From: Derek Buitenhuis <derek.buitenhuis@gmail.com> To: ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org Subject: [FFmpeg-devel] [PATCH 7/6] doc/protocols: Re-order HTTP options to match http.c order Date: Tue, 16 Apr 2024 14:55:54 +0100 Message-ID: <20240416135555.111773-1-derek.buitenhuis@gmail.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20240415162741.110374-1-derek.buitenhuis@gmail.com> This makes the list easier to maintain. Signed-off-by: Derek Buitenhuis <derek.buitenhuis@gmail.com> --- doc/protocols.texi | 112 ++++++++++++++++++++++----------------------- 1 file changed, 56 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/protocols.texi b/doc/protocols.texi index f54600b846..5ce1ddc8f4 100644 --- a/doc/protocols.texi +++ b/doc/protocols.texi @@ -442,9 +442,6 @@ value is -1. @item chunked_post If set to 1 use chunked Transfer-Encoding for posts, default is 1. -@item content_type -Set a specific content type for the POST messages or for listen mode. - @item http_proxy set HTTP proxy to tunnel through e.g. http://example.com:1234 @@ -452,35 +449,21 @@ set HTTP proxy to tunnel through e.g. http://example.com:1234 Set custom HTTP headers, can override built in default headers. The value must be a string encoding the headers. -@item multiple_requests -Use persistent connections if set to 1, default is 0. - -@item post_data -Set custom HTTP post data. - -@item referer -Set the Referer header. Include 'Referer: URL' header in HTTP request. +@item content_type +Set a specific content type for the POST messages or for listen mode. @item user_agent Override the User-Agent header. If not specified the protocol will use a string describing the libavformat build. ("Lavf/<version>") -@item reconnect_at_eof -If set then eof is treated like an error and causes reconnection, this is useful -for live / endless streams. - -@item reconnect_streamed -If set then even streamed/non seekable streams will be reconnected on errors. - -@item reconnect_on_network_error -Reconnect automatically in case of TCP/TLS errors during connect. +@item referer +Set the Referer header. Include 'Referer: URL' header in HTTP request. -@item reconnect_on_http_error -A comma separated list of HTTP status codes to reconnect on. The list can -include specific status codes (e.g. '503') or the strings '4xx' / '5xx'. +@item multiple_requests +Use persistent connections if set to 1, default is 0. -@item reconnect_delay_max -Sets the maximum delay in seconds after which to give up reconnecting +@item post_data +Set custom HTTP post data. @item mime_type Export the MIME type. @@ -488,6 +471,11 @@ Export the MIME type. @item http_version Exports the HTTP response version number. Usually "1.0" or "1.1". +@item cookies +Set the cookies to be sent in future requests. The format of each cookie is the +same as the value of a Set-Cookie HTTP response field. Multiple cookies can be +delimited by a newline character. + @item icy If set to 1 request ICY (SHOUTcast) metadata from the server. If the server supports this, the metadata has to be retrieved by the application by reading @@ -504,10 +492,32 @@ contains the last non-empty metadata packet sent by the server. It should be polled in regular intervals by applications interested in mid-stream metadata updates. -@item cookies -Set the cookies to be sent in future requests. The format of each cookie is the -same as the value of a Set-Cookie HTTP response field. Multiple cookies can be -delimited by a newline character. +@item auth_type + +Set HTTP authentication type. No option for Digest, since this method requires +getting nonce parameters from the server first and can't be used straight away like +Basic. + +@table @option +@item none +Choose the HTTP authentication type automatically. This is the default. +@item basic + +Choose the HTTP basic authentication. + +Basic authentication sends a Base64-encoded string that contains a user name and password +for the client. Base64 is not a form of encryption and should be considered the same as +sending the user name and password in clear text (Base64 is a reversible encoding). +If a resource needs to be protected, strongly consider using an authentication scheme +other than basic authentication. HTTPS/TLS should be used with basic authentication. +Without these additional security enhancements, basic authentication should not be used +to protect sensitive or valuable information. +@end table + +@item send_expect_100 +Send an Expect: 100-continue header for POST. If set to 1 it will send, if set +to 0 it won't, if set to -1 it will try to send if it is applicable. Default +value is -1. @item offset Set initial byte offset. @@ -525,6 +535,23 @@ be given a Bad Request response. When unset the HTTP method is not checked for now. This will be replaced by autodetection in the future. +@item reconnect_at_eof +If set then eof is treated like an error and causes reconnection, this is useful +for live / endless streams. + +@item reconnect_on_network_error +Reconnect automatically in case of TCP/TLS errors during connect. + +@item reconnect_on_http_error +A comma separated list of HTTP status codes to reconnect on. The list can +include specific status codes (e.g. '503') or the strings '4xx' / '5xx'. + +@item reconnect_streamed +If set then even streamed/non seekable streams will be reconnected on errors. + +@item reconnect_delay_max +Sets the maximum delay in seconds after which to give up reconnecting + @item listen If set to 1 enables experimental HTTP server. This can be used to send data when used as an output option, or read data from a client with HTTP POST when used as @@ -551,33 +578,6 @@ ffmpeg -i somefile.ogg -chunked_post 0 -c copy -f ogg http://@var{server}:@var{p wget --post-file=somefile.ogg http://@var{server}:@var{port} @end example -@item send_expect_100 -Send an Expect: 100-continue header for POST. If set to 1 it will send, if set -to 0 it won't, if set to -1 it will try to send if it is applicable. Default -value is -1. - -@item auth_type - -Set HTTP authentication type. No option for Digest, since this method requires -getting nonce parameters from the server first and can't be used straight away like -Basic. - -@table @option -@item none -Choose the HTTP authentication type automatically. This is the default. -@item basic - -Choose the HTTP basic authentication. - -Basic authentication sends a Base64-encoded string that contains a user name and password -for the client. Base64 is not a form of encryption and should be considered the same as -sending the user name and password in clear text (Base64 is a reversible encoding). -If a resource needs to be protected, strongly consider using an authentication scheme -other than basic authentication. HTTPS/TLS should be used with basic authentication. -Without these additional security enhancements, basic authentication should not be used -to protect sensitive or valuable information. -@end table - @end table @subsection HTTP Cookies -- 2.43.0 _______________________________________________ ffmpeg-devel mailing list ffmpeg-devel@ffmpeg.org https://ffmpeg.org/mailman/listinfo/ffmpeg-devel To unsubscribe, visit link above, or email ffmpeg-devel-request@ffmpeg.org with subject "unsubscribe".
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