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@settitle The GNU libmicrohttpd Reference Manual
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This manual is for GNU libmicrohttpd
(version @value{VERSION}, @value{UPDATED}), a library for embedding
an HTTP(S) server into C applications.

Copyright @copyright{} 2007--2019 Christian Grothoff

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@dircategory Software libraries
@direntry
* libmicrohttpd: (libmicrohttpd).       Embedded HTTP server library.
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@title The GNU libmicrohttpd Reference Manual
@subtitle Version @value{VERSION}
@subtitle @value{UPDATED}
@author Marco Maggi (@email{marco.maggi-ipsu@@poste.it})
@author Christian Grothoff (@email{christian@@grothoff.org})
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@c ------------------------------------------------------------
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@node Top
@top The GNU libmicrohttpd Library
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@menu
* microhttpd-intro::            Introduction.
* microhttpd-const::            Constants.
* microhttpd-struct::           Structures type definition.
* microhttpd-cb::               Callback functions definition.
* microhttpd-init::             Starting and stopping the server.
* microhttpd-inspect::          Implementing external @code{select}.
* microhttpd-requests::         Handling requests.
* microhttpd-responses::        Building responses to requests.
* microhttpd-flow::             Flow control.
* microhttpd-dauth::            Utilizing Authentication.
* microhttpd-post::             Adding a @code{POST} processor.
* microhttpd-info::             Obtaining and modifying status information.
* microhttpd-util::             Utilities.
* microhttpd-websocket::        Websockets.

Appendices

* GNU-LGPL::                     The GNU Lesser General Public License says how you
                                 can copy and share almost all of `libmicrohttpd'.
* eCos License::                 The eCos License says how you can copy and share some parts of `libmicrohttpd'.
* GNU-GPL::                      The GNU General Public License (with eCos extension) says how you can copy and share some parts of `libmicrohttpd'.
* GNU-FDL::                     The GNU Free Documentation License says how you
                                can copy and share the documentation of `libmicrohttpd'.

Indices

* Concept Index::               Index of concepts and programs.
* Function and Data Index::     Index of functions, variables and data types.
* Type Index::                  Index of data types.
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@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-intro
@chapter Introduction


@noindent
All symbols defined in the public API start with @code{MHD_}.  MHD
is a small HTTP daemon library.  As such, it does not have any API
for logging errors (you can only enable or disable logging to stderr).
Also, it may not support all of the HTTP features directly, where
applicable, portions of HTTP may have to be handled by clients of the
library.

The library is supposed to handle everything that it must handle
(because the API would not allow clients to do this), such as basic
connection management. However, detailed interpretations of headers,
such as range requests, are left to the main application.  In
particular, if an application developer wants to support range
requests, he needs to explicitly indicate support in responses and
also explicitly parse the range header and generate a response (for
example, using the @code{MHD_create_response_from_fd_at_offset} call
to serve ranges from a file).  MHD does understands headers that
control connection management (specifically, @code{Connection: close}
and @code{Expect: 100 continue} are understood and handled
automatically).  @code{Connection: upgrade} is supported by passing
control over the socket (or something that behaves like the real
socket in the case of TLS) to the application (after sending the
desired HTTP response header).

MHD largely ignores the semantics of the different HTTP methods,
so clients are left to handle those.  One exception is that MHD does
understand @code{HEAD} and will only send the headers of the response
and not the body, even if the client supplied a body.  (In fact,
clients do need to construct a response with the correct length, even
for @code{HEAD} request.)

MHD understands @code{POST} data and is able to decode certain
formats (at the moment only @code{application/x-www-form-urlencoded}
and @code{multipart/form-data}) using the post processor API.  The
data stream of a POST is also provided directly to the main
application, so unsupported encodings could still be processed, just
not conveniently by MHD.

The header file defines various constants used by the HTTP protocol.
This does not mean that MHD actually interprets all of these values.
The provided constants are exported as a convenience for users of the
library.  MHD does not verify that transmitted HTTP headers are
part of the standard specification; users of the library are free to
define their own extensions of the HTTP standard and use those with
MHD.

All functions are guaranteed to be completely reentrant and
thread-safe.  MHD checks for allocation failures and tries to
recover gracefully (for example, by closing the connection).
Additionally, clients can specify resource limits on the overall
number of connections, number of connections per IP address and memory
used per connection to avoid resource exhaustion.

@section Scope

MHD is currently used in a wide range of implementations.
Examples based on reports we've received from developers include:
@itemize
@item Embedded HTTP server on a cortex M3 (128 KB code space)
@item Large-scale multimedia server (reportedly serving at the
      simulator limit of 7.5 GB/s)
@item Administrative console (via HTTP/HTTPS) for network appliances
@c If you have other interesting examples, please let us know
@end itemize

@section Thread modes and event loops
@cindex poll
@cindex epoll
@cindex select

MHD supports four basic thread modes and up to three event loop
styles.

The four basic thread modes are external sockets polling (MHD creates
no threads, event loop is fully managed by the application), internal
polling (MHD creates one thread for all connections), polling in
thread pool (MHD creates a thread pool which is used to process all
connections) and thread-per-connection (MHD creates one thread for
listen sockets and then one thread per accepted connection).

These thread modes are then combined with the evet loop styles
(polling function type).  MHD support select, poll and epoll. select
is available on all platforms, epoll and poll may not be available on
some platforms.  Note that it is possible to combine MHD using epoll
with an external select-based event loop.

The default (if no other option is passed) is ``external select''.
The highest performance can typically be obtained with a thread pool
using @code{epoll}.  Apache Benchmark (ab) was used to compare the
performance of @code{select} and @code{epoll} when using a thread pool
and a large number of connections. @ref{fig:performance} shows the
resulting plot from the @code{benchmark.c} example, which measures the
latency between an incoming request and the completion of the
transmission of the response.  In this setting, the @code{epoll}
thread pool with four threads was able to handle more than 45,000
connections per second on loopback (with Apache Benchmark running
three processes on the same machine).
@cindex performance


@float Figure,fig:performance
@image{libmicrohttpd_performance_data,400pt,300pt,Data,.png}
@caption{Performance measurements for select vs. epoll (with thread-pool).}
@end float


Not all combinations of thread modes and event loop styles are
supported.  This is partially to keep the API simple, and partially
because some combinations simply make no sense as others are strictly
superior.  Note that the choice of style depends first of all on the
application logic, and then on the performance requirements.
Applications that perform a blocking operation while handling a
request within the callbacks from MHD must use a thread per
connection.  This is typically rather costly.  Applications that do
not support threads or that must run on embedded devices without
thread-support must use the external mode.  Using @code{epoll} is only
supported on some platform, thus portable applications must at least
have a fallback option available.  @ref{tbl:supported} lists the sane
combinations.

@float Table,tbl:supported
@multitable {@b{thread-per-connection}} {@b{select}} {@b{poll}} {@b{epoll}}
@item                           @tab @b{select} @tab @b{poll} @tab @b{epoll}
@item @b{external}              @tab  yes       @tab no       @tab yes
@item @b{internal}              @tab  yes       @tab yes      @tab yes
@item @b{thread pool}           @tab  yes       @tab yes      @tab yes
@item @b{thread-per-connection} @tab  yes       @tab yes      @tab no
@end multitable
@caption{Supported combinations of event styles and thread modes.}
@end float


@section Compiling GNU libmicrohttpd
@cindex compilation
@cindex embedded systems
@cindex portability

MHD uses the standard GNU system where the usual build process
involves running
@verbatim
$ ./configure
$ make
$ make install
@end verbatim

MHD supports various options to be given to configure to tailor the
binary to a specific situation.  Note that some of these options will
remove portions of the MHD code that are required for
binary-compatibility.  They should only be used on embedded systems
with tight resource constraints and no concerns about library
versioning.  Standard distributions including MHD are expected to
always ship with all features enabled, otherwise unexpected
incompatibilities can arise!

Here is a list of MHD-specific options that can be given to configure
(canonical configure options such as ``--prefix'' are also supported, for a
full list of options run ``./configure --help''):

@table @code
@item ``--disable-curl''
disable running testcases using libcurl

@item ``--disable-largefile''
disable support for 64-bit files

@item ``--disable-messages''
disable logging of error messages (smaller binary size, not so much fun for debugging)

@item ``--disable-https''
disable HTTPS support, even if GNUtls is found; this option must be used if eCOS license is desired as an option (in all cases the resulting binary falls under a GNU LGPL-only license)

@item ``--disable-postprocessor''
do not include the post processor API (results in binary incompatibility)

@item ``--disable-dauth''
do not include the authentication APIs (results in binary incompatibility)

@item ``--disable-httpupgrade''
do not build code for HTTP ``Upgrade'' (smaller binary size, binary incompatible library)

@item ``--disable-epoll''
do not include epoll support, even if it supported (minimally smaller binary size, good for portability testing)

@item ``--enable-coverage''
set flags for analysis of code-coverage with gcc/gcov (results in slow, large binaries)

@item ``--with-threads=posix,w32,none,auto''
sets threading library to use. With use ``none'' to not support threads. In this case, MHD will only support the ``external'' threading modes and not perform any locking of data structures! Use @code{MHD_is_feature_supported(MHD_FEATURE_THREADS)} to test if threads are available. Default is ``auto''.

@item ``--with-gcrypt=PATH''
specifies path to libgcrypt installation

@item ``--with-gnutls=PATH''
specifies path to libgnutls installation

@end table

To cross-compile MHD for Android, install the Android NDK and use:
@verbatim
./configure --target=arm-linux-androideabi --host=arm-linux-androideabi --disable-doc --disable-examples
make
@end verbatim

Similar build commands should work for cross-compilation to other platforms.
Note that you may have to first cross-compile GnuTLS to get MHD with TLS support.


@section Validity of pointers

MHD will give applications access to its internal data structures
via pointers via arguments and return values from its API.  This
creates the question as to how long those pointers are assured to
stay valid.

Most MHD data structures are associated with the connection of an
HTTP client.  Thus, pointers associated with a connection are
typically valid until the connection is finished, at which point
MHD will call the @code{MHD_RequestCompletedCallback} if one is
registered.  Applications that have such a callback registered
may assume that keys and values from the
@code{MHD_KeyValueIterator}, return values from
@code{MHD_lookup_connection_value} and the @code{url},
@code{method} and @code{version} arguments to the
@code{MHD_AccessHandlerCallback} will remain valid until the
respective @code{MHD_RequestCompletedCallback} is invoked.

In contrast, the @code{upload_data} argument of
@code{MHD_RequestCompletedCallback} as well as all pointers
from the @code{MHD_PostDataIterator} are only valid for the
duration of the callback.

Pointers returned from @code{MHD_get_response_header} are
valid as long as the response itself is valid.


@section Including the microhttpd.h header
@cindex portability
@cindex microhttpd.h

Ideally, before including "microhttpd.h" you should add the necessary
includes to define the @code{uint64_t}, @code{size_t}, @code{fd_set},
@code{socklen_t} and @code{struct sockaddr} data types.  Which
specific headers are needed may depend on your platform and your build
system might include some tests to provide you with the necessary
conditional operations.  For possible suggestions consult
@code{platform.h} and @code{configure.ac} in the MHD distribution.

Once you have ensured that you manually (!) included the right headers
for your platform before "microhttpd.h", you should also add a line
with @code{#define MHD_PLATFORM_H} which will prevent the
"microhttpd.h" header from trying (and, depending on your platform,
failing) to include the right headers.

If you do not define MHD_PLATFORM_H, the "microhttpd.h" header will
automatically include headers needed on GNU/Linux systems (possibly
causing problems when porting to other platforms).

@section SIGPIPE
@cindex signals
MHD does not install a signal handler for SIGPIPE.  On platforms where
this is possible (such as GNU/Linux), it disables SIGPIPE for its I/O
operations (by passing MSG_NOSIGNAL or similar).  On other platforms,
SIGPIPE signals may be generated from network operations by MHD and
will cause the process to die unless the developer explicitly installs
a signal handler for SIGPIPE.

Hence portable code using MHD must install a SIGPIPE handler or
explicitly block the SIGPIPE signal.  MHD does not do so in order to
avoid messing with other parts of the application that may need to
handle SIGPIPE in a particular way.  You can make your application
handle SIGPIPE by calling the following function in @code{main}:

@verbatim
static void
catcher (int sig)
{
}

static void
ignore_sigpipe ()
{
  struct sigaction oldsig;
  struct sigaction sig;

  sig.sa_handler = &catcher;
  sigemptyset (&sig.sa_mask);
#ifdef SA_INTERRUPT
  sig.sa_flags = SA_INTERRUPT;  /* SunOS */
#else
  sig.sa_flags = SA_RESTART;
#endif
  if (0 != sigaction (SIGPIPE, &sig, &oldsig))
    fprintf (stderr,
             "Failed to install SIGPIPE handler: %s\n", strerror (errno));
}
@end verbatim

@section MHD_UNSIGNED_LONG_LONG
@cindex long long
@cindex MHD_LONG_LONG
@cindex IAR
@cindex ARM
@cindex cortex m3
@cindex embedded systems

Some platforms do not support @code{long long}.  Hence MHD defines a
macro @code{MHD_UNSIGNED LONG_LONG} which will default to
@code{unsigned long long}.  For standard desktop operating systems,
this is all you need to know.

However, if your platform does not support @code{unsigned long long},
you should change "platform.h" to define @code{MHD_LONG_LONG} and
@code{MHD_UNSIGNED_LONG_LONG} to an appropriate alternative type and
also define @code{MHD_LONG_LONG_PRINTF} and
@code{MHD_UNSIGNED_LONG_LONG_PRINTF} to the corresponding format
string for printing such a data type.  Note that the ``signed''
versions are deprecated.  Also, for historical reasons,
@code{MHD_LONG_LONG_PRINTF} is without the percent sign, whereas
@code{MHD_UNSIGNED_LONG_LONG_PRINTF} is with the percent sign.  Newly
written code should only use the unsigned versions.  However, you need
to define both in "platform.h" if you need to change the definition
for the specific platform.


@section Portability to W32

libmicrohttpd in general ported well to W32. Most libmicrohttpd features
are supported. W32 do not support some functions, like epoll and
corresponding MHD features are not available on W32.


@section Portability to z/OS

To compile MHD on z/OS, extract the archive and run

@verbatim
iconv -f UTF-8 -t IBM-1047 contrib/ascebc > /tmp/ascebc.sh
chmod +x /tmp/ascebc.sh
for n in `find * -type f`
do
  /tmp/ascebc.sh $n
done
@end verbatim
to convert all source files to EBCDIC.  Note that you must run
@code{configure} from the directory where the configure script is
located.   Otherwise, configure will fail to find the
@code{contrib/xcc} script (which is a wrapper around the z/OS c89
compiler).



@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-const
@chapter Constants


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_FLAG
Options for the MHD daemon.

Note that MHD will run automatically in background thread(s) only if
@code{MHD_USE_INTERNAL_POLLING_THREAD} is used. Otherwise caller
(application) must use @code{MHD_run} or @code{MHD_run_from_select} to
have MHD processed network connections and data.

Starting the daemon may also fail if a particular option is not
implemented or not supported on the target platform (i.e. no support
for @acronym{TLS}, threads or IPv6). TLS support generally depends on
options given during MHD compilation.

@table @code
@item MHD_NO_FLAG
No options selected.

@item MHD_USE_ERROR_LOG
If this flag is used, the library should print error messages and
warnings to stderr (or to custom error printer if it's specified by
options).  Note that for this run-time option to have any effect, MHD
needs to be compiled with messages enabled. This is done by default
except you ran configure with the @code{--disable-messages} flag set.

@item MHD_USE_DEBUG
@cindex debugging
Currently the same as @code{MHD_USE_ERROR_LOG}.

@item MHD_USE_TLS
@cindex TLS
@cindex SSL
Run in HTTPS-mode.  If you specify @code{MHD_USE_TLS} and MHD was
compiled without SSL support, @code{MHD_start_daemon} will return
NULL.

@item MHD_USE_THREAD_PER_CONNECTION
Run using one thread per connection.

@item MHD_USE_INTERNAL_POLLING_THREAD
Run using an internal thread doing @code{SELECT}.

@item MHD_USE_IPv6
@cindex IPv6
Run using the IPv6 protocol (otherwise, MHD will just support IPv4).
If you specify @code{MHD_USE_IPV6} and the local platform does not
support it, @code{MHD_start_daemon} will return NULL.

If you want MHD to support IPv4 and IPv6 using a single socket, pass
MHD_USE_DUAL_STACK, otherwise, if you only pass this option, MHD will
try to bind to IPv6-only (resulting in no IPv4 support).

@item MHD_USE_DUAL_STACK
@cindex IPv6
Use a single socket for IPv4 and IPv6.  Note that this will mean
that IPv4 addresses are returned by MHD in the IPv6-mapped format
(the 'struct sockaddr_in6' format will be used for IPv4 and IPv6).

@item MHD_USE_PEDANTIC_CHECKS
@cindex deprecated
Deprecated (use @code{MHD_OPTION_STRICT_FOR_CLIENT}).
Be pedantic about the protocol.
Specifically, at the moment, this flag causes MHD to reject HTTP
1.1 connections without a @code{Host} header.  This is required by the
standard, but of course in violation of the ``be as liberal as possible
in what you accept'' norm.  It is recommended to turn this @strong{ON}
if you are testing clients against MHD, and @strong{OFF} in
production.

@item MHD_USE_POLL
@cindex FD_SETSIZE
@cindex poll
@cindex select
Use @code{poll()} instead of @code{select()}. This allows sockets with
descriptors @code{>= FD_SETSIZE}.  This option currently only works in
conjunction with @code{MHD_USE_INTERNAL_POLLING_THREAD} (at this point).
If you specify @code{MHD_USE_POLL} and the local platform does not
support it, @code{MHD_start_daemon} will return NULL.

@item MHD_USE_EPOLL
@cindex FD_SETSIZE
@cindex epoll
@cindex select
Use @code{epoll()} instead of @code{poll()} or @code{select()}. This
allows sockets with descriptors @code{>= FD_SETSIZE}.  This option is
only available on some systems and does not work in conjunction with
@code{MHD_USE_THREAD_PER_CONNECTION} (at this point).  If you specify
@code{MHD_USE_EPOLL} and the local platform does not support it,
@code{MHD_start_daemon} will return NULL.  Using @code{epoll()}
instead of @code{select()} or @code{poll()} can in some situations
result in significantly higher performance as the system call has
fundamentally lower complexity (O(1) for @code{epoll()} vs. O(n) for
@code{select()}/@code{poll()} where n is the number of open
connections).

@item MHD_USE_TURBO
@cindex performance
Enable optimizations to aggressively improve performance.

Currently, the optimizations this option enables are based on
opportunistic reads and writes.  Basically, MHD will simply try to
read or write or accept on a socket before checking that the socket is
ready for IO using the event loop mechanism.  As the sockets are
non-blocking, this may fail (at a loss of performance), but generally
MHD does this in situations where the operation is likely to succeed,
in which case performance is improved.  Setting the flag should generally
be safe (even though the code is slightly more experimental).  You may
want to benchmark your application to see if this makes any difference
for you.


@item MHD_USE_SUPPRESS_DATE_NO_CLOCK
@cindex date
@cindex clock
@cindex embedded systems
Suppress (automatically) adding the 'Date:' header to HTTP responses.
This option should ONLY be used on systems that do not have a clock
and that DO provide other mechanisms for cache control.  See also
RFC 2616, section 14.18 (exception 3).


@item MHD_USE_NO_LISTEN_SOCKET
@cindex listen
@cindex proxy
@cindex embedded systems
Run the HTTP server without any listen socket.  This option only makes
sense if @code{MHD_add_connection} is going to be used exclusively to
connect HTTP clients to the HTTP server.  This option is incompatible
with using a thread pool; if it is used,
@code{MHD_OPTION_THREAD_POOL_SIZE} is ignored.


@item MHD_USE_ITC
@cindex quiesce
Force MHD to use a signal inter-thread communication channel to notify
the event loop (of threads) of our shutdown and other events.  This is
required if an application uses @code{MHD_USE_INTERNAL_POLLING_THREAD}
and then performs @code{MHD_quiesce_daemon} (which eliminates our
ability to signal termination via the listen socket).  In these modes,
@code{MHD_quiesce_daemon} will fail if this option was not set.  Also,
use of this option is automatic (as in, you do not even have to
specify it), if @code{MHD_USE_NO_LISTEN_SOCKET} is specified.  In
"external" select mode, this option is always simply ignored.

Using this option also guarantees that MHD will not call
@code{shutdown()} on the listen socket, which means a parent
process can continue to use the socket.

@item MHD_ALLOW_SUSPEND_RESUME
Enables using @code{MHD_suspend_connection} and
@code{MHD_resume_connection}, as performing these calls requires some
additional inter-thred communication channels to be created, and code
not using these calls should not pay the cost.

@item MHD_USE_TCP_FASTOPEN
@cindex listen
Enable TCP_FASTOPEN on the listen socket.  TCP_FASTOPEN is currently
supported on Linux >= 3.6.  On other systems using this option with
cause @code{MHD_start_daemon} to fail.


@item MHD_ALLOW_UPGRADE
@cindex upgrade
This option must be set if you want to upgrade connections
(via ``101 Switching Protocols'' responses).  This requires MHD to
allocate additional resources, and hence we require this
special flag so we only use the resources that are really needed.


@item MHD_USE_AUTO
Automatically select best event loop style (polling function)
depending on requested mode by other MHD flags and functions available
on platform.  If application doesn't have requirements for any
specific polling function, it's recommended to use this flag.  This
flag is very convenient for multiplatform applications.

@item MHD_USE_POST_HANDSHAKE_AUTH_SUPPORT
Tell the TLS library to support post handshake client authentication.
Only useful in combination with @code{MHD_USE_TLS}.

This option will only work if the underlying TLS library
supports it (i.e. GnuTLS after 3.6.3). If the TLS library
does not support it, MHD may ignore the option and proceed
without supporting this features.

@item MHD_USE_INSECURE_TLS_EARLY_DATA
Tell the TLS library to support TLS v1.3 early data (0-RTT) with the
resulting security drawbacks. Only enable this if you really know what
you are doing. MHD currently does NOT enforce that this only affects
GET requests! You have been warned.

This option will only work if the underlying TLS library
supports it (i.e. GnuTLS after 3.6.3). If the TLS library
does not support it, MHD may ignore the option and proceed
without supporting this features.

@end table
@end deftp


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_OPTION
MHD options.  Passed in the varargs portion of
@code{MHD_start_daemon()}.

@table @code
@item MHD_OPTION_END
No more options / last option.  This is used to terminate the VARARGs
list.

@item MHD_OPTION_CONNECTION_MEMORY_LIMIT
@cindex memory, limiting memory utilization
Maximum memory size per connection (followed by a @code{size_t}).  The
default is 32 kB (32*1024 bytes) as defined by the internal constant
@code{MHD_POOL_SIZE_DEFAULT}.  Values above 128k are unlikely to
result in much benefit, as half of the memory will be typically used
for IO, and TCP buffers are unlikely to support window sizes above 64k
on most systems.

@item MHD_OPTION_CONNECTION_MEMORY_INCREMENT
@cindex memory
Increment to use for growing the read buffer (followed by a
@code{size_t}).  The default is 1024 (bytes).  Increasing this value
will make MHD use memory for reading more aggressively, which can
reduce the number of @code{recvfrom} calls but may increase the number
of @code{sendto} calls.  The given value must fit within
MHD_OPTION_CONNECTION_MEMORY_LIMIT.

@item MHD_OPTION_CONNECTION_LIMIT
@cindex connection, limiting number of connections
Maximum number of concurrent connections to accept (followed by an
@code{unsigned int}).  The default is @code{FD_SETSIZE - 4} (the
maximum number of file descriptors supported by @code{select} minus
four for @code{stdin}, @code{stdout}, @code{stderr} and the server
socket).  In other words, the default is as large as possible.

If the connection limit is reached, MHD's behavior depends a bit on
other options.  If @code{MHD_USE_ITC} was given, MHD
will stop accepting connections on the listen socket.  This will cause
the operating system to queue connections (up to the @code{listen()}
limit) above the connection limit.  Those connections will be held
until MHD is done processing at least one of the active connections.
If @code{MHD_USE_ITC} is not set, then MHD will continue
to @code{accept()} and immediately @code{close()} these connections.

Note that if you set a low connection limit, you can easily get into
trouble with browsers doing request pipelining.  For example, if your
connection limit is ``1'', a browser may open a first connection to
access your ``index.html'' file, keep it open but use a second
connection to retrieve CSS files, images and the like.  In fact, modern
browsers are typically by default configured for up to 15 parallel
connections to a single server.  If this happens, MHD will refuse to
even accept the second connection until the first connection is
closed --- which does not happen until timeout.  As a result, the
browser will fail to render the page and seem to hang.  If you expect
your server to operate close to the connection limit, you should
first consider using a lower timeout value and also possibly add
a ``Connection: close'' header to your response to ensure that
request pipelining is not used and connections are closed immediately
after the request has completed:
@example
MHD_add_response_header (response,
                         MHD_HTTP_HEADER_CONNECTION,
                         "close");
@end example

@item MHD_OPTION_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT
@cindex timeout
After how many seconds of inactivity should a connection automatically
be timed out? (followed by an @code{unsigned int}; use zero for no
timeout).  The default is zero (no timeout).

@item MHD_OPTION_NOTIFY_COMPLETED
Register a function that should be called whenever a request has been
completed (this can be used for application-specific clean up).
Requests that have never been presented to the application (via
@code{MHD_AccessHandlerCallback()}) will not result in
notifications.

This option should be followed by @strong{TWO} pointers.  First a
pointer to a function of type @code{MHD_RequestCompletedCallback()}
and second a pointer to a closure to pass to the request completed
callback.  The second pointer maybe @code{NULL}.

@item MHD_OPTION_NOTIFY_CONNECTION
Register a function that should be called when the TCP connection to a
client is opened or closed.  Note that
@code{MHD_OPTION_NOTIFY_COMPLETED} and the @code{con_cls} argument to
the @code{MHD_AccessHandlerCallback} are per HTTP request (and there
can be multiple HTTP requests per TCP connection).  The registered
callback is called twice per TCP connection, with
@code{MHD_CONNECTION_NOTIFY_STARTED} and
@code{MHD_CONNECTION_NOTIFY_CLOSED} respectively.  An additional
argument can be used to store TCP connection specific information,
which can be retrieved using @code{MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_SOCKET_CONTEXT}
during the lifetime of the TCP connection.  The respective location is
not the same as the HTTP-request-specific @code{con_cls} from the
@code{MHD_AccessHandlerCallback}.

This option should be followed by @strong{TWO} pointers.  First a
pointer to a function of type @code{MHD_NotifyConnectionCallback()}
and second a pointer to a closure to pass to the request completed
callback.  The second pointer maybe @code{NULL}.

@item MHD_OPTION_PER_IP_CONNECTION_LIMIT
Limit on the number of (concurrent) connections made to the
server from the same IP address.  Can be used to prevent one
IP from taking over all of the allowed connections.  If the
same IP tries to establish more than the specified number of
connections, they will be immediately rejected.  The option
should be followed by an @code{unsigned int}.  The default is
zero, which means no limit on the number of connections
from the same IP address.

@item MHD_OPTION_LISTEN_BACKLOG_SIZE
Set the size of the @code{listen()} back log queue of the TCP socket.
Takes an @code{unsigned int} as the argument.  Default is the
platform-specific value of @code{SOMAXCONN}.

@item MHD_OPTION_STRICT_FOR_CLIENT
Specify how strict we should enforce the HTTP protocol.
Takes an @code{int} as the argument.  Default is zero.

If set to 1, MHD will be strict about the protocol.  Specifically, at
the moment, this flag uses MHD to reject HTTP 1.1 connections without
a "Host" header.  This is required by the standard, but of course in
violation of the "be as liberal as possible in what you accept" norm.
It is recommended to set this to 1 if you are testing clients against
MHD, and 0 in production.

If set to -1 MHD will be permissive about the protocol, allowing
slight deviations that are technically not allowed by the
RFC. Specifically, at the moment, this flag causes MHD to allow spaces
in header field names. This is disallowed by the standard.

It is not recommended to set it to -1 on publicly available servers as
it may potentially lower level of protection.

@item MHD_OPTION_SERVER_INSANITY
@cindex testing
Allows the application to disable certain sanity precautions in MHD. With
these, the client can break the HTTP protocol, so this should never be used in
production. The options are, however, useful for testing HTTP clients against
"broken" server implementations.  This argument must be followed by an
@code{unsigned int}, corresponding to an @code{enum MHD_DisableSanityCheck}.

Right now, no sanity checks can be disabled.

@item MHD_OPTION_SOCK_ADDR
@cindex bind, restricting bind
Bind daemon to the supplied socket address. This option should be followed by a
@code{struct sockaddr *}.  If @code{MHD_USE_IPv6} is specified,
the @code{struct sockaddr*} should point to a @code{struct sockaddr_in6},
otherwise to a @code{struct sockaddr_in}.  If this option is not specified,
the daemon will listen to incoming connections from anywhere.  If you use this
option, the 'port' argument from @code{MHD_start_daemon} is ignored and the port
from the given @code{struct sockaddr *} will be used instead.

@item MHD_OPTION_URI_LOG_CALLBACK
@cindex debugging
@cindex logging
@cindex query string
Specify a function that should be called before parsing the URI from
the client.  The specified callback function can be used for processing
the URI (including the options) before it is parsed.  The URI after
parsing will no longer contain the options, which maybe inconvenient for
logging.  This option should be followed by two arguments, the first
one must be of the form
@example
 void * my_logger(void * cls, const char * uri, struct MHD_Connection *con)
@end example
where the return value will be passed as
@code{*con_cls} in calls to the @code{MHD_AccessHandlerCallback}
when this request is processed later; returning a
value of @code{NULL} has no special significance; (however,
note that if you return non-@code{NULL}, you can no longer
rely on the first call to the access handler having
@code{NULL == *con_cls} on entry)
@code{cls} will be set to the second argument following
MHD_OPTION_URI_LOG_CALLBACK.  Finally, @code{uri} will
be the 0-terminated URI of the request.

Note that during the time of this call, most of the connection's state
is not initialized (as we have not yet parsed he headers).  However,
information about the connecting client (IP, socket) is available.

@item MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_MEM_KEY
@cindex SSL
@cindex TLS
Memory pointer to the private key to be used by the
HTTPS daemon.  This option should be followed by an
"const char*" argument.
This should be used in conjunction with 'MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_MEM_CERT'.

@item MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_KEY_PASSWORD
@cindex SSL
@cindex TLS
Memory pointer to the password that decrypts the
private key to be used by the HTTPS daemon.
This option should be followed by an
"const char*" argument.
This should be used in conjunction with 'MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_MEM_KEY'.

The password (or passphrase) is only used immediately during
@code{MHD_start_daemon()}.  Thus, the application may want to
erase it from memory afterwards for additional security.

@item MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_MEM_CERT
@cindex SSL
@cindex TLS
Memory pointer to the certificate to be used by the
HTTPS daemon.  This option should be followed by an
"const char*" argument.
This should be used in conjunction with 'MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_MEM_KEY'.

@item MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_MEM_TRUST
@cindex SSL
@cindex TLS
Memory pointer to the CA certificate to be used by the
HTTPS daemon to authenticate and trust clients certificates.
This option should be followed by an "const char*" argument.
The presence of this option activates the request of certificate
to the client. The request to the client is marked optional, and
it is the responsibility of the server to check the presence
of the certificate if needed.
Note that most browsers will only present a client certificate
only if they have one matching the specified CA, not sending
any certificate otherwise.

@item MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_CRED_TYPE
@cindex SSL
@cindex TLS
Daemon credentials type.  Either certificate or anonymous,
this option should be followed by one of the values listed in
"enum gnutls_credentials_type_t".

@item MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_PRIORITIES
@cindex SSL
@cindex TLS
@cindex cipher
SSL/TLS protocol version and ciphers.
This option must be followed by an "const char *" argument
specifying the SSL/TLS protocol versions and ciphers that
are acceptable for the application.  The string is passed
unchanged to gnutls_priority_init.  If this option is not
specified, ``NORMAL'' is used.

@item MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_CERT_CALLBACK
@cindex SSL
@cindex TLS
@cindex SNI
Use a callback to determine which X.509 certificate should be used for
a given HTTPS connection.  This option should be followed by a
argument of type "gnutls_certificate_retrieve_function2 *".  This
option provides an alternative to MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_MEM_KEY and
MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_MEM_CERT.  You must use this version if multiple
domains are to be hosted at the same IP address using TLS's Server
Name Indication (SNI) extension.  In this case, the callback is
expected to select the correct certificate based on the SNI
information provided.  The callback is expected to access the SNI data
using gnutls_server_name_get().  Using this option requires GnuTLS 3.0
or higher.

@item MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_CERT_CALLBACK2
@cindex SSL
@cindex TLS
@cindex SNI
@cindex OCSP
Use a callback to determine which X.509 certificate should be
used for a given HTTPS connection.  This option should be
followed by a argument of type `gnutls_certificate_retrieve_function3 *`.
This option provides an
alternative/extension to #MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_CERT_CALLBACK.
You must use this version if you want to use OCSP stapling.
Using this option requires GnuTLS 3.6.3 or higher.

@item MHD_OPTION_GNUTLS_PSK_CRED_HANDLER
@cindex SSL
@cindex TLS
@cindex PSK
Use pre-shared key for TLS credentials.
Pass a pointer to callback of type
@code{MHD_PskServerCredentialsCallback} and a closure.
The function will be called to
retrieve the shared key for a given username.

@item MHD_OPTION_DIGEST_AUTH_RANDOM
@cindex digest auth
@cindex random
Digest Authentication nonce's seed.

This option should be followed by two arguments.  First an integer of
type "size_t" which specifies the size of the buffer pointed to by the
second argument in bytes.  Note that the application must ensure that
the buffer of the second argument remains allocated and unmodified
while the daemon is running.  For security, you SHOULD provide a fresh
random nonce when using MHD with Digest Authentication.

@item MHD_OPTION_NONCE_NC_SIZE
@cindex digest auth
@cindex replay attack

Size of an array of nonce and nonce counter map.  This option must be
followed by an "unsigned int" argument that have the size (number of
elements) of a map of a nonce and a nonce-counter.  If this option
is not specified, a default value of 4 will be used (which might be
too small for servers handling many requests).  If you do not use
digest authentication at all, you can specify a value of zero to
save some memory.

You should calculate the value of NC_SIZE based on the number of
connections per second multiplied by your expected session duration
plus a factor of about two for hash table collisions.  For example, if
you expect 100 digest-authenticated connections per second and the
average user to stay on your site for 5 minutes, then you likely need
a value of about 60000.  On the other hand, if you can only expect
only 10 digest-authenticated connections per second, tolerate browsers
getting a fresh nonce for each request and expect a HTTP request
latency of 250 ms, then a value of about 5 should be fine.


@item MHD_OPTION_LISTEN_SOCKET
@cindex systemd
Listen socket to use.  Pass a listen socket for MHD to use
(systemd-style).  If this option is used, MHD will not open its own
listen socket(s). The argument passed must be of type "int" and refer
to an existing socket that has been bound to a port and is listening.

@item MHD_OPTION_EXTERNAL_LOGGER
@cindex logging
Use the given function for logging error messages.
This option must be followed by two arguments; the
first must be a pointer to a function
of type 'void fun(void * arg, const char * fmt, va_list ap)'
and the second a pointer of type 'void*' which will
be passed as the "arg" argument to "fun".

Note that MHD will not generate any log messages without
the MHD_USE_ERROR_LOG flag set and if MHD was compiled
with the "--disable-messages" flag.

@item MHD_OPTION_THREAD_POOL_SIZE
@cindex performance
Number (unsigned int) of threads in thread pool. Enable
thread pooling by setting this value to to something
greater than 1. Currently, thread mode must be
MHD_USE_INTERNAL_POLLING_THREAD if thread pooling is enabled
(@code{MHD_start_daemon} returns @code{NULL} for an unsupported thread
mode).

@item MHD_OPTION_ARRAY
@cindex options
@cindex foreign-function interface
This option can be used for initializing MHD using options from an
array.  A common use for this is writing an FFI for MHD.  The actual
options given are in an array of 'struct MHD_OptionItem', so this
option requires a single argument of type 'struct MHD_OptionItem'.
The array must be terminated with an entry @code{MHD_OPTION_END}.

An example for code using MHD_OPTION_ARRAY is:
@example
struct MHD_OptionItem ops[] = @{
 @{ MHD_OPTION_CONNECTION_LIMIT, 100, NULL @},
 @{ MHD_OPTION_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT, 10, NULL @},
 @{ MHD_OPTION_END, 0, NULL @}
@};
d = MHD_start_daemon(0, 8080, NULL, NULL, dh, NULL,
                     MHD_OPTION_ARRAY, ops,
                     MHD_OPTION_END);
@end example
For options that expect a single pointer argument, the
second member of the @code{struct MHD_OptionItem} is ignored.
For options that expect two pointer arguments, the first
argument must be cast to @code{intptr_t}.

@item MHD_OPTION_UNESCAPE_CALLBACK
@cindex internationalization
@cindex escaping

Specify a function that should be called for unescaping escape
sequences in URIs and URI arguments.  Note that this function will NOT
be used by the MHD_PostProcessor.  If this option is not specified,
the default method will be used which decodes escape sequences of the
form "%HH".  This option should be followed by two arguments, the
first one must be of the form

@example
  size_t my_unescaper(void * cls, struct MHD_Connection *c, char *s)
@end example

where the return value must be @code{strlen(s)} and @code{s} should be
updated.  Note that the unescape function must not lengthen @code{s}
(the result must be shorter than the input and still be 0-terminated).
@code{cls} will be set to the second argument following
MHD_OPTION_UNESCAPE_CALLBACK.


@item MHD_OPTION_THREAD_STACK_SIZE
@cindex stack
@cindex thread
@cindex pthread
@cindex embedded systems
Maximum stack size for threads created by MHD.  This option must be
followed by a @code{size_t}).  Not specifying this option or using
a value of zero means using the system default (which is likely to
differ based on your platform).

@item MHD_OPTION_TCP_FASTQUEUE_QUEUE_SIZE
@cindex listen
When the flag @code{MHD_USE_TCP_FASTOPEN} is used, this option sets the
connection handshake queue size for the TCP FASTOPEN connections.  Note
that a TCP FASTOPEN connection handshake occupies more resources than a
TCP handshake as the SYN packets also contain DATA which is kept in the
associate state until handshake is completed.  If this option is not
given the queue size is set to a default value of 10.  This option must
be followed by a @code{unsigned int}.

@item MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_MEM_DHPARAMS
@cindex TLS
@cindex SSL
@cindex DH
Memory pointer for the Diffie-Hellman parameters (dh.pem) to be used
by the HTTPS daemon for key exchange.  This option must be followed by
a @code{const char *} argument.  The argument would be a zero-terminated
string with a PEM encoded PKCS3 DH parameters structure suitable
for passing to @code{gnutls_dh_parms_import_pkcs3}.

@item MHD_OPTION_LISTENING_ADDRESS_REUSE
@cindex bind, restricting bind
@cindex reusing listening address
This option must be followed by a @code{unsigned int} argument.
If this option is present and true (nonzero) parameter is given, allow reusing
the address:port of the listening socket (using @code{SO_REUSEPORT} on most
platforms, and @code{SO_REUSEADDR} on Windows).  If a false (zero) parameter is
given, disallow reusing the the address:port of the listening socket (this
usually requires no special action, but @code{SO_EXCLUSIVEADDRUSE} is needed on
Windows).  If this option is not present @code{SO_REUSEADDR} is used on all
platforms except Windows so reusing of address:port is disallowed.

@end table
@end deftp


@deftp {C Struct} MHD_OptionItem
Entry in an MHD_OPTION_ARRAY.  See the @code{MHD_OPTION_ARRAY} option
argument for its use.

The @code{option} member is used to specify which option is specified
in the array.  The other members specify the respective argument.

Note that for options taking only a single pointer, the
@code{ptr_value} member should be set.  For options taking two pointer
arguments, the first pointer must be cast to @code{intptr_t} and both
the @code{value} and the @code{ptr_value} members should be used to
pass the two pointers.
@end deftp


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_ValueKind
The @code{MHD_ValueKind} specifies the source of the key-value pairs in
the HTTP protocol.

@table @code
@item MHD_HEADER_KIND
HTTP header.

@item MHD_COOKIE_KIND
@cindex cookie
Cookies.  Note that the original HTTP header containing the cookie(s)
will still be available and intact.

@item MHD_POSTDATA_KIND
@cindex POST method
@code{POST} data.  This is available only if a content encoding
supported by MHD is used (currently only @acronym{URL} encoding), and
only if the posted content fits within the available memory pool.  Note
that in that case, the upload data given to the
@code{MHD_AccessHandlerCallback()} will be empty (since it has
already been processed).

@item MHD_GET_ARGUMENT_KIND
@code{GET} (URI) arguments.

@item MHD_FOOTER_KIND
HTTP footer (only for http 1.1 chunked encodings).

@end table
@end deftp


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_RequestTerminationCode
The @code{MHD_RequestTerminationCode} specifies reasons why a request
has been terminated (or completed).

@table @code
@item MHD_REQUEST_TERMINATED_COMPLETED_OK
We finished sending the response.

@item MHD_REQUEST_TERMINATED_WITH_ERROR
Error handling the connection (resources exhausted, other side closed
connection, application error accepting request, etc.)

@item MHD_REQUEST_TERMINATED_TIMEOUT_REACHED
No activity on the connection for the number of seconds specified using
@code{MHD_OPTION_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT}.

@item MHD_REQUEST_TERMINATED_DAEMON_SHUTDOWN
We had to close the session since MHD was being shut down.
@end table
@end deftp


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_ResponseMemoryMode
The @code{MHD_ResponeMemoryMode} specifies how MHD should treat
the memory buffer given for the response in
@code{MHD_create_response_from_buffer}.

@table @code
@item MHD_RESPMEM_PERSISTENT
Buffer is a persistent (static/global) buffer that won't change
for at least the lifetime of the response, MHD should just use
it, not free it, not copy it, just keep an alias to it.

@item MHD_RESPMEM_MUST_FREE
Buffer is heap-allocated with @code{malloc} (or equivalent) and
should be freed by MHD after processing the response has
concluded (response reference counter reaches zero).

@item MHD_RESPMEM_MUST_COPY
Buffer is in transient memory, but not on the heap (for example,
on the stack or non-malloc allocated) and only valid during the
call to @code{MHD_create_response_from_buffer}.  MHD must make its
own private copy of the data for processing.

@end table
@end deftp


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_ResponseFlags
Response-specific flags.  Passed as an argument to
@code{MHD_set_response_options()}.

@table @code
@item MHD_RF_NONE
No special handling.

@item MHD_RF_HTTP_VERSION_1_0_ONLY
Only respond in conservative HTTP 1.0-mode.   In particular,
do not (automatically) sent "Connection" headers and always
close the connection after generating the response.

By default, MHD will respond using the same HTTP version which
was set in the request. You can also set the
@code{MHD_RF_HTTP_VERSION_1_0_RESPONSE} flag to force version 1.0
in the response.

@item MHD_RF_HTTP_VERSION_1_0_RESPONSE
Only respond in HTTP 1.0-mode. Contrary to the
@code{MHD_RF_HTTP_VERSION_1_0_ONLY} flag, the response's HTTP version will
always be set to 1.0 and ``Connection'' headers are still supported.

You can even combine this option with MHD_RF_HTTP_VERSION_1_0_ONLY to
change the response's HTTP version while maintaining strict compliance
with HTTP 1.0 regarding connection management.

This solution is not perfect as this flag is set on the response which
is created after header processing. So MHD will behave as a HTTP 1.1
server until the response is queued. It means that an invalid HTTP 1.1
request will fail even if the response is sent with HTTP 1.0 and the
request would be valid if interpreted with this version. For example,
this request will fail in strict mode:

@verbatim
GET / HTTP/1.1
@end verbatim

as the ``Host'' header is missing and is mandatory in HTTP 1.1, but it
should succeed when interpreted with HTTP 1.0.

@item MHD_RF_INSANITY_HEADER_CONTENT_LENGTH
Disable sanity check preventing clients from manually
setting the HTTP content length option.

@end table
@end deftp


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_ResponseOptions
Response-specific options.  Passed in the varargs portion of
@code{MHD_set_response_options()}.

@table @code
@item MHD_RO_END
No more options / last option.  This is used to terminate the VARARGs
list.
@end table
@end deftp


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG
@cindex websocket
Options for the MHD websocket stream.

This is used for initialization of a websocket stream when calling
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_init} or @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2} and
alters the behavior of the websocket stream.

Note that websocket streams are only available if you include the header file
@code{microhttpd_ws.h} and compiled @emph{libmicrohttpd} with websockets.

@table @code
@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_SERVER
The websocket stream is initialized in server mode (default).
Thus all outgoing payload will not be masked.
All incoming payload must be masked.

This flag cannot be used together with @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_CLIENT}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_CLIENT
The websocket stream is initialized in client mode.
You will usually never use that mode in combination with @emph{libmicrohttpd},
because @emph{libmicrohttpd} provides a server and not a client.
In client mode all outgoing payload will be masked
(XOR-ed with random values).
All incoming payload must be unmasked.
If you use this mode, you must always call @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2}
instead of @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init}, because you need
to pass a random number generator callback function for masking.

This flag cannot be used together with @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_SERVER}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_NO_FRAGMENTS
You don't want to get fragmented data while decoding (default).
Fragmented frames will be internally put together until
they are complete.
Whether or not data is fragmented is decided
by the sender of the data during encoding.

This cannot be used together with @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_WANT_FRAGMENTS}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_WANT_FRAGMENTS
You want fragmented data, if it appears while decoding.
You will receive the content of the fragmented frame,
but if you are decoding text, you will never get an unfinished
UTF-8 sequence (if the sequence appears between two fragments).
Instead the text will end before the unfinished UTF-8 sequence.
With the next fragment, which finishes the UTF-8 sequence,
you will get the complete UTF-8 sequence.

This cannot be used together with @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_NO_FRAGMENTS}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_GENERATE_CLOSE_FRAMES_ON_ERROR
If the websocket stream becomes invalid during decoding due to
protocol errors, a matching close frame will automatically
be generated.
The close frame will be returned via the parameters
@code{payload} and @code{payload_len} of @code{MHD_websocket_decode} and
the return value is negative (a value of @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}).

The generated close frame must be freed by the caller
with @code{MHD_websocket_free}.

@end table
@end deftp


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_WEBSOCKET_FRAGMENTATION
@cindex websocket
This enumeration is used to specify the fragmentation behavior
when encoding of data (text/binary) for a websocket stream.
This is used with @code{MHD_websocket_encode_text} or
@code{MHD_websocket_encode_binary}.

Note that websocket streams are only available if you include the header file
@code{microhttpd_ws.h} and compiled @emph{libmicrohttpd} with websockets.

@table @code
@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_FRAGMENTATION_NONE
You don't want to use fragmentation.
The encoded frame consists of only one frame.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_FRAGMENTATION_FIRST
You want to use fragmentation.
The encoded frame is the first frame of
a series of data frames of the same type
(text or binary).
You may send control frames (ping, pong or close)
between these data frames.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_FRAGMENTATION_FOLLOWING
You want to use fragmentation.
The encoded frame is not the first frame of
the series of data frames, but also not the last one.
You may send control frames (ping, pong or close)
between these data frames.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_FRAGMENTATION_LAST
You want to use fragmentation.
The encoded frame is the last frame of
the series of data frames, but also not the first one.
After this frame, you may send all types of frames again.

@end table
@end deftp


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS
@cindex websocket
This enumeration is used for the return value of almost
every websocket stream function.
Errors are negative and values equal to or above zero mean a success.
Positive values are only used by @code{MHD_websocket_decode}.

Note that websocket streams are only available if you include the header file
@code{microhttpd_ws.h} and compiled @emph{libmicrohttpd} with websockets.

@table @code
@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_OK
The call succeeded.
Especially for @code{MHD_websocket_decode} this means that no error occurred,
but also no frame has been completed yet.
For other functions this means simply a success.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_TEXT_FRAME
@code{MHD_websocket_decode} has decoded a text frame.
The parameters @code{payload} and @code{payload_len} are filled with
the decoded text (if any).
You must free the returned @code{payload} after use with
@code{MHD_websocket_free}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_BINARY_FRAME
@code{MHD_websocket_decode} has decoded a binary frame.
The parameters @code{payload} and @code{payload_len} are filled with
the decoded binary data (if any).
You must free the returned @code{payload} after use with
@code{MHD_websocket_free}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_CLOSE_FRAME
@code{MHD_websocket_decode} has decoded a close frame.
This means you must close the socket using @code{MHD_upgrade_action}
with @code{MHD_UPGRADE_ACTION_CLOSE}.
You may respond with a close frame before closing.
The parameters @code{payload} and @code{payload_len} are filled with
the close reason (if any).
The close reason starts with a two byte sequence of close code
in network byte order (see @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_CLOSEREASON}).
After these two bytes a UTF-8 encoded close reason may follow.
You can call @code{MHD_websocket_split_close_reason} to split that
close reason.
You must free the returned @code{payload} after use with
@code{MHD_websocket_free}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_PING_FRAME
@code{MHD_websocket_decode} has decoded a ping frame.
You should respond to this with a pong frame.
The pong frame must contain the same binary data as
the corresponding ping frame (if it had any).
The parameters @code{payload} and @code{payload_len} are filled with
the binary ping data (if any).
You must free the returned @code{payload} after use with
@code{MHD_websocket_free}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_PONG_FRAME
@code{MHD_websocket_decode} has decoded a pong frame.
You should usually only receive pong frames if you sent
a ping frame before.
The binary data should be equal to your ping frame and can be
used to distinguish the response if you sent multiple ping frames.
The parameters @code{payload} and @code{payload_len} are filled with
the binary pong data (if any).
You must free the returned @code{payload} after use with
@code{MHD_websocket_free}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_TEXT_FIRST_FRAGMENT
@code{MHD_websocket_decode} has decoded a text frame fragment.
The parameters @code{payload} and @code{payload_len} are filled with
the decoded text (if any).
This is like @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_TEXT_FRAME}, but it can only
appear if you specified @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_WANT_FRAGMENTS} during
the call of @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init} or
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2}.
You must free the returned @code{payload} after use with
@code{MHD_websocket_free}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_TEXT_FIRST_FRAGMENT
@code{MHD_websocket_decode} has decoded a binary frame fragment.
The parameters @code{payload} and @code{payload_len} are filled with
the decoded binary data (if any).
This is like @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_BINARY_FRAME}, but it can only
appear if you specified @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_WANT_FRAGMENTS} during
the call of @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init} or
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2}.
You must free the returned @code{payload} after use with
@code{MHD_websocket_free}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_TEXT_NEXT_FRAGMENT
@code{MHD_websocket_decode} has decoded the next text frame fragment.
The parameters @code{payload} and @code{payload_len} are filled with
the decoded text (if any).
This is like @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_TEXT_FIRST_FRAGMENT}, but it appears
only after the first and before the last fragment of a series of fragments.
It can only appear if you specified @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_WANT_FRAGMENTS}
during the call of @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init} or
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2}.
You must free the returned @code{payload} after use with
@code{MHD_websocket_free}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_BINARY_NEXT_FRAGMENT
@code{MHD_websocket_decode} has decoded the next binary frame fragment.
The parameters @code{payload} and @code{payload_len} are filled with
the decoded binary data (if any).
This is like @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_BINARY_FIRST_FRAGMENT}, but it appears
only after the first and before the last fragment of a series of fragments.
It can only appear if you specified @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_WANT_FRAGMENTS}
during the call of @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init} or
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2}.
You must free the returned @code{payload} after use with
@code{MHD_websocket_free}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_TEXT_LAST_FRAGMENT
@code{MHD_websocket_decode} has decoded the last text frame fragment.
The parameters @code{payload} and @code{payload_len} are filled with
the decoded text (if any).
This is like @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_TEXT_FIRST_FRAGMENT}, but it appears
only for the last fragment of a series of fragments.
It can only appear if you specified @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_WANT_FRAGMENTS}
during the call of @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init} or
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2}.
You must free the returned @code{payload} after use with
@code{MHD_websocket_free}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_BINARY_LAST_FRAGMENT
@code{MHD_websocket_decode} has decoded the last binary frame fragment.
The parameters @code{payload} and @code{payload_len} are filled with
the decoded binary data (if any).
This is like @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_BINARY_FIRST_FRAGMENT}, but it appears
only for the last fragment of a series of fragments.
It can only appear if you specified @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_WANT_FRAGMENTS}
during the call of @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init} or
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2}.
You must free the returned @code{payload} after use with
@code{MHD_websocket_free}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_PROTOCOL_ERROR
The call failed and the stream is invalid now for decoding.
You must close the websocket now using @code{MHD_upgrade_action}
with @code{MHD_UPGRADE_ACTION_CLOSE}.
You may send a close frame before closing.
This is only used by @code{MHD_websocket_decode} and happens
if the stream contains errors (i. e. invalid byte data).

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_STREAM_BROKEN
You tried to decode something, but the stream has already
been marked invalid.
You must close the websocket now using @code{MHD_upgrade_action}
with @code{MHD_UPGRADE_ACTION_CLOSE}.
You may send a close frame before closing.
This is only used by @code{MHD_websocket_decode} and happens
if you call @code{MDM_websocket_decode} again after
has been invalidated.
You can call @code{MHD_websocket_stream_is_valid} at any time
to check whether a stream is invalid or not.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_MEMORY_ERROR
A memory allocation failed. The stream remains valid.
If this occurred while decoding, the decoding could be
possible later if enough memory is available.
This could happen while decoding if you received a too big data frame.
You could try to specify max_payload_size during the call of
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_init} or @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2} to
avoid this and close the websocket instead.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_PARAMETER_ERROR
You passed invalid parameters during the function call
(i. e. a NULL pointer for a required parameter).
The stream remains valid.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_MAXIMUM_SIZE_EXCEEDED
The maximum payload size has been exceeded.
If you got this return code from @code{MHD_websocket_decode} then
the stream becomes invalid and the websocket must be closed
using @code{MHD_upgrade_action} with @code{MHD_UPGRADE_ACTION_CLOSE}.
You may send a close frame before closing.
The maximum payload size is specified during the call of
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_init} or @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2}.
This can also appear if you specified 0 as maximum payload size
when the message is greater than the maximum allocatable memory size
(i. e. more than 4 GiB on 32 bit systems).
If you got this return code from @code{MHD_websocket_encode_close},
@code{MHD_websocket_encode_ping} or @code{MHD_websocket_encode_pong} then
you passed to much payload data. The stream remains valid then.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_UTF8_ENCODING_ERROR
An UTF-8 sequence is invalid.
If you got this return code from @code{MHD_websocket_decode} then
the stream becomes invalid and you must close the websocket
using @code{MHD_upgrade_action} with @code{MHD_UPGRADE_ACTION_CLOSE}.
You may send a close frame before closing.
If you got this from @code{MHD_websocket_encode_text} or
@code{MHD_websocket_encode_close} then you passed invalid UTF-8 text.
The stream remains valid then.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS_NO_WEBSOCKET_HANDSHAKE_HEADER
A check routine for the HTTP headers came to the conclusion that
the header value isn't valid for a websocket handshake request.
This value can only be returned from the following functions:
@code{MHD_websocket_check_http_version},
@code{MHD_websocket_check_connection_header},
@code{MHD_websocket_check_upgrade_header},
@code{MHD_websocket_check_version_header},
@code{MHD_websocket_create_accept_header}

@end table
@end deftp


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_WEBSOCKET_CLOSEREASON
@cindex websocket
Enumeration of possible close reasons for websocket close frames.

The possible values are specified in RFC 6455 7.4.1
These close reasons here are the default set specified by RFC 6455,
but also other close reasons could be used.

The definition is for short:
@itemize @bullet
@item 0-999 are never used (if you pass 0 in
@code{MHD_websocket_encode_close} then no close reason is used).
@item 1000-2999 are specified by RFC 6455.
@item 3000-3999 are specified by libraries, etc. but must be registered by IANA.
@item 4000-4999 are reserved for private use.
@end itemize

Note that websocket streams are only available if you include the header file
@code{microhttpd_ws.h} and compiled @emph{libmicrohttpd} with websockets.

@table @code
@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_CLOSEREASON_NO_REASON
This value is used as placeholder for @code{MHD_websocket_encode_close}
to tell that you don't want to specify any reason.
If you use this value then no reason text may be used.
This value cannot be a result of decoding, because this value
is not a valid close reason for the websocket protocol.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_CLOSEREASON_REGULAR
You close the websocket because it fulfilled its purpose and shall
now be closed in a normal, planned way.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_CLOSEREASON_GOING_AWAY
You close the websocket because you are shutting down the server or
something similar.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_CLOSEREASON_PROTOCOL_ERROR
You close the websocket because a protocol error occurred
during decoding (i. e. invalid byte data).

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_CLOSEREASON_UNSUPPORTED_DATATYPE
You close the websocket because you received data which you don't accept.
For example if you received a binary frame,
but your application only expects text frames.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_CLOSEREASON_MALFORMED_UTF8
You close the websocket because it contains malformed UTF-8.
The UTF-8 validity is automatically checked by @code{MHD_websocket_decode},
so you don't need to check it on your own.
UTF-8 is specified in RFC 3629.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_CLOSEREASON_POLICY_VIOLATED
You close the websocket because you received a frame which is too big
to process.
You can specify the maximum allowed payload size during the call of
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_init} or @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2}.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_CLOSEREASON_MISSING_EXTENSION
This status code can be sent by the client if it
expected a specific extension, but this extension hasn't been negotiated.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_CLOSEREASON_UNEXPECTED_CONDITION
The server closes the websocket because it encountered
an unexpected condition that prevented it from fulfilling the request.

@end table
@end deftp


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_WEBSOCKET_UTF8STEP
@cindex websocket
Enumeration of possible UTF-8 check steps for websocket functions

These values are used during the encoding of fragmented text frames
or for error analysis while encoding text frames.
Its values specify the next step of the UTF-8 check.
UTF-8 sequences consist of one to four bytes.
This enumeration just says how long the current UTF-8 sequence is
and what is the next expected byte.

Note that websocket streams are only available if you include the header file
@code{microhttpd_ws.h} and compiled @emph{libmicrohttpd} with websockets.

@table @code
@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_UTF8STEP_NORMAL
There is no open UTF-8 sequence.
The next byte must be 0x00-0x7F or 0xC2-0xF4.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_UTF8STEP_UTF2TAIL_1OF1
The second byte of a two byte UTF-8 sequence.
The first byte was 0xC2-0xDF.
The next byte must be 0x80-0xBF.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_UTF8STEP_UTF3TAIL1_1OF2
The second byte of a three byte UTF-8 sequence.
The first byte was 0xE0.
The next byte must be 0xA0-0xBF.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_UTF8STEP_UTF3TAIL2_1OF2
The second byte of a three byte UTF-8 sequence.
The first byte was 0xED.
The next byte must by 0x80-0x9F.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_UTF8STEP_UTF3TAIL_1OF2
The second byte of a three byte UTF-8 sequence.
The first byte was 0xE1-0xEC or 0xEE-0xEF.
The next byte must be 0x80-0xBF.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_UTF8STEP_UTF3TAIL_2OF2
The third byte of a three byte UTF-8 sequence.
The next byte must be 0x80-0xBF.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_UTF8STEP_UTF4TAIL1_1OF3
The second byte of a four byte UTF-8 sequence.
The first byte was 0xF0.
The next byte must be 0x90-0xBF.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_UTF8STEP_UTF4TAIL2_1OF3
The second byte of a four byte UTF-8 sequence.
The first byte was 0xF4.
The next byte must be 0x80-0x8F.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_UTF8STEP_UTF4TAIL_1OF3
The second byte of a four byte UTF-8 sequence.
The first byte was 0xF1-0xF3.
The next byte must be 0x80-0xBF.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_UTF8STEP_UTF4TAIL_2OF3
The third byte of a four byte UTF-8 sequence.
The next byte must be 0x80-0xBF.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_UTF8STEP_UTF4TAIL_3OF3
The fourth byte of a four byte UTF-8 sequence.
The next byte must be 0x80-0xBF.

@end table
@end deftp


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_WEBSOCKET_VALIDITY
@cindex websocket
Enumeration of validity values of a websocket stream

These values are used for @code{MHD_websocket_stream_is_valid}
and specify the validity status.

Note that websocket streams are only available if you include the header file
@code{microhttpd_ws.h} and compiled @emph{libmicrohttpd} with websockets.

@table @code
@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_VALIDITY_INVALID
The stream is invalid.
It cannot be used for decoding anymore.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_VALIDITY_VALID
The stream is valid.
Decoding works as expected.

@item MHD_WEBSOCKET_VALIDITY_ONLY_VALID_FOR_CONTROL_FRAMES
The stream has received a close frame and
is partly invalid.
You can still use the stream for decoding,
but if a data frame is received an error will be reported.
After a close frame has been sent, no data frames
may follow from the sender of the close frame.

@end table
@end deftp


@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-struct
@chapter Structures type definition


@deftp {C Struct} MHD_Daemon
Handle for the daemon (listening on a socket for HTTP traffic).
@end deftp


@deftp {C Struct} MHD_Connection
Handle for a connection / HTTP request.  With HTTP/1.1, multiple
requests can be run over the same connection.  However, MHD will only
show one request per TCP connection to the client at any given time.
@end deftp


@deftp {C Struct} MHD_Response
Handle for a response.
@end deftp


@deftp {C Struct} MHD_IoVec
An element of an array of memory buffers.
@end deftp


@deftp {C Struct} MHD_PostProcessor
@cindex POST method
Handle for @code{POST} processing.
@end deftp


@deftp {C Union} MHD_ConnectionInfo
Information about a connection.
@end deftp


@deftp {C Union} MHD_DaemonInfo
Information about an MHD daemon.
@end deftp


@deftp {C Struct} MHD_WebSocketStream
@cindex websocket
Information about a MHD websocket stream.
@end deftp


@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-cb
@chapter Callback functions definition


@deftypefn {Function Pointer} enum MHD_Result {*MHD_AcceptPolicyCallback} (void *cls, const struct sockaddr * addr, socklen_t addrlen)
Invoked in the context of a connection to allow or deny a client to
connect.  This callback return @code{MHD_YES} if connection is allowed,
@code{MHD_NO} if not.

@table @var
@item cls
custom value selected at callback registration time;
@item addr
address information from the client;
@item addrlen
length of the address information.
@end table
@end deftypefn


@deftypefn {Function Pointer} enum MHD_Result {*MHD_AccessHandlerCallback} (void *cls, struct MHD_Connection * connection, const char *url, const char *method, const char *version, const char *upload_data, size_t *upload_data_size, void **con_cls)
Invoked in the context of a connection to answer a request from the
client.  This callback must call MHD functions (example: the
@code{MHD_Response} ones) to provide content to give back to the client
and return an HTTP status code (i.e. @code{200} for OK, @code{404},
etc.).

@ref{microhttpd-post}, for details on how to code this callback.

Must return @code{MHD_YES} if the connection was handled successfully,
@code{MHD_NO} if the socket must be closed due to a serious error while
handling the request

@table @var
@item cls
custom value selected at callback registration time;

@item url
the URL requested by the client;

@item method
the HTTP method used by the client (@code{GET}, @code{PUT},
@code{DELETE}, @code{POST}, etc.);

@item version
the HTTP version string (i.e. @code{HTTP/1.1});

@item upload_data
the data being uploaded (excluding headers):
@cindex POST method
@cindex PUT method

@code{POST} data @strong{will} be made available
incrementally in @var{upload_data}; even if @code{POST}
data is available, the first time the callback is
invoked there won't be upload data, as this is done
just after MHD parses the headers.  If supported by
the client and the HTTP version, the application can
at this point queue an error response to possibly
avoid the upload entirely. If no response is generated,
MHD will (if required) automatically send a 100 CONTINUE
reply to the client.

Afterwards, POST data will be passed to the callback
to be processed incrementally by the application. The
application may return @code{MHD_NO} to forcefully
terminate the TCP connection without generating a
proper HTTP response. Once all of the upload data has
been provided to the application, the application
will be called again with 0 bytes of upload data.
At this point, a response should be queued to complete
the handling of the request.

@item upload_data_size
set initially to the size of the @var{upload_data} provided; this
callback must update this value to the number of bytes @strong{NOT}
processed; unless external select is used, the callback maybe
required to process at least some data.  If the callback fails to
process data in multi-threaded or internal-select mode and if the
read-buffer is already at the maximum size that MHD is willing to
use for reading (about half of the maximum amount of memory allowed
for the connection), then MHD will abort handling the connection
and return an internal server error to the client.  In order to
avoid this, clients must be able to process upload data incrementally
and reduce the value of @code{upload_data_size}.

@item con_cls
reference to a pointer, initially set to @code{NULL}, that this callback can
set to some address and that will be preserved by MHD for future
calls for this request;

since the access handler may be called many times (i.e., for a
@code{PUT}/@code{POST} operation with plenty of upload data) this allows
the application to easily associate some request-specific state;

if necessary, this state can be cleaned up in the global
@code{MHD_RequestCompletedCallback} (which can be set with the
@code{MHD_OPTION_NOTIFY_COMPLETED}).
@end table
@end deftypefn


@deftypefn {Function Pointer} void {*MHD_RequestCompletedCallback} (void *cls, struct MHD_Connectionconnection, void **con_cls, enum MHD_RequestTerminationCode toe)
Signature of the callback used by MHD to notify the application about
completed requests.

@table @var
@item cls
custom value selected at callback registration time;

@item connection
connection handle;

@item con_cls
value as set by the last call to the
@code{MHD_AccessHandlerCallback};

@item toe
reason for request termination see @code{MHD_OPTION_NOTIFY_COMPLETED}.
@end table
@end deftypefn


@deftypefn {Function Pointer} enum MHD_Result {*MHD_KeyValueIterator} (void *cls, enum MHD_ValueKind kind, const char *key, const char *value, size_t value_size)
Iterator over key-value pairs.  This iterator can be used to iterate
over all of the cookies, headers, or @code{POST}-data fields of a
request, and also to iterate over the headers that have been added to a
response.

@table @var
@item cls
custom value specified when iteration was triggered;

@item kind
kind of the header we are looking at

@item key
key for the value, can be an empty string

@item value
value corresponding value, can be NULL

@item value_size
number of bytes in @code{value}. This argument was introduced in
@code{MHD_VERSION} 0x00096301 to allow applications to use binary
zeros in values.  Applications using this argument must ensure that
they are using a sufficiently recent version of MHD, i.e. by testing
@code{MHD_get_version()} for values above or equal to 0.9.64.
Applications that do not need zeros in values and that want to compile
without warnings against newer versions of MHD should not declare this
argument and cast the function pointer argument to
@code{MHD_KeyValueIterator}.

@end table

Return @code{MHD_YES} to continue iterating, @code{MHD_NO} to abort the
iteration.
@end deftypefn


@deftypefn {Function Pointer} ssize_t {*MHD_ContentReaderCallback} (void *cls, uint64_t pos, char *buf, size_t max)
Callback used by MHD in order to obtain content.  The callback has to
copy at most @var{max} bytes of content into @var{buf}.  The total
number of bytes that has been placed into @var{buf} should be returned.

Note that returning zero will cause MHD to try again.
Thus, returning zero should only be used in conjunction
with @code{MHD_suspend_connection()} to avoid busy waiting.

While usually the callback simply returns the number of bytes written
into @var{buf}, there are two special return value:

@code{MHD_CONTENT_READER_END_OF_STREAM} (-1) should be returned
for the regular end of transmission (with chunked encoding, MHD will then
terminate the chunk and send any HTTP footers that might be
present; without chunked encoding and given an unknown
response size, MHD will simply close the connection; note
that while returning @code{MHD_CONTENT_READER_END_OF_STREAM} is not technically
legal if a response size was specified, MHD accepts this
and treats it just as @code{MHD_CONTENT_READER_END_WITH_ERROR}.

@code{MHD_CONTENT_READER_END_WITH_ERROR} (-2) is used to indicate a server
error generating the response; this will cause MHD to simply
close the connection immediately.  If a response size was
given or if chunked encoding is in use, this will indicate
an error to the client.  Note, however, that if the client
does not know a response size and chunked encoding is not in
use, then clients will not be able to tell the difference between
@code{MHD_CONTENT_READER_END_WITH_ERROR} and
@code{MHD_CONTENT_READER_END_OF_STREAM}.
This is not a limitation of MHD but rather of the HTTP protocol.

@table @var
@item cls
custom value selected at callback registration time;

@item pos
position in the datastream to access; note that if an
@code{MHD_Response} object is re-used, it is possible for the same
content reader to be queried multiple times for the same data; however,
if an @code{MHD_Response} is not re-used, MHD guarantees that
@var{pos} will be the sum of all non-negative return values obtained
from the content reader so far.
@end table

Return @code{-1} on error (MHD will no longer try to read content and
instead close the connection with the client).
@end deftypefn


@deftypefn {Function Pointer} void {*MHD_ContentReaderFreeCallback} (void *cls)
This method is called by MHD if we are done with a content reader.
It should be used to free resources associated with the content reader.
@end deftypefn


@deftypefn {Function Pointer} enum MHD_Result {*MHD_PostDataIterator} (void *cls, enum MHD_ValueKind kind, const char *key, const char *filename, const char *content_type, const char *transfer_encoding, const char *data, uint64_t off, size_t size)
Iterator over key-value pairs where the value maybe made available in
increments and/or may not be zero-terminated.  Used for processing
@code{POST} data.

@table @var
@item cls
custom value selected at callback registration time;

@item kind
type of the value;

@item key
zero-terminated key for the value;

@item filename
name of the uploaded file, @code{NULL} if not known;

@item content_type
mime-type of the data, @code{NULL} if not known;

@item transfer_encoding
encoding of the data, @code{NULL} if not known;

@item data
pointer to size bytes of data at the specified offset;

@item off
offset of data in the overall value;

@item size
number of bytes in data available.
@end table

Return @code{MHD_YES} to continue iterating, @code{MHD_NO} to abort the
iteration.
@end deftypefn


@deftypefn {Function Pointer} void* {*MHD_WebSocketMallocCallback} (size_t buf_len)
@cindex websocket
This callback function is used internally by many websocket functions
for allocating data.
By default @code{malloc} is used.
You can use your own allocation function with @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2}
if you wish to.
This can be useful for operating systems like Windows
where @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and @code{free} are compiler-dependent.
You can call the associated @code{malloc} callback of
a websocket stream with @code{MHD_websocket_malloc}.

@table @var
@item buf_len
size of the buffer to allocate in bytes.
@end table

Return the pointer of the allocated buffer or @code{NULL} on failure.
@end deftypefn


@deftypefn {Function Pointer} void* {*MHD_WebSocketReallocCallback} (void *buf, size_t new_buf_len)
@cindex websocket
This callback function is used internally by many websocket
functions for reallocating data.
By default @code{realloc} is used.
You can use your own reallocation function with
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2} if you wish to.
This can be useful for operating systems like Windows
where @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and @code{free} are compiler-dependent.
You can call the associated @code{realloc} callback of
a websocket stream with @code{MHD_websocket_realloc}.

@table @var
@item buf
current buffer, may be @code{NULL};

@item new_buf_len
new size of the buffer in bytes.
@end table

Return the pointer of the reallocated buffer or @code{NULL} on failure.
On failure the old pointer must remain valid.
@end deftypefn


@deftypefn {Function Pointer} void {*MHD_WebSocketFreeCallback} (void *buf)
@cindex websocket
This callback function is used internally by many websocket
functions for freeing data.
By default @code{free} is used.
You can use your own free function with
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2} if you wish to.
This can be useful for operating systems like Windows
where @code{malloc}, @code{realloc} and @code{free} are compiler-dependent.
You can call the associated @code{free} callback of
a websocket stream with @code{MHD_websocket_free}.

@table @var
@item cls
current buffer to free, this may be @code{NULL} then nothing happens.
@end table
@end deftypefn


@deftypefn {Function Pointer} size_t {*MHD_WebSocketRandomNumberGenerator} (void *cls, void* buf, size_t buf_len)
@cindex websocket
This callback function is used for generating random numbers
for masking payload data in client mode.
If you use websockets in server mode with @emph{libmicrohttpd} then
you don't need a random number generator, because
the server doesn't mask its outgoing messages.
However if you wish to use a websocket stream in client mode,
you must pass this callback function to @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2}.

@table @var
@item cls
closure specified in @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2};
@item buf
buffer to fill with random values;
@item buf_len
size of buffer in bytes.
@end table

Return the number of generated random bytes.
The return value should usually equal to buf_len.
@end deftypefn


@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-init
@chapter Starting and stopping the server

@deftypefun {void} MHD_set_panic_func (MHD_PanicCallback cb, void *cls)
Set a handler for fatal errors.

@table @var
@item cb
function to call if MHD encounters a fatal internal error.  If no handler was set explicitly, MHD will call @code{abort}.

@item cls
closure argument for cb; the other arguments are the name of the source file, line number and a string describing the nature of the fatal error (which can be @code{NULL})
@end table
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun {struct MHD_Daemon *} MHD_start_daemon (unsigned int flags, unsigned short port, MHD_AcceptPolicyCallback apc, void *apc_cls, MHD_AccessHandlerCallback dh, void *dh_cls, ...)
Start a webserver on the given port.

@table @var
@item flags
OR-ed combination of @code{MHD_FLAG} values;

@item port
port to bind to;

@item apc
callback to call to check which clients will be allowed to connect; you
can pass @code{NULL} in which case connections from any @acronym{IP} will be
accepted;

@item apc_cls
extra argument to @var{apc};

@item dh
default handler for all URIs;

@item dh_cls
extra argument to @var{dh}.
@end table

Additional arguments are a list of options (type-value pairs,
terminated with @code{MHD_OPTION_END}). It is mandatory to use
@code{MHD_OPTION_END} as last argument, even when there are no
additional arguments.

Return @code{NULL} on error, handle to daemon on success.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun MHD_socket MHD_quiesce_daemon (struct MHD_Daemon *daemon)
@cindex quiesce
Stop accepting connections from the listening socket.  Allows clients
to continue processing, but stops accepting new connections.  Note
that the caller is responsible for closing the returned socket;
however, if MHD is run using threads (anything but external select
mode), it must not be closed until AFTER @code{MHD_stop_daemon} has
been called (as it is theoretically possible that an existing thread
is still using it).

This function is useful in the special case that a listen socket
is to be migrated to another process (i.e. a newer version of the
HTTP server) while existing connections should continue to be
processed until they are finished.

Return @code{-1} on error (daemon not listening), the handle to the
listen socket otherwise.

@end deftypefun


@deftypefun void MHD_stop_daemon (struct MHD_Daemon *daemon)
Shutdown an HTTP daemon.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_run (struct MHD_Daemon *daemon)
Run webserver operations (without blocking unless in client callbacks).
This method should be called by clients in combination with
@code{MHD_get_fdset()} if the client-controlled @code{select}-method is used.
@cindex select
@cindex poll

This function will work for external @code{poll} and @code{select} mode.
However, if using external @code{select} mode, you may want to
instead use @code{MHD_run_from_select}, as it is more efficient.

@table @var
@item daemon
daemon to process connections of
@end table

Return @code{MHD_YES} on success, @code{MHD_NO} if this daemon was not
started with the right options for this call.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_run_from_select (struct MHD_Daemon *daemon, const fd_set *read_fd_set, const fd_set *write_fd_set, const fd_set *except_fd_set)
Run webserver operations given sets of ready socket handles.
@cindex select

This method should be called by clients in combination with
@code{MHD_get_fdset} if the client-controlled (external)
select method is used.

You can use this function instead of @code{MHD_run} if you called
@code{select} on the result from @code{MHD_get_fdset}.  File descriptors in
the sets that are not controlled by MHD will be ignored.  Calling
this function instead of @code{MHD_run} is more efficient as MHD will
not have to call @code{select} again to determine which operations are
ready.

@table @var
@item daemon
daemon to process connections of
@item read_fd_set
set of descriptors that must be ready for reading without blocking
@item write_fd_set
set of descriptors that must be ready for writing without blocking
@item except_fd_set
ignored, can be NULL
@end table

Return @code{MHD_YES} on success, @code{MHD_NO} on serious internal
errors.

@end deftypefun



@deftypefun void MHD_add_connection (struct MHD_Daemon *daemon, int client_socket, const struct sockaddr *addr, socklen_t addrlen)
Add another client connection to the set of connections
managed by MHD.  This API is usually not needed (since
MHD will accept inbound connections on the server socket).
Use this API in special cases, for example if your HTTP
server is behind NAT and needs to connect out to the
HTTP client, or if you are building a proxy.

If you use this API in conjunction with a internal select or a thread
pool, you must set the option @code{MHD_USE_ITC} to
ensure that the freshly added connection is immediately processed by
MHD.

The given client socket will be managed (and closed!) by MHD after
this call and must no longer be used directly by the application
afterwards.

@table @var
@item daemon
daemon that manages the connection
@item client_socket
socket to manage (MHD will expect to receive an HTTP request from this socket next).
@item addr
IP address of the client
@item addrlen
number of bytes in addr
@end table

This function will return @code{MHD_YES} on success,
@code{MHD_NO} if this daemon could
not handle the connection (i.e. malloc failed, etc).
The socket will be closed in any case; 'errno' is set
to indicate further details about the error.
@end deftypefun


@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c -----------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-inspect
@chapter Implementing external @code{select}


@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_get_fdset (struct MHD_Daemon *daemon, fd_set * read_fd_set, fd_set * write_fd_set, fd_set * except_fd_set, int *max_fd)
Obtain the @code{select()} sets for this daemon. The daemon's socket
is added to @var{read_fd_set}. The list of currently existent
connections is scanned and their file descriptors added to the correct
set.

When calling this function, FD_SETSIZE is assumed to be platform's
default.  If you changed FD_SETSIZE for your application,
you should use @code{MHD_get_fdset2()} instead.

This function should only be called in when MHD is configured to use
external select with @code{select()} or with @code{epoll()}.  In
the latter case, it will only add the single @code{epoll()} file
descriptor used by MHD to the sets.

After the call completed successfully: the variable referenced by
@var{max_fd} references the file descriptor with highest integer
identifier. The variable must be set to zero before invoking this
function.

Return @code{MHD_YES} on success, @code{MHD_NO} if: the arguments are
invalid (example: @code{NULL} pointers); this daemon was not started with
the right options for this call.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_get_fdset2 (struct MHD_Daemon *daemon, fd_set * read_fd_set, fd_set * write_fd_set, fd_set * except_fd_set, int *max_fd, unsigned int fd_setsize)
Like @code{MHD_get_fdset()}, except that you can manually specify the value of FD_SETSIZE used by your application.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_get_timeout (struct MHD_Daemon *daemon, unsigned long long *timeout)
@cindex timeout
Obtain timeout value for select for this daemon (only needed if
connection timeout is used).  The returned value is how many
milliseconds @code{select} should at most block, not the timeout value
set for connections.  This function must not be called if the
@code{MHD_USE_THREAD_PER_CONNECTION} mode is in use (since then it is
not meaningful to ask for a timeout, after all, there is concurrenct
activity).  The function must also not be called by user-code if
@code{MHD_USE_INTERNAL_POLLING_THREAD} is in use.  In the latter case, the
behavior is undefined.

@table @var
@item daemon
which daemon to obtain the timeout from.
@item timeout
will be set to the timeout (in milliseconds).
@end table

Return @code{MHD_YES} on success, @code{MHD_NO} if timeouts are not used
(or no connections exist that would necessitate the use of a timeout
right now).
@end deftypefun


@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c -----------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-requests
@chapter Handling requests


@deftypefun int MHD_get_connection_values (struct MHD_Connection *connection, enum MHD_ValueKind kind, MHD_KeyValueIterator iterator, void *iterator_cls)
Get all the headers matching @var{kind} from the request.  The @var{kind}
argument can be a bitmask, ORing the various header kinds that are
requested.

The @var{iterator} callback is invoked once for each header, with
@var{iterator_cls} as first argument.  After version 0.9.19, the
headers are iterated in the same order as they were received from
the network; previous versions iterated over the headers in reverse
order.

@code{MHD_get_connection_values} returns the number of entries
iterated over; this can be less than the number of headers if, while
iterating, @var{iterator} returns @code{MHD_NO}.

@var{iterator} can be @code{NULL}: in this case this function just counts
and returns the number of headers.

In the case of @code{MHD_GET_ARGUMENT_KIND}, the @var{value} argument
will be @code{NULL} if the URL contained a key without an equals operator.
For example, for a HTTP request to the URL ``http://foo/bar?key'', the
@var{value} argument is @code{NULL}; in contrast, a HTTP request to the URL
``http://foo/bar?key='', the @var{value} argument is the empty string.
The normal case is that the URL contains ``http://foo/bar?key=value''
in which case @var{value} would be the string ``value'' and @var{key}
would contain the string ``key''.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_set_connection_value (struct MHD_Connection *connection, enum MHD_ValueKind kind, const char *key, const char *value)
This function can be used to append an entry to
the list of HTTP headers of a connection (so that the
@code{MHD_get_connection_values function} will return
them -- and the MHD PostProcessor will also
see them).  This maybe required in certain
situations (see Mantis #1399) where (broken)
HTTP implementations fail to supply values needed
by the post processor (or other parts of the
application).

This function MUST only be called from within
the MHD_AccessHandlerCallback (otherwise, access
maybe improperly synchronized).  Furthermore,
the client must guarantee that the key and
value arguments are 0-terminated strings that
are NOT freed until the connection is closed.
(The easiest way to do this is by passing only
arguments to permanently allocated strings.).

@var{connection} is the connection for which
the entry for @var{key} of the given @var{kind}
should be set to the given @var{value}.

The function returns @code{MHD_NO} if the operation
could not be performed due to insufficient memory
and @code{MHD_YES} on success.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {const char *} MHD_lookup_connection_value (struct MHD_Connection *connection, enum MHD_ValueKind kind, const char *key)
Get a particular header value.  If multiple values match the
@var{kind}, return one of them (the ``first'', whatever that means).
@var{key} must reference a zero-terminated ASCII-coded string
representing the header to look for: it is compared against the
headers using (basically) @code{strcasecmp()}, so case is ignored.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun {const char *} MHD_lookup_connection_value_n (struct MHD_Connection *connection, enum MHD_ValueKind kind, const char *key, size_t key_size, const char **value_ptr, size_t *value_size_ptr)
Get a particular header value.  If multiple values match the
@var{kind}, return one of them (the ``first'', whatever that means).
@var{key} must reference an ASCII-coded string
representing the header to look for: it is compared against the
headers using (basically) @code{strncasecmp()}, so case is ignored.
The @var{value_ptr} is set to the address of the value found,
and @var{value_size_ptr} is set to the number of bytes in the
value.
@end deftypefun


@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-responses
@chapter Building responses to requests


@noindent
Response objects handling by MHD is asynchronous with respect to the
application execution flow. Instances of the @code{MHD_Response}
structure are not associated to a daemon and neither to a client
connection: they are managed with reference counting.

In the simplest case: we allocate a new @code{MHD_Response} structure
for each response, we use it once and finally we destroy it.

MHD allows more efficient resources usages.

Example: we allocate a new @code{MHD_Response} structure for each
response @strong{kind}, we use it every time we have to give that
response and we finally destroy it only when the daemon shuts down.

@menu
* microhttpd-response enqueue:: Enqueuing a response.
* microhttpd-response create::  Creating a response object.
* microhttpd-response headers:: Adding headers to a response.
* microhttpd-response options:: Setting response options.
* microhttpd-response inspect:: Inspecting a response object.
* microhttpd-response upgrade:: Creating a response for protocol upgrades.
@end menu

@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-response enqueue
@section Enqueuing a response


@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_queue_response (struct MHD_Connection *connection, unsigned int status_code, struct MHD_Response *response)
Queue a response to be transmitted to the client as soon as possible
but only after MHD_AccessHandlerCallback returns.  This function
checks that it is legal to queue a response at this time for the
given connection.  It also increments the internal reference
counter for the response object (the counter will be decremented
automatically once the response has been transmitted).

@table @var
@item connection
the connection identifying the client;

@item status_code
HTTP status code (i.e. @code{200} for OK);

@item response
response to transmit.
@end table

Return @code{MHD_YES} on success or if message has been queued.  Return
@code{MHD_NO}: if arguments are invalid (example: @code{NULL} pointer); on
error (i.e. reply already sent).
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun void MHD_destroy_response (struct MHD_Response *response)
Destroy a response object and associated resources (decrement the
reference counter).  Note that MHD may keep some of the resources
around if the response is still in the queue for some clients, so the
memory may not necessarily be freed immediately.
@end deftypefun


An explanation of reference counting@footnote{Note to readers acquainted
to the Tcl API: reference counting on @code{MHD_Connection}
structures is handled in the same way as Tcl handles @code{Tcl_Obj}
structures through @code{Tcl_IncrRefCount()} and
@code{Tcl_DecrRefCount()}.}:

@enumerate
@item
a @code{MHD_Response} object is allocated:

@example
struct MHD_Response * response = MHD_create_response_from_buffer(...);
/* here: reference counter = 1 */
@end example

@item
the @code{MHD_Response} object is enqueued in a @code{MHD_Connection}:

@example
MHD_queue_response(connection, , response);
/* here: reference counter = 2 */
@end example

@item
the creator of the response object discharges responsibility for it:

@example
MHD_destroy_response(response);
/* here: reference counter = 1 */
@end example

@item
the daemon handles the connection sending the response's data to the
client then decrements the reference counter by calling
@code{MHD_destroy_response()}: the counter's value drops to zero and
the @code{MHD_Response} object is released.
@end enumerate


@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-response create
@section Creating a response object


@deftypefun {struct MHD_Response *} MHD_create_response_from_callback (uint64_t size, size_t block_size, MHD_ContentReaderCallback crc, void *crc_cls, MHD_ContentReaderFreeCallback crfc)
Create a response object.  The response object can be extended with
header information and then it can be used any number of times.

@table @var
@item size
size of the data portion of the response, @code{-1} for unknown;

@item block_size
preferred block size for querying @var{crc} (advisory only, MHD may
still call @var{crc} using smaller chunks); this is essentially the
buffer size used for @acronym{IO}, clients should pick a value that is
appropriate for @acronym{IO} and memory performance requirements;

@item crc
callback to use to obtain response data;

@item crc_cls
extra argument to @var{crc};

@item crfc
callback to call to free @var{crc_cls} resources.
@end table

Return @code{NULL} on error (i.e. invalid arguments, out of memory).
@end deftypefun



@deftypefun {struct MHD_Response *} MHD_create_response_from_fd (uint64_t size, int fd)
Create a response object.  The response object can be extended with
header information and then it can be used any number of times.

@table @var
@item size
size of the data portion of the response (should be smaller or equal to the
size of the file)

@item fd
file descriptor referring to a file on disk with the data; will be
closed when response is destroyed; note that 'fd' must be an actual
file descriptor (not a pipe or socket) since MHD might use 'sendfile'
or 'seek' on it.  The descriptor should be in blocking-IO mode.
@end table

Return @code{NULL} on error (i.e. invalid arguments, out of memory).
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {struct MHD_Response *} MHD_create_response_from_pipe (uint64_t size, int fd)
Create a response object.  The response object can be extended with
header information and then it can be used ONLY ONCE.

@table @var
@item fd
file descriptor of the read-end of the pipe; will be
closed when response is destroyed.
The descriptor should be in blocking-IO mode.
@end table

Return @code{NULL} on error (i.e. out of memory).
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {struct MHD_Response *} MHD_create_response_from_fd_at_offset (size_t size, int fd, off_t offset)
Create a response object.  The response object can be extended with
header information and then it can be used any number of times.
Note that you need to be a bit careful about @code{off_t} when
writing this code.  Depending on your platform, MHD is likely
to have been compiled with support for 64-bit files.  When you
compile your own application, you must make sure that @code{off_t}
is also a 64-bit value.  If not, your compiler may pass a 32-bit
value as @code{off_t}, which will result in 32-bits of garbage.

If you use the autotools, use the @code{AC_SYS_LARGEFILE} autoconf
macro and make sure to include the generated @file{config.h} file
before @file{microhttpd.h} to avoid problems.  If you do not have a
build system and only want to run on a GNU/Linux system, you could
also use
@verbatim
#define _FILE_OFFSET_BITS 64
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <microhttpd.h>
@end verbatim
to ensure 64-bit @code{off_t}.  Note that if your operating system
does not support 64-bit files, MHD will be compiled with a 32-bit
@code{off_t} (in which case the above would be wrong).

@table @var
@item size
size of the data portion of the response (number of bytes to transmit from the
file starting at offset).

@item fd
file descriptor referring to a file on disk with the data; will be
closed when response is destroyed; note that 'fd' must be an actual
file descriptor (not a pipe or socket) since MHD might use 'sendfile'
or 'seek' on it.    The descriptor should be in blocking-IO mode.

@item offset
offset to start reading from in the file
@end table

Return @code{NULL} on error (i.e. invalid arguments, out of memory).
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {struct MHD_Response *} MHD_create_response_from_buffer (size_t size, void *data, enum MHD_ResponseMemoryMode mode)
Create a response object.  The response object can be extended with
header information and then it can be used any number of times.

@table @var
@item size
size of the data portion of the response;

@item buffer
the data itself;

@item mode
memory management options for buffer; use
MHD_RESPMEM_PERSISTENT if the buffer is static/global memory,
use MHD_RESPMEM_MUST_FREE if the buffer is heap-allocated and
should be freed by MHD and MHD_RESPMEM_MUST_COPY if the
buffer is in transient memory (i.e. on the stack) and must
be copied by MHD;
@end table

Return @code{NULL} on error (i.e. invalid arguments, out of memory).
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {struct MHD_Response *} MHD_create_response_from_buffer_with_free_callback (size_t size, void *data,  MHD_ContentReaderFreeCallback crfc)
Create a response object.  The buffer at the end must be free'd
by calling the @var{crfc} function.

@table @var
@item size
size of the data portion of the response;

@item buffer
the data itself;

@item crfc
function to call at the end to free memory allocated at @var{buffer}.
@end table

Return @code{NULL} on error (i.e. invalid arguments, out of memory).
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun {struct MHD_Response *} MHD_create_response_from_data (size_t size, void *data, int must_free, int must_copy)
Create a response object.  The response object can be extended with
header information and then it can be used any number of times.
This function is deprecated, use @code{MHD_create_response_from_buffer} instead.

@table @var
@item size
size of the data portion of the response;

@item data
the data itself;

@item must_free
if true: MHD should free data when done;

@item must_copy
if true: MHD allocates a block of memory and use it to make a copy of
@var{data} embedded in the returned @code{MHD_Response} structure;
handling of the embedded memory is responsibility of MHD; @var{data}
can be released anytime after this call returns.
@end table

Return @code{NULL} on error (i.e. invalid arguments, out of memory).
@end deftypefun


Example: create a response from a statically allocated string:

@example
const char * data = "<html><body><p>Error!</p></body></html>";

struct MHD_Connection * connection = ...;
struct MHD_Response *   response;

response = MHD_create_response_from_buffer (strlen(data), data,
                                            MHD_RESPMEM_PERSISTENT);
MHD_queue_response(connection, 404, response);
MHD_destroy_response(response);
@end example


@deftypefun {struct MHD_Response *} MHD_create_response_from_iovec (const struct MHD_IoVec *iov, int iovcnt, MHD_ContentReaderFreeCallback crfc, void *cls)
Create a response object from an array of memory buffers.
The response object can be extended with header information and then be used
any number of times.
@table @var
@item iov
the array for response data buffers, an internal copy of this will be made; however, note that the data pointed to by the @var{iov} is not copied and must be preserved unchanged at the given locations until the response is no longer in use and the @var{crfc} is called;

@item iovcnt
the number of elements in @var{iov};

@item crfc
the callback to call to free resources associated with @var{iov};

@item cls
the argument to @var{crfc};
@end table

Return @code{NULL} on error (i.e. invalid arguments, out of memory).
@end deftypefun



@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-response headers
@section Adding headers to a response


@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_add_response_header (struct MHD_Response *response, const char *header, const char *content)
Add a header line to the response. The strings referenced by
@var{header} and @var{content} must be zero-terminated and they are
duplicated into memory blocks embedded in @var{response}.

Notice that the strings must not hold newlines, carriage returns or tab
chars.

MHD_add_response_header() prevents applications from setting a
``Transfer-Encoding'' header to values other than ``identity'' or
``chunked'' as other transfer encodings are not supported by MHD. Note
that usually MHD will pick the transfer encoding correctly
automatically, but applications can use the header to force a
particular behavior.

MHD_add_response_header() also prevents applications from setting a
``Content-Length'' header. MHD will automatically set a correct
``Content-Length'' header if it is possible and allowed.

Return @code{MHD_NO} on error (i.e. invalid header or content format or
memory allocation error).
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_add_response_footer (struct MHD_Response *response, const char *footer, const char *content)
Add a footer line to the response. The strings referenced by
@var{footer} and @var{content} must be zero-terminated and they are
duplicated into memory blocks embedded in @var{response}.

Notice that the strings must not hold newlines, carriage returns or tab
chars.  You can add response footers at any time before signalling the
end of the response to MHD (not just before calling 'MHD_queue_response').
Footers are useful for adding cryptographic checksums to the reply or to
signal errors encountered during data generation.  This call was introduced
in MHD 0.9.3.

Return @code{MHD_NO} on error (i.e. invalid header or content format or
memory allocation error).
@end deftypefun



@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_del_response_header (struct MHD_Response *response, const char *header, const char *content)
Delete a header (or footer) line from the response.  Return @code{MHD_NO} on error
(arguments are invalid or no such header known).
@end deftypefun


@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-response options
@section Setting response options


@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_set_response_options (struct MHD_Response *response, enum MHD_ResponseFlags flags, ...)
Set special flags and options for a response.

Calling this functions sets the given flags and options for the response.

@table @var
@item response
which response should be modified;

@item flags
flags to set for the response;

@end table

Additional arguments are a list of options (type-value pairs,
terminated with @code{MHD_RO_END}). It is mandatory to use
@code{MHD_RO_END} as last argument, even when there are no
additional arguments.

Return @code{MHD_NO} on error, @code{MHD_YES} on success.
@end deftypefun


@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-response inspect
@section Inspecting a response object


@deftypefun int MHD_get_response_headers (struct MHD_Response *response, MHD_KeyValueIterator iterator, void *iterator_cls)
Get all of the headers added to a response.

Invoke the @var{iterator} callback for each header in the response,
using @var{iterator_cls} as first argument. Return number of entries
iterated over.  @var{iterator} can be @code{NULL}: in this case the function
just counts headers.

@var{iterator} should not modify the its key and value arguments, unless
we know what we are doing.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {const char *} MHD_get_response_header (struct MHD_Response *response, const char *key)
Find and return a pointer to the value of a particular header from the
response.  @var{key} must reference a zero-terminated string
representing the header to look for. The search is case sensitive.
Return @code{NULL} if header does not exist or @var{key} is @code{NULL}.

We should not modify the value, unless we know what we are doing.
@end deftypefun


@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-response upgrade
@section Creating a response for protocol upgrades
@cindex WebSockets
@cindex Upgrade
@cindex HTTP2
@cindex RFC2817

With RFC 2817 a mechanism to switch protocols within HTTP was
introduced.  Here, a client sends a request with a ``Connection:
Upgrade'' header.  The server responds with a ``101 Switching
Protocols'' response header, after which the two parties begin to
speak a different (non-HTTP) protocol over the TCP connection.

This mechanism is used for upgrading HTTP 1.1 connections to HTTP2 or
HTTPS, as well as for implementing WebSockets.  Which protocol
upgrade is performed is negotiated between server and client in
additional headers, in particular the ``Upgrade'' header.

MHD supports switching protocols using this mechanism only if the
@code{MHD_ALLOW_SUSPEND_RESUME} flag has been set when starting
the daemon.  If this flag has been set, applications can upgrade
a connection by queueing a response (using the
@code{MHD_HTTP_SWITCHING_PROTOCOLS} status code) which must
have been created with the following function:


@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_create_response_for_upgrade (MHD_UpgradeHandler upgrade_handler, void *upgrade_handler_cls)
Create a response suitable for switching protocols.  Returns @code{MHD_YES} on success.  @code{upgrade_handler} must not be @code{NULL}.

When creating this type of response, the ``Connection: Upgrade''
header will be set automatically for you.  MHD requires that you
additionally set an ``Upgrade:'' header.  The ``Upgrade'' header
must simply exist, the specific value is completely up to the
application.

@end deftypefun

The @code{upgrade_handler} argument to the above has the following type:


@deftypefn {Function Pointer} void {*MHD_UpgradeHandler} (void *cls, struct MHD_Connection *connection, const char *extra_in, size_t extra_in_size, MHD_socket sock, struct MHD_UpgradeResponseHandle *urh)
This function will be called once MHD has transmitted the header of the response to the connection that is being upgraded.  At this point, the application is expected to take over the socket @code{sock} and speak the non-HTTP protocol to which the connection was upgraded.  MHD will no longer use the socket; this includes handling timeouts.  The application must call @code{MHD_upgrade_action} with an upgrade action of @code{MHD_UPGRADE_ACTION_CLOSE} when it is done processing the connection to close the socket.  The application must not call @code{MHD_stop_daemon} on the respective daemon as long as it is still handling the connection.  The arguments given to the @code{upgrade_handler} have the following meaning:

@table @var
@item cls
matches the @code{upgrade_handler_cls} that was given to @code{MHD_create_response_for_upgrade}
@item connection
identifies the connection that is being upgraded;

@item con_cls
last value left in `*con_cls` in the `MHD_AccessHandlerCallback`

@item extra_in
buffer of bytes MHD read ``by accident'' from the socket already.  This can happen if the client eagerly transmits more than just the HTTP request.   The application should treat these as if it had read them from the socket.

@item extra_in_size
number of bytes in @code{extra_in}

@item sock
the socket which the application can now use directly for some bi-directional communication with the client. The application can henceforth use @code{recv()} and @code{send()} or @code{read()} and @code{write()} system calls on the socket.  However, @code{ioctl()} and @code{setsockopt()} functions will not work as expected when using HTTPS.  Such operations may be supported in the future via @code{MHD_upgrade_action}.   Most importantly, the application must never call @code{close()} on this socket.  Closing the socket must be done using @code{MHD_upgrade_action}.  However, while close is forbidden, the application may call @code{shutdown()} on the socket.

@item urh
argument for calls to @code{MHD_upgrade_action}.  Applications must eventually use this function to perform the @code{close()} action on the socket.
@end table

@end deftypefn

@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_upgrade_action (struct MHD_UpgradeResponseHandle *urh, enum MHD_UpgradeAction action, ...)
Perform special operations related to upgraded connections.

@table @var
@item urh
identifies the upgraded connection to perform an action on

@item action
specifies the action to perform; further arguments to the function depend on the specifics of the action.
@end table

@end deftypefun


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_UpgradeAction
Set of actions to be performed on upgraded connections.  Passed as an argument to
@code{MHD_upgrade_action()}.

@table @code
@item MHD_UPGRADE_ACTION_CLOSE
Closes the connection.  Must be called once the application is done with the client.  Takes no additional arguments.
@item MHD_UPGRADE_ACTION_CORK_ON
Enable corking on the underlying socket.
@item MHD_UPGRADE_ACTION_CORK_OFF
Disable corking on the underlying socket.

@end table
@end deftp


@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-flow
@chapter Flow control.

@noindent
Sometimes it may be possible that clients upload data faster
than an application can process it, or that an application
needs an extended period of time to generate a response.
If @code{MHD_USE_THREAD_PER_CONNECTION} is used, applications
can simply deal with this by performing their logic within the
thread and thus effectively blocking connection processing
by MHD.  In all other modes, blocking logic must not be
placed within the callbacks invoked by MHD as this would also
block processing of other requests, as a single thread may be
responsible for tens of thousands of connections.

Instead, applications using thread modes other than
@code{MHD_USE_THREAD_PER_CONNECTION} should use the
following functions to perform flow control.

@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_suspend_connection (struct MHD_Connection *connection)
Suspend handling of network data for a given connection.  This can
be used to dequeue a connection from MHD's event loop (external
select, internal select or thread pool; not applicable to
thread-per-connection!) for a while.

If you use this API in conjunction with a internal select or a
thread pool, you must set the option @code{MHD_ALLOW_SUSPEND_RESUME} to
ensure that a resumed connection is immediately processed by MHD.

Suspended connections continue to count against the total number of
connections allowed (per daemon, as well as per IP, if such limits
are set).  Suspended connections will NOT time out; timeouts will
restart when the connection handling is resumed.  While a
connection is suspended, MHD will not detect disconnects by the
client.

The only safe time to suspend a connection is from the
@code{MHD_AccessHandlerCallback} or from the respective
@code{MHD_ContentReaderCallback} (but in this case the
response object must not be shared among multiple
connections).

Finally, it is an API violation to call @code{MHD_stop_daemon} while
having suspended connections (this will at least create memory and
socket leaks or lead to undefined behavior).  You must explicitly
resume all connections before stopping the daemon.

@table @var
@item connection
the connection to suspend
@end table
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_resume_connection (struct MHD_Connection *connection)
Resume handling of network data for suspended connection.  It is safe
to resume a suspended connection at any time.  Calling this function
on a connection that was not previously suspended will result in
undefined behavior.

If you are using this function in ``external'' select mode, you must
make sure to run @code{MHD_run} afterwards (before again calling
@code{MHD_get_fdset}), as otherwise the change may not be reflected in
the set returned by @code{MHD_get_fdset} and you may end up with a
connection that is stuck until the next network activity.

You can check whether a connection is currently suspended using
@code{MHD_get_connection_info} by querying for
@code{MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_CONNECTION_SUSPENDED}.

@table @var
@item connection
the connection to resume
@end table
@end deftypefun


@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-dauth
@chapter Utilizing Authentication

@noindent
MHD support three types of client authentication.

Basic authentication uses a simple authentication method based
on BASE64 algorithm. Username and password are exchanged in clear
between the client and the server, so this method must only be used
for non-sensitive content or when the session is protected with https.
When using basic authentication MHD will have access to the clear
password, possibly allowing to create a chained authentication
toward an external authentication server.

Digest authentication uses a one-way authentication method based
on MD5 hash algorithm. Only the hash will transit over the network,
hence protecting the user password. The nonce will prevent replay
attacks. This method is appropriate for general use, especially
when https is not used to encrypt the session.

Client certificate authentication uses a X.509 certificate from
the client. This is the strongest authentication mechanism but it
requires the use of HTTPS. Client certificate authentication can
be used simultaneously with Basic or Digest Authentication in order
to provide a two levels authentication (like for instance separate
machine and user authentication).  A code example for using
client certificates is presented in the MHD tutorial.

@menu
* microhttpd-dauth basic:: Using Basic Authentication.
* microhttpd-dauth digest:: Using Digest Authentication.
@end menu

@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-dauth basic
@section Using Basic Authentication

@deftypefun {void} MHD_free (void *ptr)
Free the memory given at @code{ptr}.  Used to free data structures allocated by MHD. Calls @code{free(ptr)}.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun {char *} MHD_basic_auth_get_username_password (struct MHD_Connection *connection, char** password)
Get the username and password from the basic authorization header sent by the client.
Return @code{NULL} if no username could be found, a pointer to the username if found.
If returned value is not @code{NULL}, the value must be @code{MHD_free()}'ed.

@var{password} reference a buffer to store the password. It can be @code{NULL}.
If returned value is not @code{NULL}, the value must be @code{MHD_free()}'ed.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun {enum MHD_Result} MHD_queue_basic_auth_fail_response (struct MHD_Connection *connection, const char *realm, struct MHD_Response *response)
Queues a response to request basic authentication from the client.
Return @code{MHD_YES} if successful, otherwise @code{MHD_NO}.

@var{realm} must reference to a zero-terminated string representing the realm.

@var{response} a response structure to specify what shall be presented to the
client with a 401 HTTP status.
@end deftypefun

@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-dauth digest
@section Using Digest Authentication

MHD supports MD5 (deprecated by IETF) and SHA-256 hash algorithms
for digest authentication. The @code{MHD_DigestAuthAlgorithm} enumeration
is used to specify which algorithm should be used.

@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_DigestAuthAlgorithm
Which digest algorithm should be used. Must be used consistently.

@table @code
@item MHD_DIGEST_ALG_AUTO
Have MHD pick an algorithm currently considered secure.  For now defaults to SHA-256.

@item MHD_DIGEST_ALG_MD5
Force use of (deprecated, ancient, insecure) MD5.

@item MHD_DIGEST_ALG_SHA256
Force use of SHA-256.

@end table
@end deftp


@deftypefun {char *} MHD_digest_auth_get_username (struct MHD_Connection *connection)
Find and return a pointer to the username value from the request header.
Return @code{NULL} if the value is not found or header does not exist.
If returned value is not @code{NULL}, the value must be @code{MHD_free()}'ed.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int MHD_digest_auth_check2 (struct MHD_Connection *connection, const char *realm, const char *username, const char *password, unsigned int nonce_timeout, enum MHD_DigestAuthAlgorithm algo)
Checks if the provided values in the WWW-Authenticate header are valid
and sound according to RFC2716. If valid return @code{MHD_YES}, otherwise return @code{MHD_NO}.

@var{realm} must reference to a zero-terminated string representing the realm.

@var{username} must reference to a zero-terminated string representing the username,
it is usually the returned value from MHD_digest_auth_get_username.

@var{password} must reference to a zero-terminated string representing the password,
most probably it will be the result of a lookup of the username against a local database.

@var{nonce_timeout} is the amount of time in seconds for a nonce to be invalid.
Most of the time it is sound to specify 300 seconds as its values.

@var{algo} which digest algorithm should we use.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun int MHD_digest_auth_check (struct MHD_Connection *connection, const char *realm, const char *username, const char *password, unsigned int nonce_timeout)
Checks if the provided values in the WWW-Authenticate header are valid
and sound according to RFC2716. If valid return @code{MHD_YES}, otherwise return @code{MHD_NO}.
Deprecated, use @code{MHD_digest_auth_check2} instead.


@var{realm} must reference to a zero-terminated string representing the realm.

@var{username} must reference to a zero-terminated string representing the username,
it is usually the returned value from MHD_digest_auth_get_username.

@var{password} must reference to a zero-terminated string representing the password,
most probably it will be the result of a lookup of the username against a local database.

@var{nonce_timeout} is the amount of time in seconds for a nonce to be invalid.
Most of the time it is sound to specify 300 seconds as its values.
@end deftypefun



@deftypefun int MHD_digest_auth_check_digest2 (struct MHD_Connection *connection, const char *realm, const char *username, const uint8_t *digest, unsigned int nonce_timeout, enum MHD_DigestAuthAlgorithm algo)
Checks if the provided values in the WWW-Authenticate header are valid
and sound according to RFC2716. If valid return @code{MHD_YES}, otherwise return @code{MHD_NO}.

@var{realm} must reference to a zero-terminated string representing the realm.

@var{username} must reference to a zero-terminated string representing the username,
it is usually the returned value from MHD_digest_auth_get_username.

@var{digest} pointer to the binary MD5 sum for the precalculated hash value ``userame:realm:password''. The size must match the selected @var{algo}!

@var{nonce_timeout} is the amount of time in seconds for a nonce to be invalid.
Most of the time it is sound to specify 300 seconds as its values.

@var{algo} digest authentication algorithm to use.
@end deftypefun

@deftypefun int MHD_digest_auth_check_digest (struct MHD_Connection *connection, const char *realm, const char *username, const unsigned char digest[MHD_MD5_DIGEST_SIZE], unsigned int nonce_timeout)
Checks if the provided values in the WWW-Authenticate header are valid
and sound according to RFC2716. If valid return @code{MHD_YES}, otherwise return @code{MHD_NO}.
Deprecated, use @code{MHD_digest_auth_check_digest2} instead.

@var{realm} must reference to a zero-terminated string representing the realm.

@var{username} must reference to a zero-terminated string representing the username,
it is usually the returned value from MHD_digest_auth_get_username.

@var{digest} pointer to the binary MD5 sum for the precalculated hash value ``userame:realm:password'' of @code{MHD_MD5_DIGEST_SIZE} bytes.

@var{nonce_timeout} is the amount of time in seconds for a nonce to be invalid.
Most of the time it is sound to specify 300 seconds as its values.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_queue_auth_fail_response2 (struct MHD_Connection *connection, const char *realm, const char *opaque, struct MHD_Response *response, int signal_stale, enum MHD_DigestAuthAlgorithm algo)
Queues a response to request authentication from the client,
return @code{MHD_YES} if successful, otherwise @code{MHD_NO}.

@var{realm} must reference to a zero-terminated string representing the realm.

@var{opaque} must reference to a zero-terminated string representing a value
that gets passed to the client and expected to be passed again to the server
as-is. This value can be a hexadecimal or base64 string.

@var{response} a response structure to specify what shall be presented to the
client with a 401 HTTP status.

@var{signal_stale} a value that signals "stale=true" in the response header to
indicate the invalidity of the nonce and no need to ask for authentication
parameters and only a new nonce gets generated. @code{MHD_YES} to generate a new
nonce, @code{MHD_NO} to ask for authentication parameters.

@var{algo} which digest algorithm should we use.  The same algorithm
must then be selected when checking digests received from clients!

@end deftypefun


@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_queue_auth_fail_response (struct MHD_Connection *connection, const char *realm, const char *opaque, struct MHD_Response *response, int signal_stale)
Queues a response to request authentication from the client,
return @code{MHD_YES} if successful, otherwise @code{MHD_NO}.

@var{realm} must reference to a zero-terminated string representing the realm.

@var{opaque} must reference to a zero-terminated string representing a value
that gets passed to the client and expected to be passed again to the server
as-is. This value can be a hexadecimal or base64 string.

@var{response} a response structure to specify what shall be presented to the
client with a 401 HTTP status.

@var{signal_stale} a value that signals "stale=true" in the response header to
indicate the invalidity of the nonce and no need to ask for authentication
parameters and only a new nonce gets generated. @code{MHD_YES} to generate a new
nonce, @code{MHD_NO} to ask for authentication parameters.
@end deftypefun

Example: handling digest authentication requests and responses.

@example
#define PAGE "<html><head><title>libmicrohttpd demo</title></head><body>Access granted</body></html>"
#define DENIED "<html><head><title>libmicrohttpd demo</title></head><body>Access denied</body></html>"
#define OPAQUE "11733b200778ce33060f31c9af70a870ba96ddd4"

static int
ahc_echo (void *cls,
          struct MHD_Connection *connection,
          const char *url,
          const char *method,
          const char *version,
          const char *upload_data, size_t *upload_data_size, void **ptr)
@{
  struct MHD_Response *response;
  char *username;
  const char *password = "testpass";
  const char *realm = "test@@example.com";
  int ret;

  username = MHD_digest_auth_get_username (connection);
  if (username == NULL)
    @{
      response = MHD_create_response_from_buffer(strlen (DENIED),
					         DENIED,
					         MHD_RESPMEM_PERSISTENT);
      ret = MHD_queue_auth_fail_response2 (connection,
                                           realm,
					   OPAQUE,
					   response,
					   MHD_NO,
                                           MHD_DIGEST_ALG_SHA256);
      MHD_destroy_response(response);
      return ret;
    @}
  ret = MHD_digest_auth_check2 (connection,
                                realm,
			        username,
			        password,
			        300,
                                MHD_DIGEST_ALG_SHA256);
  free(username);
  if ( (ret == MHD_INVALID_NONCE) ||
       (ret == MHD_NO) )
    @{
      response = MHD_create_response_from_buffer(strlen (DENIED),
					         DENIED,
					         MHD_RESPMEM_PERSISTENT);
      if (NULL == response)
	return MHD_NO;
      ret = MHD_queue_auth_fail_response2 (connection,
                                           realm,
					   OPAQUE,
					   response,
					   (ret == MHD_INVALID_NONCE) ? MHD_YES : MHD_NO,
                                           MHD_DIGEST_ALG_SHA256);
      MHD_destroy_response(response);
      return ret;
    @}
  response = MHD_create_response_from_buffer (strlen(PAGE),
                                              PAGE,
 					      MHD_RESPMEM_PERSISTENT);
  ret = MHD_queue_response (connection,
                            MHD_HTTP_OK,
                            response);
  MHD_destroy_response(response);
  return ret;
@}
@end example

@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-post
@chapter Adding a @code{POST} processor
@cindex POST method

@menu
* microhttpd-post api::         Programming interface for the
                                @code{POST} processor.
@end menu


@noindent
MHD provides the post processor API to make it easier for applications to
parse the data of a client's @code{POST} request: the
@code{MHD_AccessHandlerCallback} will be invoked multiple times to
process data as it arrives; at each invocation a new chunk of data must
be processed. The arguments @var{upload_data} and @var{upload_data_size}
are used to reference the chunk of data.

When @code{MHD_AccessHandlerCallback} is invoked for a new connection:
its @code{*@var{con_cls}} argument is set to @code{NULL}. When @code{POST}
data comes in the upload buffer it is @strong{mandatory} to use the
@var{con_cls} to store a reference to per-connection data.  The fact
that the pointer was initially @code{NULL} can be used to detect that
this is a new request.

One method to detect that a new connection was established is
to set @code{*con_cls} to an unused integer:

@example
int
access_handler (void *cls,
                struct MHD_Connection * connection,
                const char *url,
                const char *method, const char *version,
                const char *upload_data, size_t *upload_data_size,
                void **con_cls)
@{
  static int old_connection_marker;
  int new_connection = (NULL == *con_cls);

  if (new_connection)
    @{
      /* new connection with POST */
      *con_cls = &old_connection_marker;
    @}

  ...
@}
@end example

@noindent
In contrast to the previous example, for @code{POST} requests in particular,
it is more common to use the value of @code{*con_cls} to keep track of
actual state used during processing, such as the post processor (or a
struct containing a post processor):

@example
int
access_handler (void *cls,
                struct MHD_Connection * connection,
                const char *url,
                const char *method, const char *version,
                const char *upload_data, size_t *upload_data_size,
                void **con_cls)
@{
  struct MHD_PostProcessor * pp = *con_cls;

  if (pp == NULL)
    @{
      pp = MHD_create_post_processor(connection, ...);
      *con_cls = pp;
      return MHD_YES;
    @}
  if (*upload_data_size)
    @{
      MHD_post_process(pp, upload_data, *upload_data_size);
      *upload_data_size = 0;
      return MHD_YES;
    @}
  else
    @{
      MHD_destroy_post_processor(pp);
      return MHD_queue_response(...);
    @}
@}
@end example

Note that the callback from @code{MHD_OPTION_NOTIFY_COMPLETED}
should be used to destroy the post processor.  This cannot be
done inside of the access handler since the connection may not
always terminate normally.


@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-post api
@section Programming interface for the @code{POST} processor
@cindex POST method

@deftypefun {struct MHD_PostProcessor *} MHD_create_post_processor (struct MHD_Connection *connection, size_t buffer_size, MHD_PostDataIterator iterator, void *iterator_cls)
Create a PostProcessor.  A PostProcessor can be used to (incrementally)
parse the data portion of a @code{POST} request.

@table @var
@item connection
the connection on which the @code{POST} is happening (used to determine
the @code{POST} format);

@item buffer_size
maximum number of bytes to use for internal buffering (used only for the
parsing, specifically the parsing of the keys).  A tiny value (256-1024)
should be sufficient; do @strong{NOT} use a value smaller than 256;
for good performance, use 32k or 64k (i.e. 65536).

@item iterator
iterator to be called with the parsed data; must @strong{NOT} be
@code{NULL};

@item iterator_cls
custom value to be used as first argument to @var{iterator}.
@end table

Return @code{NULL} on error (out of memory, unsupported encoding), otherwise
a PP handle.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_post_process (struct MHD_PostProcessor *pp, const char *post_data, size_t post_data_len)
Parse and process @code{POST} data.  Call this function when @code{POST}
data is available (usually during an @code{MHD_AccessHandlerCallback})
with the @var{upload_data} and @var{upload_data_size}.  Whenever
possible, this will then cause calls to the
@code{MHD_IncrementalKeyValueIterator}.

@table @var
@item pp
the post processor;

@item post_data
@var{post_data_len} bytes of @code{POST} data;

@item post_data_len
length of @var{post_data}.
@end table

Return @code{MHD_YES} on success, @code{MHD_NO} on error
(out-of-memory, iterator aborted, parse error).
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun enum MHD_Result MHD_destroy_post_processor (struct MHD_PostProcessor *pp)
Release PostProcessor resources.  After this function is being called,
the PostProcessor is guaranteed to no longer call its iterator.  There
is no special call to the iterator to indicate the end of the post processing
stream.  After destroying the PostProcessor, the programmer should
perform any necessary work to complete the processing of the iterator.

Return @code{MHD_YES} if processing completed nicely, @code{MHD_NO}
if there were spurious characters or formatting problems with
the post request.  It is common to ignore the return value
of this function.


@end deftypefun



@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-info
@chapter Obtaining and modifying status information.


@menu
* microhttpd-info daemon::        State information about an MHD daemon
* microhttpd-info conn::          State information about a connection
* microhttpd-option conn::        Modify per-connection options
@end menu


@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-info daemon
@section Obtaining state information about an MHD daemon

@deftypefun {const union MHD_DaemonInfo *} MHD_get_daemon_info (struct MHD_Daemon *daemon, enum MHD_DaemonInfoType infoType, ...)
Obtain information about the given daemon.  This function
is currently not fully implemented.

@table @var
@item daemon
the daemon about which information is desired;

@item infoType
type of information that is desired

@item ...
additional arguments about the desired information (depending on
infoType)
@end table

Returns a union with the respective member (depending on
infoType) set to the desired information), or @code{NULL}
in case the desired information is not available or
applicable.
@end deftypefun


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_DaemonInfoType
Values of this enum are used to specify what
information about a daemon is desired.
@table @code
@item MHD_DAEMON_INFO_KEY_SIZE
Request information about the key size for a particular cipher
algorithm.  The cipher algorithm should be passed as an extra argument
(of type 'enum MHD_GNUTLS_CipherAlgorithm').  No longer supported,
using this value will cause @code{MHD_get_daemon_info} to return NULL.

@item MHD_DAEMON_INFO_MAC_KEY_SIZE
Request information about the key size for a particular cipher
algorithm.  The cipher algorithm should be passed as an extra argument
(of type 'enum MHD_GNUTLS_HashAlgorithm').  No longer supported,
using this value will cause @code{MHD_get_daemon_info} to return NULL.

@item MHD_DAEMON_INFO_LISTEN_FD
@cindex listen
Request the file-descriptor number that MHD is using to listen to the
server socket.  This can be useful if no port
was specified and a client needs to learn what port
is actually being used by MHD.
No extra arguments should be passed.

@item MHD_DAEMON_INFO_EPOLL_FD
@cindex epoll
Request the file-descriptor number that MHD is using for epoll.  If
the build is not supporting epoll, NULL is returned; if we are using a
thread pool or this daemon was not started with
@code{MHD_USE_EPOLL}, (a pointer to) -1 is returned.  If we are
using @code{MHD_USE_INTERNAL_POLLING_THREAD} or are in 'external' select mode, the
internal epoll FD is returned.  This function must be used in external
select mode with epoll to obtain the FD to call epoll on.  No extra
arguments should be passed.

@item MHD_DAEMON_INFO_CURRENT_CONNECTIONS
@cindex connection, limiting number of connections
Request the number of current connections handled by the daemon.  No
extra arguments should be passed and a pointer to a @code{union
MHD_DaemonInfo} value is returned, with the @code{num_connections}
member of type @code{unsigned int} set to the number of active
connections.

Note that in multi-threaded or internal-select mode, the real number of current
connections may already be different when @code{MHD_get_daemon_info} returns.
The number of current connections can be used (even in multi-threaded and
internal-select mode) after @code{MHD_quiesce_daemon} to detect whether all
connections have been handled.

@end table
@end deftp



@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-info conn
@section Obtaining state information about a connection


@deftypefun {const union MHD_ConnectionInfo *} MHD_get_connection_info (struct MHD_Connection *connection, enum MHD_ConnectionInfoType infoType, ...)
Obtain information about the given connection.

@table @var
@item connection
the connection about which information is desired;

@item infoType
type of information that is desired

@item ...
additional arguments about the desired information (depending on
infoType)
@end table

Returns a union with the respective member (depending on
infoType) set to the desired information), or @code{NULL}
in case the desired information is not available or
applicable.
@end deftypefun

@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_ConnectionInfoType
Values of this enum are used to specify what information about a
connection is desired.

@table @code

@item MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_CIPHER_ALGO
What cipher algorithm is being used (HTTPS connections only).
@code{NULL} is returned for non-HTTPS connections.

Takes no extra arguments.

@item MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_PROTOCOL,
Allows finding out the TLS/SSL protocol used
(HTTPS connections only).
@code{NULL} is returned for non-HTTPS connections.

Takes no extra arguments.

@item MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_CLIENT_ADDRESS
Returns information about the address of the client.  Returns
essentially a @code{struct sockaddr **} (since the API returns
a @code{union MHD_ConnectionInfo *} and that union contains
a @code{struct sockaddr *}).

Takes no extra arguments.

@item MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_GNUTLS_SESSION,
Takes no extra arguments.  Allows access to the underlying GNUtls session,
including access to the underlying GNUtls client certificate
(HTTPS connections only).  Takes no extra arguments.
@code{NULL} is returned for non-HTTPS connections.

Takes no extra arguments.

@item MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_GNUTLS_CLIENT_CERT,
Dysfunctional (never implemented, deprecated).  Use
MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_GNUTLS_SESSION to get the @code{gnutls_session_t}
and then call @code{gnutls_certificate_get_peers()}.

@item MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_DAEMON
Returns information about @code{struct MHD_Daemon} which manages
this connection.

Takes no extra arguments.

@item MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_CONNECTION_FD
Returns the file descriptor (usually a TCP socket) associated with
this connection (in the ``connect-fd'' member of the returned struct).
Note that manipulating the descriptor directly can have problematic
consequences (as in, break HTTP).  Applications might use this access
to manipulate TCP options, for example to set the ``TCP-NODELAY''
option for COMET-like applications.  Note that MHD will set TCP-CORK
after sending the HTTP header and clear it after finishing the footers
automatically (if the platform supports it).  As the connection
callbacks are invoked in between, those might be used to set different
values for TCP-CORK and TCP-NODELAY in the meantime.

Takes no extra arguments.

@item MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_CONNECTION_SUSPENDED
Returns pointer to an integer that is @code{MHD_YES} if the connection
is currently suspended (and thus can be safely resumed) and
@code{MHD_NO} otherwise.

Takes no extra arguments.

@item MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_SOCKET_CONTEXT
Returns the client-specific pointer to a @code{void *} that was
(possibly) set during a @code{MHD_NotifyConnectionCallback} when the
socket was first accepted.  Note that this is NOT the same as the
@code{con_cls} argument of the @code{MHD_AccessHandlerCallback}.  The
@code{con_cls} is fresh for each HTTP request, while the
@code{socket_context} is fresh for each socket.

Takes no extra arguments.

@item MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_CONNECTION_TIMEOUT
Returns pointer to an @code{unsigned int} that is the current timeout
used for the connection (in seconds, 0 for no timeout).  Note that
while suspended connections will not timeout, the timeout value
returned for suspended connections will be the timeout that the
connection will use after it is resumed, and thus might not be zero.

Takes no extra arguments.

@item MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_REQUEST_HEADER_SIZE
@cindex performance
Returns pointer to an @code{size_t} that represents the size of the
HTTP header received from the client. Only valid after the first callback
to the access handler.

Takes no extra arguments.

@item MHD_CONNECTION_INFO_HTTP_STATUS
Returns the HTTP status code of the response that was
queued. Returns NULL if no response was queued yet.

Takes no extra arguments.

@end table
@end deftp



@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-option conn
@section Setting custom options for an individual connection
@cindex timeout



@deftypefun {int} MHD_set_connection_option (struct MHD_Connection *daemon, enum MHD_CONNECTION_OPTION option, ...)
Set a custom option for the given connection.

@table @var
@item connection
the connection for which an option should be set or modified;

@item option
option to set

@item ...
additional arguments for the option (depending on option)
@end table

Returns @code{MHD_YES} on success, @code{MHD_NO} for errors
(i.e. option argument invalid or option unknown).
@end deftypefun


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_CONNECTION_OPTION
Values of this enum are used to specify which option for a
connection should be changed.

@table @code

@item MHD_CONNECTION_OPTION_TIMEOUT
Set a custom timeout for the given connection.   Specified
as the number of seconds, given as an @code{unsigned int}.  Use
zero for no timeout.

@end table
@end deftp



@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-util
@chapter Utility functions.


@menu
* microhttpd-util feature::       Test supported MHD features
* microhttpd-util unescape::      Unescape strings
@end menu


@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-util feature
@section Testing for supported MHD features


@deftp {Enumeration} MHD_FEATURE
Values of this enum are used to specify what
information about a daemon is desired.
@table @code
@item MHD_FEATURE_MESSAGES
Get whether messages are supported. If supported then in debug
mode messages can be printed to stderr or to external logger.

@item MHD_FEATURE_SSL
Get whether HTTPS is supported.  If supported then flag
MHD_USE_SSL and options MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_MEM_KEY,
MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_MEM_CERT, MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_MEM_TRUST,
MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_MEM_DHPARAMS, MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_CRED_TYPE,
MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_PRIORITIES can be used.

@item MHD_FEATURE_HTTPS_CERT_CALLBACK
Get whether option #MHD_OPTION_HTTPS_CERT_CALLBACK is
supported.

@item MHD_FEATURE_IPv6
Get whether IPv6 is supported. If supported then flag
MHD_USE_IPv6 can be used.

@item MHD_FEATURE_IPv6_ONLY
Get whether IPv6 without IPv4 is supported. If not supported
then IPv4 is always enabled in IPv6 sockets and
flag MHD_USE_DUAL_STACK if always used when MHD_USE_IPv6 is
specified.

@item MHD_FEATURE_POLL
Get whether @code{poll()} is supported. If supported then flag
MHD_USE_POLL can be used.

@item MHD_FEATURE_EPOLL
Get whether @code{epoll()} is supported. If supported then Flags
MHD_USE_EPOLL and
MHD_USE_EPOLL_INTERNAL_THREAD can be used.

@item MHD_FEATURE_SHUTDOWN_LISTEN_SOCKET
Get whether shutdown on listen socket to signal other
threads is supported. If not supported flag
MHD_USE_ITC is automatically forced.

@item MHD_FEATURE_SOCKETPAIR
Get whether a @code{socketpair()} is used internally instead of
a @code{pipe()} to signal other threads.

@item MHD_FEATURE_TCP_FASTOPEN
Get whether TCP Fast Open is supported. If supported then
flag MHD_USE_TCP_FASTOPEN and option
MHD_OPTION_TCP_FASTOPEN_QUEUE_SIZE can be used.

@item MHD_FEATURE_BASIC_AUTH
Get whether HTTP Basic authorization is supported. If supported
then functions @code{MHD_basic_auth_get_username_password()} and
@code{MHD_queue_basic_auth_fail_response()} can be used.

@item MHD_FEATURE_DIGEST_AUTH
Get whether HTTP Digest authorization is supported. If
supported then options MHD_OPTION_DIGEST_AUTH_RANDOM,
MHD_OPTION_NONCE_NC_SIZE and functions @code{MHD_digest_auth_check()},
can be used.

@item MHD_FEATURE_POSTPROCESSOR
Get whether postprocessor is supported. If supported then
functions @code{MHD_create_post_processor()},
@code{MHD_post_process()}, @code{MHD_destroy_post_processor()}
can be used.

@item MHD_FEATURE_SENDFILE
Get whether @code{sendfile()} is supported.

@end table
@end deftp



@deftypefun {int} MHD_is_feature_supported (enum MHD_FEATURE feature)
Get information about supported MHD features.  Indicate that MHD was
compiled with or without support for particular feature. Some features
require additional support by the kernel.  However, kernel support is not
checked by this function.

@table @var
@item feature
type of requested information
@end table

Returns @code{MHD_YES} if the feature is supported,
and @code{MHD_NO} if not.
@end deftypefun


@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-util unescape
@section Unescape strings

@deftypefun {size_t} MHD_http_unescape (char *val)
Process escape sequences ('%HH') Updates val in place; the result
should be UTF-8 encoded and cannot be larger than the input.  The
result must also still be 0-terminated.

@table @var
@item val
value to unescape (modified in the process), must be
a 0-terminated UTF-8 string.
@end table

Returns length of the resulting val (@code{strlen(val)} may be
shorter afterwards due to elimination of escape sequences).

@end deftypefun





@c ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-websocket
@chapter Websocket functions.

@noindent
Websocket functions provide what you need to use an upgraded connection
as a websocket.
These functions are only available if you include the header file
@code{microhttpd_ws.h} and compiled @emph{libmicrohttpd} with websockets.

@menu
* microhttpd-websocket handshake::    Websocket handshake functions
* microhttpd-websocket stream::       Websocket stream functions
* microhttpd-websocket decode::       Websocket decode functions
* microhttpd-websocket encode::       Websocket encode functions
* microhttpd-websocket memory::       Websocket memory functions
@end menu

@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-websocket handshake
@section Websocket handshake functions


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_check_http_version (const char* http_version)
@cindex websocket
Checks the HTTP version of the incoming request.
Websocket requests are only allowed for HTTP/1.1 or above.

@table @var
@item http_version
The value of the @code{version} parameter of your
@code{access_handler} callback.
If you pass @code{NULL} then this is handled like a not
matching HTTP version.
@end table

Returns 0 when the HTTP version is
valid for a websocket request and
a value less than zero when the HTTP version isn't
valid for a websocket request.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_check_connection_header (const char* connection_header)
@cindex websocket
Checks the value of the @code{Connection} HTTP request header.
Websocket requests require the token @code{Upgrade} in
the @code{Connection} HTTP request header.

@table @var
@item connection_header
Value of the @code{Connection} request header.
You can get this request header value by passing
@code{MHD_HTTP_HEADER_CONNECTION} to
@code{MHD_lookup_connection_value()}.
If you pass @code{NULL} then this is handled like a not
matching @code{Connection} header value.
@end table

Returns 0 when the @code{Connection} header is
valid for a websocket request and
a value less than zero when the @code{Connection} header isn't
valid for a websocket request.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_check_upgrade_header (const char* upgrade_header)
@cindex websocket
Checks the value of the @code{Upgrade} HTTP request header.
Websocket requests require the value @code{websocket} in
the @code{Upgrade} HTTP request header.

@table @var
@item upgrade_header
Value of the @code{Upgrade} request header.
You can get this request header value by passing
@code{MHD_HTTP_HEADER_UPGRADE} to
@code{MHD_lookup_connection_value()}.
If you pass @code{NULL} then this is handled like a not
matching @code{Upgrade} header value.
@end table

Returns 0 when the @code{Upgrade} header is
valid for a websocket request and
a value less than zero when the @code{Upgrade} header isn't
valid for a websocket request.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_check_version_header (const char* version_header)
@cindex websocket
Checks the value of the @code{Sec-WebSocket-Version} HTTP request header.
Websocket requests require the value @code{13} in
the @code{Sec-WebSocket-Version} HTTP request header.

@table @var
@item version_header
Value of the @code{Sec-WebSocket-Version} request header.
You can get this request header value by passing
@code{MHD_HTTP_HEADER_SEC_WEBSOCKET_VERSION} to
@code{MHD_lookup_connection_value()}.
If you pass @code{NULL} then this is handled like a not
matching @code{Sec-WebSocket-Version} header value.
@end table

Returns 0 when the @code{Sec-WebSocket-Version} header is
valid for a websocket request and
a value less than zero when the @code{Sec-WebSocket-Version} header isn't
valid for a websocket request.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_create_accept_header (const char* sec_websocket_key, char* sec_websocket_accept)
@cindex websocket
Checks the value of the @code{Sec-WebSocket-Key}
HTTP request header and generates the value for
the @code{Sec-WebSocket-Accept} HTTP response header.
The generated value must be sent to the client.

@table @var
@item sec_websocket_key
Value of the @code{Sec-WebSocket-Key} request header.
You can get this request header value by passing
@code{MHD_HTTP_HEADER_SEC_WEBSOCKET_KEY} to
@code{MHD_lookup_connection_value()}.
If you pass @code{NULL} then this is handled like a not
matching @code{Sec-WebSocket-Key} header value.

@item sec_websocket_accept
Response buffer, which will receive
the generated value for the @code{Sec-WebSocket-Accept}
HTTP response header.
This buffer must be at least 29 bytes long and
will contain the response value plus a terminating @code{NUL}
character on success.
Must not be @code{NULL}.
You can add this HTTP header to your response by passing
@code{MHD_HTTP_HEADER_SEC_WEBSOCKET_ACCEPT} to
@code{MHD_add_response_header()}.
@end table

Returns 0 when the @code{Sec-WebSocket-Key} header was
not empty and a result value for the @code{Sec-WebSocket-Accept}
was calculated.
A value less than zero is returned when the @code{Sec-WebSocket-Key}
header isn't valid for a websocket request or when any
error occurred.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}.
@end deftypefun


@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-websocket stream
@section Websocket stream functions

@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_stream_init (struct MHD_WebSocketStream **ws, int flags, size_t max_payload_size)
@cindex websocket
Creates a new websocket stream, used for decoding/encoding.

@table @var
@item ws
pointer a variable to fill with the newly created
@code{struct MHD_WebSocketStream},
receives @code{NULL} on error. May not be @code{NULL}.

If not required anymore, free the created websocket stream with
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_free()}.

@item flags
combination of @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG} values to
modify the behavior of the websocket stream.

@item max_payload_size
maximum size for incoming payload data in bytes. Use 0 to allow each size.
@end table

Returns 0 on success, negative values on error.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_stream_init2 (struct MHD_WebSocketStream **ws, int flags, size_t max_payload_size, MHD_WebSocketMallocCallback callback_malloc, MHD_WebSocketReallocCallback callback_realloc, MHD_WebSocketFreeCallback callback_free, void* cls_rng, MHD_WebSocketRandomNumberGenerator callback_rng)
@cindex websocket
Creates a new websocket stream, used for decoding/encoding,
but with custom memory functions for malloc, realloc and free.
Also a random number generator can be specified for client mode.

@table @var
@item ws
pointer a variable to fill with the newly created
@code{struct MHD_WebSocketStream},
receives @code{NULL} on error. Must not be @code{NULL}.

If not required anymore, free the created websocket stream with
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_free}.

@item flags
combination of @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG} values to
modify the behavior of the websocket stream.

@item max_payload_size
maximum size for incoming payload data in bytes. Use 0 to allow each size.

@item callback_malloc
callback function for allocating memory. Must not be @code{NULL}.
The shorter @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init()} passes a reference to @code{malloc} here.

@item callback_realloc
callback function for reallocating memory. Must not be @code{NULL}.
The shorter @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init()} passes a reference to @code{realloc} here.

@item callback_free
callback function for freeing memory. Must not be @code{NULL}.
The shorter @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init()} passes a reference to @code{free} here.

@item cls_rng
closure for the random number generator.
This is only required when
@code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_CLIENT} is passed in @code{flags}.
The given value is passed to the random number generator callback.
May be @code{NULL} if not needed.
Should be @code{NULL} when you are not using @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_CLIENT}.
The shorter @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init} passes @code{NULL} here.

@item callback_rng
callback function for a secure random number generator.
This is only required when @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_CLIENT} is
passed in @code{flags} and must not be @code{NULL} then.
Should be @code{NULL} otherwise.
The shorter @code{MHD_websocket_stream_init()} passes @code{NULL} here.
@end table

Returns 0 on success, negative values on error.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_stream_free (struct MHD_WebSocketStream *ws)
@cindex websocket
Frees a previously allocated websocket stream

@table @var
@item ws
websocket stream to free, this value may be @code{NULL}.
@end table

Returns 0 on success, negative values on error.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_stream_invalidate (struct MHD_WebSocketStream *ws)
@cindex websocket
Invalidates a websocket stream.
After invalidation a websocket stream cannot be used for decoding anymore.
Encoding is still possible.

@table @var
@item ws
websocket stream to invalidate.
@end table

Returns 0 on success, negative values on error.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_VALIDITY} MHD_websocket_stream_is_valid (struct MHD_WebSocketStream *ws)
@cindex websocket
Queries whether a websocket stream is valid.
Invalidated websocket streams cannot be used for decoding anymore.
Encoding is still possible.

@table @var
@item ws
websocket stream to invalidate.
@end table

Returns 0 if invalid, 1 if valid for all types or
2 if valid only for control frames.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_VALIDITY}.
@end deftypefun


@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-websocket decode
@section Websocket decode functions


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_decode (struct MHD_WebSocketStream* ws, const char* streambuf, size_t streambuf_len, size_t* streambuf_read_len, char** payload, size_t* payload_len)
@cindex websocket
Decodes a byte sequence for a websocket stream.
Decoding is done until either a frame is complete or
the end of the byte sequence is reached.

@table @var
@item ws
websocket stream for decoding.

@item streambuf
byte sequence for decoding.
This is what you typically received via @code{recv()}.

@item streambuf_len
length of the byte sequence in parameter @code{streambuf}.

@item streambuf_read_len
pointer to a variable, which receives the number of bytes,
that has been processed by this call.
This value may be less than the value of @code{streambuf_len} when
a frame is decoded before the end of the buffer is reached.
The remaining bytes of @code{buf} must be passed to
the next call of this function.

@item payload
pointer to a variable, which receives the allocated buffer with the payload
data of the decoded frame. Must not be @code{NULL}.
If no decoded data is available or an error occurred @code{NULL} is returned.
When the returned value is not @code{NULL} then the buffer contains always
@code{payload_len} bytes plus one terminating @code{NUL} character
(regardless of the frame type).

The caller must free this buffer using @code{MHD_websocket_free()}.

If you passed the flag @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_GENERATE_CLOSE_FRAMES_ON_ERROR}
upon creation of the websocket stream and a decoding error occurred
(function return value less than 0), then this buffer contains
a generated close frame, which must be sent via the socket to the recipient.

If you passed the flag @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FLAG_WANT_FRAGMENTS}
upon creation of the websocket stream then
this payload may only be a part of the complete message.
Only complete UTF-8 sequences are returned for fragmented text frames.
If necessary the UTF-8 sequence will be completed with the next text fragment.

@item payload_len
pointer to a variable, which receives length of the result
@code{payload} buffer in bytes.
Must not be @code{NULL}.
This receives 0 when no data is available, when the decoded payload
has a length of zero or when an error occurred.
@end table

Returns a value greater than zero when a frame is complete.
Compare with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} to distinguish the frame type.
Returns 0 when the call succeeded, but no frame is available.
Returns a value less than zero on errors.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_split_close_reason (const char* payload, size_t payload_len, unsigned short* reason_code, const char** reason_utf8, size_t* reason_utf8_len)
@cindex websocket
Splits the payload of a decoded close frame.

@table @var
@item payload
payload of the close frame.
This parameter may only be @code{NULL} if @code{payload_len} is 0.

@item payload_len
length of @code{payload}.

@item reason_code
pointer to a variable, which receives the numeric close reason.
If there was no close reason, this is 0.
This value can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_CLOSEREASON}.
May be @code{NULL}.

@item reason_utf8
pointer to a variable, which receives the literal close reason.
If there was no literal close reason, this will be @code{NULL}.
May be @code{NULL}.

Please note that no memory is allocated in this function.
If not @code{NULL} the returned value of this parameter
points to a position in the specified @code{payload}.

@item reason_utf8_len
pointer to a variable, which receives the length of the literal close reason.
If there was no literal close reason, this is 0.
May be @code{NULL}.
@end table

Returns 0 on success or a value less than zero on errors.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}.
@end deftypefun


@c ------------------------------------------------------------
@node microhttpd-websocket encode
@section Websocket encode functions


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_encode_text (struct MHD_WebSocketStream* ws, const char* payload_utf8, size_t payload_utf8_len, int fragmentation, char** frame, size_t* frame_len, int* utf8_step)
@cindex websocket
Encodes an UTF-8 encoded text into websocket text frame

@table @var
@item ws
websocket stream;

@item payload_utf8
text to send. This must be UTF-8 encoded.
If you don't want UTF-8 then send a binary frame
with @code{MHD_websocket_encode_binary()} instead.
May be be @code{NULL} if @code{payload_utf8_len} is 0,
must not be @code{NULL} otherwise.

@item payload_utf8_len
length of @code{payload_utf8} in bytes.

@item fragmentation
A value of @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_FRAGMENTATION}
to specify the fragmentation behavior.
Specify @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FRAGMENTATION_NONE} or just 0
if you don't want to use fragmentation (default).

@item frame
pointer to a variable, which receives a buffer with the encoded text frame.
Must not be @code{NULL}.
The buffer contains what you typically send via @code{send()} to the recipient.
If no encoded data is available the variable receives @code{NULL}.

If the variable is not @code{NULL} then the buffer contains always
@code{frame_len} bytes plus one terminating @code{NUL} character.
The caller must free this buffer using @code{MHD_websocket_free()}.

@item frame_len
pointer to a variable, which receives the length of the encoded frame in bytes.
Must not be @code{NULL}.

@item utf8_step
If fragmentation is used (the parameter @code{fragmentation} is not 0)
then is parameter is required and must not be @code{NULL}.
If no fragmentation is used, this parameter is optional and
should be @code{NULL}.

This parameter is a pointer to a variable which contains the last check status
of the UTF-8 sequence. It is required to continue a previous
UTF-8 sequence check when fragmentation is used, because a UTF-8 sequence
could be splitted upon fragments.

@code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_UTF8STEP} is used for this value.
If you start a new fragment using
@code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FRAGMENTATION_NONE} or
@code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FRAGMENTATION_FIRST} the old value of this variable
will be discarded and the value of this variable will be initialized
to @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_UTF8STEP_NORMAL}.
On all other fragmentation modes the previous value of the pointed variable
will be used to continue the UTF-8 sequence check.
@end table

Returns 0 on success or a value less than zero on errors.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_encode_binary (struct MHD_WebSocketStream* ws, const char* payload, size_t payload_len, int fragmentation, char** frame, size_t* frame_len)
@cindex websocket
Encodes binary data into websocket binary frame

@table @var
@item ws
websocket stream;

@item payload
binary data to send.
May be be @code{NULL} if @code{payload_len} is 0,
must not be @code{NULL} otherwise.

@item payload_len
length of @code{payload} in bytes.

@item fragmentation
A value of @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_FRAGMENTATION}
to specify the fragmentation behavior.
Specify @code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_FRAGMENTATION_NONE} or just 0
if you don't want to use fragmentation (default).

@item frame
pointer to a variable, which receives a buffer with the encoded binary frame.
Must not be @code{NULL}.
The buffer contains what you typically send via @code{send()} to the recipient.
If no encoded data is available the variable receives @code{NULL}.

If the variable is not @code{NULL} then the buffer contains always
@code{frame_len} bytes plus one terminating @code{NUL} character.
The caller must free this buffer using @code{MHD_websocket_free()}.

@item frame_len
pointer to a variable, which receives the length of the encoded frame in bytes.
Must not be @code{NULL}.
@end table

Returns 0 on success or a value less than zero on errors.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_encode_ping (struct MHD_WebSocketStream* ws, const char* payload, size_t payload_len, char** frame, size_t* frame_len)
@cindex websocket
Encodes a websocket ping frame.
Ping frames are used to check whether a recipient is still available
and what latency the websocket connection has.

@table @var
@item ws
websocket stream;

@item payload
binary ping data to send.
May be @code{NULL} if @code{payload_len} is 0.

@item payload_len
length of @code{payload} in bytes.
This may not exceed 125 bytes.

@item frame
pointer to a variable, which receives a buffer with the encoded ping frame.
Must not be @code{NULL}.
The buffer contains what you typically send via @code{send()} to the recipient.
If no encoded data is available the variable receives @code{NULL}.

If the variable is not @code{NULL} then the buffer contains always
@code{frame_len} bytes plus one terminating @code{NUL} character.
The caller must free this buffer using @code{MHD_websocket_free()}.

@item frame_len
pointer to a variable, which receives the length of the encoded frame in bytes.
Must not be @code{NULL}.
@end table

Returns 0 on success or a value less than zero on errors.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_encode_pong (struct MHD_WebSocketStream* ws, const char* payload, size_t payload_len, char** frame, size_t* frame_len)
@cindex websocket
Encodes a websocket pong frame.
Pong frames are used to answer a previously received websocket ping frame.

@table @var
@item ws
websocket stream;

@item payload
binary pong data to send, which should be
the decoded payload from the received ping frame.
May be @code{NULL} if @code{payload_len} is 0.

@item payload_len
length of @code{payload} in bytes.
This may not exceed 125 bytes.

@item frame
pointer to a variable, which receives a buffer with the encoded pong frame.
Must not be @code{NULL}.
The buffer contains what you typically send via @code{send()} to the recipient.
If no encoded data is available the variable receives @code{NULL}.

If the variable is not @code{NULL} then the buffer contains always
@code{frame_len} bytes plus one terminating @code{NUL} character.
The caller must free this buffer using @code{MHD_websocket_free()}.

@item frame_len
pointer to a variable, which receives the length of the encoded frame in bytes.
Must not be @code{NULL}.
@end table

Returns 0 on success or a value less than zero on errors.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS} MHD_websocket_encode_close (struct MHD_WebSocketStream* ws, unsigned short reason_code, const char* reason_utf8, size_t reason_utf8_len, char** frame, size_t* frame_len)
@cindex websocket
Encodes a websocket close frame.
Close frames are used to close a websocket connection in a formal way.

@table @var
@item ws
websocket stream;

@item reason_code
reason for close.
You can use @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_CLOSEREASON} for typical reasons,
but you are not limited to these values.
The allowed values are specified in RFC 6455 7.4.
If you don't want to enter a reason, you can specify
@code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_CLOSEREASON_NO_REASON} (or just 0) then
no reason is encoded.

@item reason_utf8
An UTF-8 encoded text reason why the connection is closed.
This may be @code{NULL} if @code{reason_utf8_len} is 0.
This must be @code{NULL} if @code{reason_code} equals to zero
(@code{MHD_WEBSOCKET_CLOSEREASON_NO_REASON}).

@item reason_utf8_len
length of the UTF-8 encoded text reason in bytes.
This may not exceed 123 bytes.

@item frame
pointer to a variable, which receives a buffer with the encoded close frame.
Must not be @code{NULL}.
The buffer contains what you typically send via @code{send()} to the recipient.
If no encoded data is available the variable receives @code{NULL}.

If the variable is not @code{NULL} then the buffer contains always
@code{frame_len} bytes plus one terminating @code{NUL} character.
The caller must free this buffer using @code{MHD_websocket_free()}.

@item frame_len
pointer to a variable, which receives the length of the encoded frame in bytes.
Must not be @code{NULL}.
@end table

Returns 0 on success or a value less than zero on errors.
Can be compared with @code{enum MHD_WEBSOCKET_STATUS}.
@end deftypefun


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@node microhttpd-websocket memory
@section Websocket memory functions


@deftypefun {void*} MHD_websocket_malloc (struct MHD_WebSocketStream* ws, size_t buf_len)
@cindex websocket
Allocates memory with the associated @code{malloc()} function
of the websocket stream.
The memory allocation function could be different for a websocket stream if
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2()} has been used for initialization.

@table @var
@item ws
websocket stream;

@item buf_len
size of the buffer to allocate in bytes.
@end table

Returns the pointer of the allocated buffer or @code{NULL} on failure.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {void*} MHD_websocket_realloc (struct MHD_WebSocketStream* ws, void* buf, size_t new_buf_len)
@cindex websocket
Reallocates memory with the associated @code{realloc()} function
of the websocket stream.
The memory reallocation function could be different for a websocket stream if
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2()} has been used for initialization.

@table @var
@item ws
websocket stream;

@item buf
current buffer, may be @code{NULL};

@item new_buf_len
new size of the buffer in bytes.
@end table

Return the pointer of the reallocated buffer or @code{NULL} on failure.
On failure the old pointer remains valid.
@end deftypefun


@deftypefun {void} MHD_websocket_free (struct MHD_WebSocketStream* ws, void* buf)
@cindex websocket
Frees memory with the associated @code{free()} function
of the websocket stream.
The memory free function could be different for a websocket stream if
@code{MHD_websocket_stream_init2()} has been used for initialization.

@table @var
@item ws
websocket stream;

@item buf
buffer to free, this may be @code{NULL} then nothing happens.
@end table

@end deftypefun





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@c **********************************************************
@c *******************  Appendices  *************************
@c **********************************************************

@node GNU-LGPL
@unnumbered GNU-LGPL
@cindex license
@include lgpl.texi

@node eCos License
@unnumbered eCos License
@cindex license
@include ecos.texi

@node GNU-GPL
@unnumbered GNU General Public License
@cindex license
@include gpl-2.0.texi

@node GNU-FDL
@unnumbered GNU-FDL
@cindex license
@include fdl-1.3.texi

@node Concept Index
@unnumbered Concept Index

@printindex cp

@node Function and Data Index
@unnumbered Function and Data Index

@printindex fn

@node Type Index
@unnumbered Type Index

@printindex tp

@bye