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| author | Dr. David von Oheimb <David.von.Oheimb@siemens.com> | 2023-08-08 22:47:50 +0200 |
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| committer | Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org> | 2023-08-10 17:29:07 +0200 |
| commit | 45c02183c65f0e1abf59909c2900764606334664 (patch) | |
| tree | 9d96140ee741ea3b50a272eecdca303b25539300 /doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_transfer.pod | |
| parent | 6b1a1275b3f3f8af0b4e0603d529a7bb2da4402a (diff) | |
OSSL_HTTP_{REQ_CTX_set_request_line(),_set1_request()}: backward compat w.r.t. path parameter
Fixes #17923
Reviewed-by: Todd Short <todd.short@me.com>
Reviewed-by: Tomas Mraz <tomas@openssl.org>
(Merged from https://github.com/openssl/openssl/pull/21690)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_transfer.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_transfer.pod | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_transfer.pod b/doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_transfer.pod index ee9a2c7f0c..bc9ed07136 100644 --- a/doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_transfer.pod +++ b/doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_transfer.pod @@ -161,8 +161,11 @@ NULL) to print additional diagnostic information in a user-oriented way. OSSL_HTTP_set1_request() sets up in I<rctx> the request header and content data and expectations on the response using the following parameters. -If <rctx> indicates using a proxy for HTTP (but not HTTPS), the server hostname -(and optionally port) needs to be placed in the header and thus must be present. +If <rctx> indicates using a proxy for HTTP (but not HTTPS), the server host +(and optionally port) needs to be placed in the header; thus it must be present +in I<rctx>. +For backward compatibility, the server (and optional port) may also be given in +the I<path> argument beginning with C<http://> (thus giving an absoluteURI). If I<path> is NULL it defaults to "/". If I<req> is NULL the HTTP GET method will be used to send the request else HTTP POST with the contents of I<req> and optional I<content_type>, where |