HTTP

Modules
	Form Parsing
	HTML Chunked Substitution
	HTTP File transfer
	HTTP headers: create
	HTTP headers: read
	Urlencode and Urldecode

Data Structures
struct	lws_tokens

Functions
LWS_VISIBLE LWS_EXTERN int	lws_return_http_status (struct lws *wsi, unsigned int code, const char *html_body)
LWS_VISIBLE LWS_EXTERN int LWS_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT	lws_http_redirect (struct lws *wsi, int code, const unsigned char *loc, int len, unsigned char **p, unsigned char *end)
LWS_VISIBLE LWS_EXTERN int LWS_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT	lws_http_transaction_completed (struct lws *wsi)

Detailed Description

Modules related to handling HTTP

Function Documentation

LWS_VISIBLE LWS_EXTERN int LWS_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT lws_http_redirect	(	struct lws *	wsi,
		int	code,
		const unsigned char *	loc,
		int	len,
		unsigned char **	p,
		unsigned char *	end
	)

#include <lib/libwebsockets.h>

lws_http_redirect() - write http redirect into buffer

Parameters

wsi	websocket connection
code	HTTP response code (eg, 301)
loc	where to redirect to
len	length of loc
p	pointer current position in buffer (updated as we write)
end	pointer to end of buffer

LWS_VISIBLE LWS_EXTERN int LWS_WARN_UNUSED_RESULT lws_http_transaction_completed

(

struct lws *

wsi

)

#include <lib/libwebsockets.h>

lws_http_transaction_completed() - wait for new http transaction or close

Parameters

wsi	websocket connection Returns 1 if the HTTP connection must close now Returns 0 and resets connection to wait for new HTTP header / transaction if possible

LWS_VISIBLE LWS_EXTERN int lws_return_http_status	(	struct lws *	wsi,
		unsigned int	code,
		const char *	html_body
	)

#include <lib/libwebsockets.h>

lws_return_http_status() - Return simple http status

Parameters

wsi	Websocket instance (available from user callback)
code	Status index, eg, 404
html_body	User-readable HTML description < 1KB, or NULL Helper to report HTTP errors back to the client cleanly and consistently