HTTP connection management. More...

Collaboration diagram for Connection manager:

Modules
	Connections
	HTTP connections.

	Streams
	HTTP request/response streams.

Files
file	connmgr.h

Functions
struct vlc_http_msg *	vlc_http_mgr_request (struct vlc_http_mgr mgr, bool https, const char host, unsigned port, const struct vlc_http_msg *req, bool idempotent, bool payload)
	Sends an HTTP request. More...

struct vlc_http_cookie_jar_t *	vlc_http_mgr_get_jar (struct vlc_http_mgr *)

struct vlc_http_mgr *	vlc_http_mgr_create (vlc_object_t obj, struct vlc_http_cookie_jar_t jar)
	Creates an HTTP connection manager. More...

void	vlc_http_mgr_destroy (struct vlc_http_mgr *mgr)
	Destroys an HTTP connection manager. More...

Detailed Description

HTTP connection management.

Function Documentation

◆ vlc_http_mgr_create()

struct vlc_http_mgr * vlc_http_mgr_create	(	vlc_object_t *	obj,
		struct vlc_http_cookie_jar_t *	jar
	)

Creates an HTTP connection manager.

Allocates an HTTP client connections manager.

Parameters

obj	parent VLC object
jar	HTTP cookies jar (NULL to disable cookies)

References vlc_http_mgr::conn, vlc_http_mgr::creds, vlc_http_mgr::jar, vlc_object_t::logger, vlc_http_mgr::logger, vlc_http_mgr::obj, and unlikely.

Referenced by Open().

◆ vlc_http_mgr_destroy()

void vlc_http_mgr_destroy ( struct vlc_http_mgr * mgr )

Destroys an HTTP connection manager.

Deallocates an HTTP client connections manager created by vlc_http_msg_destroy(). Any remaining connection is closed and destroyed.

References vlc_http_mgr::conn, vlc_http_mgr::creds, vlc_http_mgr_release(), and vlc_tls_ClientDelete().

Referenced by Close(), and Open().

◆ vlc_http_mgr_get_jar()

struct vlc_http_cookie_jar_t * vlc_http_mgr_get_jar ( struct vlc_http_mgr * mgr )

References vlc_http_mgr::jar.

Referenced by vlc_http_outfile_create(), vlc_http_res_open(), and vlc_http_res_req().

◆ vlc_http_mgr_request()

struct vlc_http_msg * vlc_http_mgr_request	(	struct vlc_http_mgr *	mgr,
		bool	https,
		const char *	host,
		unsigned	port,
		const struct vlc_http_msg *	req,
		bool	idempotent,
		bool	payload
	)

Sends an HTTP request.

Sends an HTTP request, by either reusing an existing HTTP connection or establishing a new one. If successful, the initial HTTP response header is returned.

Parameters

mgr	HTTP connection manager
https	whether to use HTTPS (true) or unencrypted HTTP (false)
host	name of authoritative HTTP server to send the request to
port	TCP server port number, or 0 for the default port number
req	HTTP request header to send
idempotent	whether the request is idempotent
payload	whether the request will carry a payload

Returns: The initial HTTP response header, or NULL in case of failure.

References vlc_http_msg::payload, vlc_http_port_blocked(), vlc_http_request(), and vlc_https_request().

Referenced by vlc_http_outfile_create(), and vlc_http_res_open().

Modules