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author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-03-14 07:00:41 (GMT) |
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committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 1998-03-14 07:00:41 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Doc/libbasehttp.tex b/Doc/libbasehttp.tex index c28b0b8..12d9483 100644 --- a/Doc/libbasehttp.tex +++ b/Doc/libbasehttp.tex @@ -7,19 +7,18 @@ \index{URL} \index{httpd} -\setindexsubitem{(in module BaseHTTPServer)} This module defines two classes for implementing HTTP servers (web servers). Usually, this module isn't used directly, but is used as a basis for building functioning web servers. See the -\code{SimpleHTTPServer} and \code{CGIHTTPServer} modules. -\stmodindex{SimpleHTTPServer} -\stmodindex{CGIHTTPServer} +\module{SimpleHTTPServer} and \module{CGIHTTPServer} modules. +\refstmodindex{SimpleHTTPServer} +\refstmodindex{CGIHTTPServer} -The first class, \code{HTTPServer}, is a \code{SocketServer.TCPServer} -subclass. It creates and listens at the web socket, dispatching the -requests to a handler. Code to create and run the server looks like -this: +The first class, \class{HTTPServer}, is a +\class{SocketServer.TCPServer} subclass. It creates and listens at the +web socket, dispatching the requests to a handler. Code to create and +run the server looks like this: \begin{verbatim} def run(server_class=BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer, @@ -28,38 +27,38 @@ def run(server_class=BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer, httpd = server_class(server_address, handler_class) httpd.serve_forever() \end{verbatim} -% -The \code{HTTPServer} class builds on the \code{TCPServer} class by + +The \class{HTTPServer} class builds on the \class{TCPServer} class by storing the server address as instance -variables named \code{server_name} and \code{server_port}. The +variables named \member{server_name} and \member{server_port}. The server is accessible by the handler, typically through the handler's -\code{server} instance variable. +\member{server} instance variable. -The module's second class, \code{BaseHTTPRequestHandler}, is used +The module's second class, \class{BaseHTTPRequestHandler}, is used to handle the HTTP requests that arrive at the server. By itself, it cannot respond to any actual HTTP requests; it must be subclassed to handle each request method (e.g. GET or POST). -\code{BaseHTTPRequestHandler} provides a number of class and instance +\class{BaseHTTPRequestHandler} provides a number of class and instance variables, and methods for use by subclasses. The handler will parse the request and the headers, then call a method specific to the request type. The method name is constructed -from the request. For example, for the request \code{SPAM}, the -\code{do_SPAM} method will be called with no arguments. All of +from the request. For example, for the request \samp{SPAM}, the +\method{do_SPAM()} method will be called with no arguments. All of the relevant information is stored into instance variables of the handler. -\setindexsubitem{(BaseHTTPRequestHandler instance variable)} +\setindexsubitem{(BaseHTTPRequestHandler attribute)} -\code{BaseHTTPRequestHandler} has the following instance variables: +\class{BaseHTTPRequestHandler} has the following instance variables: \begin{datadesc}{client_address} -Contains a tuple of the form (host, port) referring to the client's -address. +Contains a tuple of the form \code{(\var{host}, \var{port})} referring +to the client's address. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{command} -Contains the command (request type). For example, \code{"GET"}. +Contains the command (request type). For example, \code{'GET'}. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{path} @@ -68,11 +67,11 @@ Contains the request path. \begin{datadesc}{request_version} Contains the version string from the request. For example, -\code{"HTTP/1.0"}. +\code{'HTTP/1.0'}. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{headers} -Holds an instance of the class specified by the \var{MessageClass} +Holds an instance of the class specified by the \member{MessageClass} class variable. This instance parses and manages the headers in the HTTP request. \end{datadesc} @@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ Proper adherance to the HTTP protocol must be used when writing to this stream. \end{datadesc} -\setindexsubitem{(BaseHTTPRequestHandler class variable)} +\setindexsubitem{(BaseHTTPRequestHandler attribute)} \code{BaseHTTPRequestHandler} has the following class variables: @@ -97,13 +96,13 @@ Specifies the server software version. You may want to override this. The format is multiple whitespace-separated strings, where each string is of the form name[/version]. -For example, \code{"BaseHTTP/0.2"}. +For example, \code{'BaseHTTP/0.2'}. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{sys_version} Contains the Python system version, in a form usable by the -\code{version_string} method and the \code{server_version} class -variable. For example, \code{"Python/1.4"}. +\member{version_string} method and the \member{server_version} class +variable. For example, \code{'Python/1.4'}. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{error_message_format} @@ -121,38 +120,40 @@ class variable. \begin{datadesc}{protocol_version} This specifies the HTTP protocol version used in responses. Typically, this should not be overridden. Defaults to -\code{"HTTP/1.0"}. +\code{'HTTP/1.0'}. \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{MessageClass} -Specifies a Message-like class to parse HTTP headers. Typically, -this is not overridden, and it defaults to \code{mimetools.Message}. +Specifies a \class{rfc822.Message}-like class to parse HTTP +headers. Typically, this is not overridden, and it defaults to +\class{mimetools.Message}. +\withsubitem{(in module mimetools)}{\ttindex{Message}} \end{datadesc} \begin{datadesc}{responses} This variable contains a mapping of error code integers to two-element tuples containing a short and long message. For example, -\code{\{code : (shortmessage, longmessage)\}}. The +\code{\{\var{code}: (\var{shortmessage}, \var{longmessage})\}}. The \var{shortmessage} is usually used as the \var{message} key in an error response, and \var{longmessage} as the \var{explain} key -(see the \code{error_message_format} class variable). +(see the \member{error_message_format} class variable). \end{datadesc} \setindexsubitem{(BaseHTTPRequestHandler method)} -A \code{BaseHTTPRequestHandler} instance has the following methods: +A \class{BaseHTTPRequestHandler} instance has the following methods: \begin{funcdesc}{handle}{} -Overrides the superclass' \code{handle} method to provide the +Overrides the superclass' \method{handle()} method to provide the specific handler behavior. This method will parse and dispatch -the request to the appropriate \code{do_}* method. +the request to the appropriate \code{do_*()} method. \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{send_error}{code\optional{\, message}} +\begin{funcdesc}{send_error}{code\optional{, message}} Sends and logs a complete error reply to the client. The numeric \var{code} specifies the HTTP error code, with \var{message} as optional, more specific text. A complete set of headers is sent, -followed by text composed using the \code{error_message_format} +followed by text composed using the \member{error_message_format} class variable. \end{funcdesc} @@ -160,7 +161,7 @@ class variable. Sends a response header and logs the accepted request. The HTTP response line is sent, followed by \emph{Server} and \emph{Date} headers. The values for these two headers are picked up from the -\code{version_string()} and \code{date_time_string()} methods, +\method{version_string()} and \method{date_time_string()} methods, respectively. \end{funcdesc} @@ -184,7 +185,7 @@ the response is available, then it should be passed as the \begin{funcdesc}{log_error}{...} Logs an error when a request cannot be fulfilled. By default, -it passes the message to \code{log_message}, so it takes the +it passes the message to \method{log_message()}, so it takes the same arguments (\var{format} and additional values). \end{funcdesc} @@ -192,14 +193,14 @@ same arguments (\var{format} and additional values). Logs an arbitrary message to \code{sys.stderr}. This is typically overridden to create custom error logging mechanisms. The \var{format} argument is a standard printf-style format string, -where the additional arguments to \code{log_message} are applied +where the additional arguments to \method{log_message()} are applied as inputs to the formatting. The client address and current date and time are prefixed to every message logged. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{version_string}{} Returns the server software's version string. This is a combination -of the \var{server_version} and \var{sys_version} class variables. +of the \member{server_version} and \member{sys_version} class variables. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{date_time_string}{} |