void (*ne_pre_send_fn)(ne_request *req, void *userdata,
249 ne_buffer *header);
250 void ne_hook_pre_send(ne_session *sess, ne_pre_send_fn fn, void *userdata);
252 /* Hook called after the request is dispatched (request sent, and
253 * the entire response read). If an error occurred reading the response,
254 * this hook will not run. May return:
255 * NE_OK everything is okay
256 * NE_RETRY try sending the request again.
257 * anything else signifies an error, and the request is failed. The return
258 * code is passed back the _dispatch caller, so the session error must
259 * also be set appropriately (ne_set_error).
261 typedef int (*ne_post_send_fn)(ne_request *req, void *userdata,
262 const ne_status *status);
263 void ne_hook_post_send(ne_session *sess, ne_post_send_fn fn, void *userdata);
265 /* Hook called when the function is destroyed. */
266 typedef void (*ne_destroy_req_fn)(ne_request *req, void *userdata);
267 void ne_hook_destroy_request(ne_session *sess,
268 ne_destroy_req_fn fn, void *userdata);
270 typedef void (*ne_destroy_sess_fn)(void *userdata);
271 /* Hook called when the session is destroyed. */
272 void ne_hook_destroy_session(ne_session *sess,
273 ne_destroy_sess_fn fn, void *userdata);
275 /* Store an opaque context for the request, 'priv' is returned by a
276 * call to ne_request_get_private with the same ID. */
277 void ne_set_request_private(ne_request *req, const char *id, void *priv);
278 void *ne_get_request_private(ne_request *req, const char *id);
280 END_NEON_DECLS
282 #endif /* NE_REQUEST_H */