httpd
Module
httpd
Module summary
HTTP server API
Description
An implementation of an HTTP 1.1 compliant web server, as defined in RFC 2616
. Provides web server start options, administrative functions, and an Erlang callback API.
Data types
Type definitions that are used more than once in this module:
boolean() = true | false
string()
= list of ASCII characters
path() = string()
representing a file or a directory path
ip_address() = {N1,N2,N3,N4} % IPv4 | {K1,K2,K3,K4,K5,K6,K7,K8} % IPv6
hostname() = string()
representing a host, for example, "foo.bar.com"
property() = atom()
Erlang http server service start/stop
A web server can be configured to start when starting the Inets
application, or dynamically in runtime by calling the Inets
application API inets:start(httpd, ServiceConfig)
or inets:start(httpd, ServiceConfig, How)
, see inets(3)
. The configuration options, also called properties, are as follows:
File Properties
When the web server is started at application start time, the properties are to be fetched from a configuration file that can consist of a regular Erlang property list, that is, [{Option, Value}]
, where Option = property()
and Value = term()
, followed by a full stop, or for backwards compatibility, an Apache-like configuration file. If the web server is started dynamically at runtime, a file can still be specified but also the complete property list.
- {proplist_file, path()}
-
If this property is defined,
Inets
expects to find all other properties defined in this file. The file must include all properties listed under mandatory properties. - {file, path()}
-
If this property is defined,
Inets
expects to find all other properties defined in this file, which uses Apache-like syntax. The file must include all properties listed under mandatory properties. The Apache-like syntax is the property, written as one word where each new word begins with a capital, followed by a white-space, followed by the value, followed by a new line.Example:
{server_root, "/urs/local/www"} -> ServerRoot /usr/local/www
A few exceptions are documented for each property that behaves differently, and the special cases
{directory, {path(), PropertyList}}
and{security_directory, {Dir, PropertyList}}
, are represented as:<Directory Dir> <Properties handled as described above> </Directory>
The properties proplist_file
and file
are mutually exclusive. Also newer properties may not be supported as Apache-like options, this is a legacy feature.
Mandatory Properties
- {port, integer()}
-
The port that the HTTP server listen to. If zero is specified as port, an arbitrary available port is picked and function
httpd:info/2
can be used to determine which port was picked. - {server_name, string()}
-
The name of your server, normally a fully qualified domain name.
- {server_root, path()}
-
Defines the home directory of the server, where log files, and so on, can be stored. Relative paths specified in other properties refer to this directory.
- {document_root, path()}
-
Defines the top directory for the documents that are available on the HTTP server.
Communication Properties
- {bind_address, ip_address() | hostname() | any}
-
Default is
any
.any
is denoted * in the Apache-like configuration file. - {profile, atom()}
-
Used together with
bind_address
andport
to uniquely identify a HTTP server. This can be useful in a virtualized environment, where there can be more that one server that has the same bind_address and port. If this property is not explicitly set, it is assumed that thebind_address
andport
uniquely identifies the HTTP server. - {socket_type, ip_comm | {ip_comm, Config::proplist()} | {essl, Config::proplist()}}
-
For
ip_comm
configuration options, seegen_tcp:listen/2
, some options that are used internally by httpd can not be set.For
SSL
configuration options, seessl:listen/2
.Default is
ip_comm
. - {ipfamily, inet | inet6}
-
Default is
inet
, legacy optioninet6fb4
no longer makes sense and will be translated to inet. - {minimum_bytes_per_second, integer()}
-
If given, sets a minimum of bytes per second value for connections.
If the value is unreached, the socket closes for that connection.
The option is good for reducing the risk of "slow DoS" attacks.
Erlang Web Server API Modules
- {modules, [atom()]}
-
Defines which modules the HTTP server uses when handling requests. Default is
[mod_alias, mod_auth, mod_esi, mod_actions, mod_cgi, mod_dir, mod_get, mod_head, mod_log, mod_disk_log]
. Notice that somemod
-modules are dependent on others, so the order cannot be entirely arbitrary. See theInets Web Server Modules
in the User's Guide for details.
Limit properties
- {customize, atom()}
-
A callback module to customize the inets HTTP servers behaviour see
httpd_custom_api
- {disable_chunked_transfer_encoding_send, boolean()}
-
Allows you to disable chunked transfer-encoding when sending a response to an HTTP/1.1 client. Default is
false
. - {keep_alive, boolean()}
-
Instructs the server whether to use persistent connections when the client claims to be HTTP/1.1 compliant. Default is
true
. - {keep_alive_timeout, integer()}
-
The number of seconds the server waits for a subsequent request from the client before closing the connection. Default is
150
. - {max_body_size, integer()}
-
Limits the size of the message body of an HTTP request. Default is no limit.
- {max_clients, integer()}
-
Limits the number of simultaneous requests that can be supported. Default is
150
. - {max_header_size, integer()}
-
Limits the size of the message header of an HTTP request. Default is
10240
. - {max_content_length, integer()}
-
Maximum content-length in an incoming request, in bytes. Requests with content larger than this are answered with status 413. Default is
100000000
(100 MB). - {max_uri_size, integer()}
-
Limits the size of the HTTP request URI. Default is no limit.
- {max_keep_alive_request, integer()}
-
The number of requests that a client can do on one connection. When the server has responded to the number of requests defined by
max_keep_alive_requests
, the server closes the connection. The server closes it even if there are queued request. Default is no limit.
Administrative Properties
- {mime_types, [{MimeType, Extension}] | path()}
-
MimeType = string()
andExtension = string()
. Files delivered to the client are MIME typed according to RFC 1590. File suffixes are mapped to MIME types before file delivery. The mapping between file suffixes and MIME types can be specified as an Apache-like file or directly in the property list. Such a file can look like the follwoing:# MIME type Extension text/html html htm text/plain asc txt
Default is [{"html","text/html"},{"htm","text/html"}].
- {mime_type, string()}
-
When the server is asked to provide a document type that cannot be determined by the MIME Type Settings, the server uses this default type.
- {server_admin, string()}
-
Defines the email-address of the server administrator to be included in any error messages returned by the server.
- {server_tokens, none|prod|major|minor|minimal|os|full|{private, string()}}
-
Defines the look of the value of the server header.
Example: Assuming the version of
Inets
is 5.8.1, the server header string can look as follows for the different values of server-tokens:none
"" % A Server: header will not be generated
prod
"inets"
major
"inets/5"
minor
"inets/5.8"
minimal
"inets/5.8.1"
os
"inets/5.8.1 (unix)"
full
"inets/5.8.1 (unix/linux) OTP/R15B"
{private, "foo/bar"}
"foo/bar"
By default, the value is as before, that is,
minimal
. - {log_format, common | combined}
-
Defines if access logs are to be written according to the
common
log format or the extended common log format. Thecommon
format is one line looking like this:remotehost rfc931 authuser [date] "request" status bytes
.Here:
remotehost
- Remote.
rfc931
- The remote username of the client (
RFC 931
). authuser
- The username used for authentication.
[date]
- Date and time of the request (
RFC 1123
). "request"
- The request line as it came from the client (
RFC 1945
). status
- The HTTP status code returned to the client (
RFC 1945
). bytes
- The content-length of the document transferred.
The
combined
format is one line looking like this:remotehost rfc931 authuser [date] "request" status bytes "referer" "user_agent"
In addition to the earlier:
"referer"
- The URL the client was on before requesting the URL (if it could not be determined, a minus sign is placed in this field).
"user_agent"
- The software the client claims to be using (if it could not be determined, a minus sign is placed in this field).
This affects the access logs written by
mod_log
andmod_disk_log
. - {error_log_format, pretty | compact}
-
Default is
pretty
. If the error log is meant to be read directly by a human,pretty
is the best option.pretty
has a format corresponding to:io:format("[~s] ~s, reason: ~n ~p ~n~n", [Date, Msg, Reason]).
compact
has a format corresponding to:io:format("[~s] ~s, reason: ~w ~n", [Date, Msg, Reason]).
This affects the error logs written by
mod_log
andmod_disk_log
.
URL Aliasing Properties - Requires mod_alias
- {alias, {Alias, RealName}}
-
Alias = string()
andRealName = string()
.alias
allows documents to be stored in the local file system instead of thedocument_root
location. URLs with a path beginning with url-path is mapped to local files beginning with directory-filename, for example:{alias, {"/image", "/ftp/pub/image"}}
Access to http://your.server.org/image/foo.gif would refer to the file /ftp/pub/image/foo.gif.
- {re_write, {Re, Replacement}}
-
Re = string()
andReplacement = string()
.re_write
allows documents to be stored in the local file system instead of thedocument_root
location. URLs are rewritten byre:replace/3
to produce a path in the local file-system, for example:{re_write, {"^/[~]([^/]+)(.*)$", "/home/\\1/public\\2"}}
Access to http://your.server.org/~bob/foo.gif would refer to the file /home/bob/public/foo.gif. In an Apache-like configuration file,
Re
is separated fromReplacement
with one single space, and as expected backslashes do not need to be backslash escaped, the same example would become:ReWrite ^/[~]([^/]+)(.*)$ /home/\1/public\2
Beware of trailing space in
Replacement
to be used. If you must have a space inRe
, use, for example, the character encoding\040
, seere(3)
. - {directory_index, [string()]}
-
directory_index
specifies a list of resources to look for if a client requests a directory using a/
at the end of the directory name.file
depicts the name of a file in the directory. Several files can be given, in which case the server returns the first it finds, for example:{directory_index, ["index.hml", "welcome.html"]}
Access to http://your.server.org/docs/ would return http://your.server.org/docs/index.html or http://your.server.org/docs/welcome.html if index.html does not exist.
CGI Properties - Requires mod_cgi
- {script_alias, {Alias, RealName}}
-
Alias = string()
andRealName = string()
. Have the same behavior as propertyalias
, except that they also mark the target directory as containing CGI scripts. URLs with a path beginning with url-path are mapped to scripts beginning with directory-filename, for example:{script_alias, {"/cgi-bin/", "/web/cgi-bin/"}}
Access to http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/foo would cause the server to run the script /web/cgi-bin/foo.
- {script_re_write, {Re, Replacement}}
-
Re = string()
andReplacement = string()
. Have the same behavior as propertyre_write
, except that they also mark the target directory as containing CGI scripts. URLs with a path beginning with url-path are mapped to scripts beginning with directory-filename, for example:{script_re_write, {"^/cgi-bin/(\\d+)/", "/web/\\1/cgi-bin/"}}
Access to http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/17/foo would cause the server to run the script /web/17/cgi-bin/foo.
- {script_nocache, boolean()}
-
If
script_nocache
is set totrue
, the HTTP server by default adds the header fields necessary to prevent proxies from caching the page. Generally this is preferred. Default tofalse
. - {script_timeout, integer()}
-
The time in seconds the web server waits between each chunk of data from the script. If the CGI script does not deliver any data before the timeout, the connection to the client is closed. Default is
15
. - {action, {MimeType, CgiScript}} - requires mod_action
-
MimeType = string()
andCgiScript = string()
.action
adds an action activating a CGI script whenever a file of a certain MIME type is requested. It propagates the URL and file path of the requested document using the standard CGI PATH_INFO and PATH_TRANSLATED environment variables.Example:
{action, {"text/plain", "/cgi-bin/log_and_deliver_text"}}
- {script, {Method, CgiScript}} - requires mod_action
-
Method = string()
andCgiScript = string()
.script
adds an action activating a CGI script whenever a file is requested using a certain HTTP method. The method is either GET or POST, as defined inRFC 1945
. It propagates the URL and file path of the requested document using the standard CGI PATH_INFO and PATH_TRANSLATED environment variables.Example:
{script, {"PUT", "/cgi-bin/put"}}
ESI Properties - Requires mod_esi
- {erl_script_alias, {URLPath, [AllowedModule]}}
-
URLPath = string()
andAllowedModule = atom()
.erl_script_alias
marks all URLs matching url-path as erl scheme scripts. A matching URL is mapped into a specific module and function, for example:{erl_script_alias, {"/cgi-bin/example", [httpd_example]}}
A request to http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/example/httpd_example:yahoo would refer to httpd_example:yahoo/3 or, if that does not exist, httpd_example:yahoo/2 and http://your.server.org/cgi-bin/example/other:yahoo would not be allowed to execute.
- {erl_script_nocache, boolean()}
-
If
erl_script_nocache
is set totrue
, the server adds HTTP header fields preventing proxies from caching the page. This is generally a good idea for dynamic content, as the content often varies between each request. Default isfalse
. - {erl_script_timeout, integer()}
-
If
erl_script_timeout
sets the time in seconds the server waits between each chunk of data to be delivered throughmod_esi:deliver/2
. Default is15
. This is only relevant for scripts that use the erl scheme. - {eval_script_alias, {URLPath, [AllowedModule]}}
-
URLPath = string()
andAllowedModule = atom()
. Same aserl_script_alias
but for scripts using the eval scheme. This is only supported for backwards compatibility. The eval scheme is deprecated.
Log Properties - Requires mod_log
- {error_log, path()}
-
Defines the filename of the error log file to be used to log server errors. If the filename does not begin with a slash (/), it is assumed to be relative to the
server_root
. - {security_log, path()}
-
Defines the filename of the access log file to be used to log security events. If the filename does not begin with a slash (/), it is assumed to be relative to the
server_root
. - {transfer_log, path()}
-
Defines the filename of the access log file to be used to log incoming requests. If the filename does not begin with a slash (/), it is assumed to be relative to the
server_root
.
Disk Log Properties - Requires mod_disk_log
- {disk_log_format, internal | external}
-
Defines the file format of the log files. See
disk_log
for details. If the internal file format is used, the log file is repaired after a crash. When a log file is repaired, data can disappear. When the external file format is used,httpd
does not start if the log file is broken. Default isexternal
. - {error_disk_log, path()}
-
Defines the filename of the (
disk_log(3)
) error log file to be used to log server errors. If the filename does not begin with a slash (/), it is assumed to be relative to theserver_root
. - {error_disk_log_size, {MaxBytes, MaxFiles}}
-
MaxBytes = integer()
andMaxFiles = integer()
. Defines the properties of the (disk_log(3)
) error log file. This file is of type wrap log and max bytes is written to each file and max files is used before the first file is truncated and reused. - {security_disk_log, path()}
-
Defines the filename of the (
disk_log(3)
) access log file logging incoming security events, that is, authenticated requests. If the filename does not begin with a slash (/), it is assumed to be relative to theserver_root
. - {security_disk_log_size, {MaxBytes, MaxFiles}}
-
MaxBytes = integer()
andMaxFiles = integer()
. Defines the properties of thedisk_log(3)
access log file. This file is of type wrap log and max bytes is written to each file and max files is used before the first file is truncated and reused. - {transfer_disk_log, path()}
-
Defines the filename of the (
disk_log(3)
) access log file logging incoming requests. If the filename does not begin with a slash (/), it is assumed to be relative to theserver_root
. - {transfer_disk_log_size, {MaxBytes, MaxFiles}}
-
MaxBytes = integer()
andMaxFiles = integer()
. Defines the properties of thedisk_log(3)
access log file. This file is of type wrap log and max bytes is written to each file and max files is used before the first file is truncated and reused.
Authentication Properties - Requires mod_auth
{directory, {path(), [{property(), term()}]}}
The properties for directories are as follows:
- {allow_from, all | [RegxpHostString]}
-
Defines a set of hosts to be granted access to a given directory, for example:
{allow_from, ["123.34.56.11", "150.100.23"]}
The host
123.34.56.11
and all machines on the150.100.23
subnet are allowed access. - {deny_from, all | [RegxpHostString]}
-
Defines a set of hosts to be denied access to a given directory, for example:
{deny_from, ["123.34.56.11", "150.100.23"]}
The host
123.34.56.11
and all machines on the150.100.23
subnet are not allowed access. - {auth_type, plain | dets | mnesia}
-
Sets the type of authentication database that is used for the directory. The key difference between the different methods is that dynamic data can be saved when
Mnesia
andDets
are used. This property is calledAuthDbType
in the Apache-like configuration files. - {auth_user_file, path()}
-
Sets the name of a file containing the list of users and passwords for user authentication. The filename can be either absolute or relative to the
server_root
. If using the plain storage method, this file is a plain text file where each line contains a username followed by a colon, followed by the non-encrypted password. If usernames are duplicated, the behavior is undefined.Example:
ragnar:s7Xxv7 edward:wwjau8
If the
Dets
storage method is used, the user database is maintained byDets
and must not be edited by hand. Use the API functions in modulemod_auth
to create/edit the user database. This directive is ignored if theMnesia
storage method is used. For security reasons, ensure thatauth_user_file
is stored outside the document tree of the web server. If it is placed in the directory that it protects, clients can download it. - {auth_group_file, path()}
-
Sets the name of a file containing the list of user groups for user authentication. The filename can be either absolute or relative to the
server_root
. If the plain storage method is used, the group file is a plain text file, where each line contains a group name followed by a colon, followed by the members usernames separated by spaces.Example:
group1: bob joe ante
If the
Dets
storage method is used, the group database is maintained byDets
and must not be edited by hand. Use the API for modulemod_auth
to create/edit the group database. This directive is ignored if theMnesia
storage method is used. For security reasons, ensure that theauth_group_file
is stored outside the document tree of the web server. If it is placed in the directory that it protects, clients can download it. - {auth_name, string()}
-
Sets the name of the authorization realm (auth-domain) for a directory. This string informs the client about which username and password to use.
- {auth_access_password, string()}
-
If set to other than "NoPassword", the password is required for all API calls. If the password is set to "DummyPassword", the password must be changed before any other API calls. To secure the authenticating data, the password must be changed after the web server is started. Otherwise it is written in clear text in the configuration file.
- {require_user, [string()]}
-
Defines users to grant access to a given directory using a secret password.
- {require_group, [string()]}
-
Defines users to grant access to a given directory using a secret password.
Htaccess Authentication Properties - Requires mod_htaccess
- {access_files, [path()]}
-
Specifies the filenames that are used for access files. When a request comes, every directory in the path to the requested asset are searched after files with the names specified by this parameter. If such a file is found, the file is parsed and the restrictions specified in it are applied to the request.
Security Properties - Requires mod_security
{security_directory, {path(), [{property(), term()}]}}
The properties for the security directories are as follows:
- {data_file, path()}
-
Name of the security data file. The filename can either be absolute or relative to the
server_root
. This file is used to store persistent data for modulemod_security
. - {max_retries, integer()}
-
Specifies the maximum number of attempts to authenticate a user before the user is blocked out. If a user successfully authenticates while blocked, the user receives a 403 (Forbidden) response from the server. If the user makes a failed attempt while blocked, the server returns 401 (Unauthorized), for security reasons. Default is
3
. Can be set to infinity. - {block_time, integer()}
-
Specifies the number of minutes a user is blocked. After this timehas passed, the user automatically regains access. Default is
60
. - {fail_expire_time, integer()}
-
Specifies the number of minutes a failed user authentication is remembered. If a user authenticates after this time has passed, the previous failed authentications are forgotten. Default is
30
. - {auth_timeout, integer()}
- Specifies the number of seconds a successful user authentication is remembered. After this time has passed, the authentication is no longer reported. Default is
30
.
Exports
info(Pid) ->
info(Pid, Properties) -> [{Option, Value}]
Types:
Properties = [property()] Option = property() Value = term()
Fetches information about the HTTP server. When called with only the pid, all properties are fetched. When called with a list of specific properties, they are fetched. The available properties are the same as the start options of the server.
Pid is the pid returned from inets:start/[2,3]
. Can also be retrieved form inets:services/0
and inets:services_info/0
, see inets(3)
.
info(Address, Port) ->
info(Address, Port, Profile) ->
info(Address, Port, Profile, Properties) -> [{Option, Value}]
info(Address, Port, Properties) -> [{Option, Value}]
Types:
Address = ip_address() Port = integer() Profile = atom() Properties = [property()] Option = property() Value = term()
Fetches information about the HTTP server. When called with only Address
and Port
, all properties are fetched. When called with a list of specific properties, they are fetched. The available properties are the same as the start options of the server.
The address must be the IP address and cannot be the hostname.
reload_config(Config, Mode) -> ok | {error, Reason}
Types:
Config = path() | [{Option, Value}] Option = property() Value = term() Mode = non_disturbing | disturbing
Reloads the HTTP server configuration without restarting the server. Incoming requests are answered with a temporary down message during the reload time.
Available properties are the same as the start options of the server, but the properties bind_address
and port
cannot be changed.
If mode is disturbing, the server is blocked forcefully, all ongoing requests terminates, and the reload starts immediately. If mode is non-disturbing, no new connections are accepted, but ongoing requests are allowed to complete before the reload is done.
Erlang web server api data types
The Erlang web server API data types are as follows:
ModData = #mod{} -record(mod, { data = [], socket_type = ip_comm, socket, config_db, method, absolute_uri, request_uri, http_version, request_line, parsed_header = [], entity_body, connection }).
To acess the record in your callback-module use:
-include_lib("inets/include/httpd.hrl").
The fields of record mod
have the following meaning:
data
-
Type
[{InteractionKey,InteractionValue}]
is used to propagate data between modules. Depictedinteraction_data()
in function type declarations. socket_type
-
socket_type()
indicates whether it is an IP socket or anssl
socket. socket
-
The socket, in format
ip_comm
orssl
, depending onsocket_type
. config_db
-
The config file directives stored as key-value tuples in an ETS table. Depicted
config_db()
in function type declarations. method
-
Type
"GET" | "POST" | "HEAD" | "TRACE"
, that is, the HTTP method. absolute_uri
If the request is an HTTP/1.1 request, the URI can be in the absolute URI format. In that case,
httpd
saves the absolute URI in this field. An Example of an absolute URI is"http://ServerName:Part/cgi-bin/find.pl?person=jocke"
request_uri
-
The
Request-URI
as defined inRFC 1945
, for example,"/cgi-bin/find.pl?person=jocke"
. http_version
-
The
HTTP
version of the request, that is, "HTTP/0.9", "HTTP/1.0", or "HTTP/1.1". request_line
-
The
Request-Line
as defined inRFC 1945
, for example,"GET /cgi-bin/find.pl?person=jocke HTTP/1.0"
. parsed_header
- Type
[{HeaderKey,HeaderValue}]
.parsed_header
contains all HTTP header fields from the HTTP request stored in a list as key-value tuples. SeeRFC 2616
for a listing of all header fields. For example, the date field is stored as{"date","Wed, 15 Oct 1997 14:35:17 GMT"}
. RFC 2616 defines that HTTP is a case-insensitive protocol and the header fields can be in lower case or upper case.httpd
ensures that all header field names are in lower case. entity_body
-
The
entity-Body
as defined inRFC 2616
, for example, data sent from a CGI script using the POST method. connection
true | false
. If set totrue
, the connection to the client is a persistent connection and is not closed when the request is served.
Erlang web server api callback functions
Exports
Module:do(ModData)-> {proceed, OldData} | {proceed, NewData} | {break, NewData} | done
Types:
OldData = list() NewData = [{response,{StatusCode,Body}}] | [{response,{response,Head,Body}}] | [{response,{already_sent,Statuscode,Size}}] StatusCode = integer() Body = io_list() | nobody | {Fun, Arg} Head = [HeaderOption] HeaderOption = {Option, Value} | {code, StatusCode} Option = accept_ranges | allow | cache_control | content_MD5 | content_encoding | content_language | content_length | content_location | content_range | content_type | date | etag | expires | last_modified | location | pragma | retry_after | server | trailer | transfer_encoding Value = string() Fun = fun( Arg ) -> sent| close | Body Arg = [term()]
When a valid request reaches httpd
, it calls do/1
in each module, defined by the configuration option of Module
. The function can generate data for other modules or a response that can be sent back to the client.
The field data
in ModData
is a list. This list is the list returned from the last call to do/1
.
Body
is the body of the HTTP response that is sent back to the client. An appropriate header is appended to the message. StatusCode
is the status code of the response, see RFC 2616
for the appropriate values.
Head
is a key value list of HTTP header fields. The server constructs an HTTP header from this data. See RFC 2616
for the appropriate value for each header field. If the client is an HTTP/1.0 client, the server filters the list so that only HTTP/1.0 header fields are sent back to the client.
If Body
is returned and equal to {Fun,Arg}
, the web server tries apply/2
on Fun
with Arg
as argument. The web server expects that the fun either returns a list (Body)
that is an HTTP repsonse, or the atom sent
if the HTTP response is sent back to the client. If close
is returned from the fun, something has gone wrong and the server signals this to the client by closing the connection.
Module:load(Line, AccIn)-> eof | ok | {ok, AccOut} | {ok, AccOut, {Option, Value}} | {ok, AccOut, [{Option, Value}]} | {error, Reason}
Types:
Line = string() AccIn = [{Option, Value}] AccOut = [{Option, Value}] Option = property() Value = term() Reason = term()
Converts a line in an Apache-like configuration file to an {Option, Value}
tuple. Some more complex configuration options, such as directory
and security_directory
, create an accumulator. This function only needs clauses for the options implemented by this particular callback module.
Module:remove(ConfigDB) -> ok | {error, Reason}
Types:
ConfigDB = ets_table() Reason = term()
When httpd
is shut down, it tries to execute remove/1
in each Erlang web server callback module. The programmer can use this function to clean up resources created in the store function.
Module:store({Option, Value}, Config)-> {ok, {Option, NewValue}} | {error, Reason}
Types:
Line = string() Option = property() Config = [{Option, Value}] Value = term() Reason = term()
Checks the validity of the configuration options before saving them in the internal database. This function can also have a side effect, that is, setup of necessary extra resources implied by the configuration option. It can also resolve possible dependencies among configuration options by changing the value of the option. This function only needs clauses for the options implemented by this particular callback module.
Erlang web server api help functions
Exports
parse_query(QueryString) -> [{Key,Value}]
Types:
QueryString = string() Key = string() Value = string()
parse_query/1
parses incoming data to erl
and eval
scripts (see mod_esi(3)
) as defined in the standard URL format, that is, '+' becomes 'space' and decoding of hexadecimal characters (%xx
).
See also
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