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2.6       timbl       1: <HTML>
                      2: <HEAD>
2.9       frystyk     3: <TITLE>HTTP module for libwww</TITLE></HEAD>
2.6       timbl       4: <BODY>
2.9       frystyk     5: <H1>HyperText Tranfer Protocol Module</H1>
                      6: 
2.10    ! frystyk     7: This is the module that handles all communication with HTTP servers. The module
        !             8: is a part of the <A HREF="Overview.html">CERN Common WWW Library</A>.
2.9       frystyk     9: 
                     10: <PRE>
                     11: #ifndef HTTP_H
2.1       timbl      12: #define HTTP_H
2.9       frystyk    13: #include "HTAccess.h"
                     14: </PRE>
2.1       timbl      15: 
2.9       frystyk    16: <H2>Public Functions</H2>
                     17: 
                     18: Theese are the public functions...
                     19: 
                     20: <H3>Accessing HTTP-Server</H3>
2.1       timbl      21: 
2.9       frystyk    22: <PRE>
                     23: extern int HTLoadHTTP PARAMS((HTRequest * request));
2.7       timbl      24: </PRE>
2.9       frystyk    25: 
                     26: <H2>Controlling Flags</H2>
                     27: 
                     28: The following variables can change the behaviour of the module.
                     29: 
                     30: <H3>Cache control flag</H3>
                     31: 
                     32: <EM>Note: This variable is now replaced by the (char *) HTCacheDir in 
2.10    ! frystyk    33: <A HREF="HTAccess.html">HTAccess Module</A></EM> <P>
2.9       frystyk    34: 
                     35: Turn this off if you don't want HTTP protocol fetches to leave cache files.
2.8       frystyk    36:        extern  BOOL  HTCacheHTTP;
2.1       timbl      37: 
2.9       frystyk    38: <H3>Redirections</H3>
2.7       timbl      39: 
2.9       frystyk    40: The maximum number of redirections is pr. default 10 and is set in the module.
                     41: This prevents the library from going into an infinite loop.
                     42: 
                     43: <PRE>
                     44: extern int HTMaxRedirections;
2.10    ! frystyk    45: </PRE>
        !            46: 
        !            47: <H3>Disable/Enable User Identification in HTTP Request</H3>
        !            48: 
        !            49: If a client want the user's email address to be send in the HTTP request
        !            50: as a <A HREF="http://info.cern.ch/hypertext/WWW/Protocols/HTTP/HTRQ_Headers.html#from">From field</A>
        !            51: then turn this flag on. The default is off because it might cause security
        !            52: problems from within a firewall. When enabled, the format used is
        !            53: <EM>user@host.domain</EM>. The value can be changed, see <A HREF="HTTCP.html#Mailaddress">HTTCP Module</A>.
        !            54: 
        !            55: <PRE>
        !            56: extern BOOL HTEnableFrom;
2.9       frystyk    57: </PRE>
                     58: 
                     59: <PRE>
2.6       timbl      60: #endif /* HTTP_H */
2.9       frystyk    61: </PRE>
2.1       timbl      62: 
2.9       frystyk    63: End of HTTP module definition.
                     64: </BODY>
2.6       timbl      65: </HTML>
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