diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX.pod')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX.pod | 12 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX.pod b/doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX.pod index ee61034aa7..6216420e4f 100644 --- a/doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX.pod +++ b/doc/man3/OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX.pod @@ -72,12 +72,16 @@ which collects the HTTP request header lines. OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_free() frees up the HTTP request context I<rctx>. The I<rbio> is not free'd, I<wbio> will be free'd if I<free_wbio> is set. -OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_set_request_line() adds the HTTP request line to the context. +OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_set_request_line() adds the 1st HTTP request line to I<rctx>. The HTTP method is determined by I<method_POST>, which should be 1 to indicate C<POST> or 0 to indicate C<GET>. -I<server> and I<port> may be set to indicate a proxy server and port -that the request should go through, otherwise they should be left NULL. -I<path> is the HTTP request path; if left NULL, C</> is used. +I<server> and I<port> may be set to give the server and the optional port that +an HTTP proxy shall forward the request to, otherwise they must be left NULL. +I<path> provides the HTTP request path; if left NULL, C</> is used. +For backward compatibility, I<path> may begin with C<http://> and thus convey +an absoluteURI. In this case it indicates HTTP proxy use and provides also the +server (and optionally the port) that the proxy shall forward the request to. +In this case the I<server> and I<port> arguments must be NULL. OSSL_HTTP_REQ_CTX_add1_header() adds header I<name> with value I<value> to the context I<rctx>. It can be called more than once to add multiple header lines. |