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@@ -5,10 +5,10 @@ '\" See the file "license.terms" for information on usage and redistribution '\" of this file, and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES. '\" -'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: http.n,v 1.5 1999/07/20 00:11:52 hershey Exp $ +'\" RCS: @(#) $Id: http.n,v 1.6 1999/11/19 06:33:59 hobbs Exp $ '\" .so man.macros -.TH "Http" n 8.0 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" +.TH "Http" n 8.3 Tcl "Tcl Built-In Commands" .BS '\" Note: do not modify the .SH NAME line immediately below! .SH NAME @@ -35,6 +35,10 @@ Http \- Client-side implementation of the HTTP/1.0 protocol. \fB::http::data \fItoken\fR .sp \fB::http::cleanup \fItoken\fR +.sp +\fB::http::register \fIproto port command\fR +.sp +\fB::http::unregister \fIproto\fR .BE .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -44,7 +48,9 @@ protocol. The package implements the GET, POST, and HEAD operations of HTTP/1.0. It allows configuration of a proxy host to get through firewalls. The package is compatible with the \fBSafesock\fR security policy, so it can be used by untrusted applets to do URL fetching from -a restricted set of hosts. +a restricted set of hosts. This package can be extened to support +additional HTTP transport protocols, such as HTTPS, by providing +a custom \fBsocket\fR command, via \fBhttp::register\fR. .PP The \fB::http::geturl\fR procedure does a HTTP transaction. Its \fIoptions \fR determine whether a GET, POST, or HEAD transaction @@ -207,6 +213,11 @@ the \fB-command\fP callback, if specified. The return value of \fB::http::status\fP is \fBtimeout\fP after a timeout has occurred. .TP +\fB\-type\fP \fImime-type\fP +Use \fImime-type\fR as the \fBContent-Type\fR value, instead of the +default value (\fBapplication/x-www-form-urlencoded\fR) during a +POST operation. +.TP \fB\-validate\fP \fIboolean\fP If \fIboolean\fR is non-zero, then \fB::http::geturl\fR does an HTTP HEAD request. This request returns meta information about the URL, but the @@ -252,6 +263,25 @@ This procedure cleans up the state associated with the connection identified by \fItoken\fP. After this call, the procedures like \fB::http::data\fP cannot be used to get information about the operation. +.TP +\fB::http::register\fP \fIproto port command\fP +This procedure allows one to provide custom HTTP transport types +such as HTTPS, by registering a prefix, the default port, and the +command to execute to create the Tcl \fBchannel\fR. E.g.: +.RS +.CS +package require http +package require tls + +http::register https 443 ::tls::socket + +set token [http::geturl https://my.secure.site/] +.CE +.RE +.TP +\fB::http::unregister\fP \fIproto\fP +This procedure unregisters a protocol handler that was previously +registered via \fBhttp::register\fR. .SH "STATE ARRAY" The \fB::http::geturl\fR procedure returns a \fItoken\fR that can be used to |