httpcommon.cpp File Reference

Definitions for common HTTP. More...

#include <filesystem>
#include <utility>
#include <boost/asio/ssl/context.hpp>
#include <boost/asio/ssl/context_base.hpp>
#include <boost/property_tree/json_parser.hpp>
#include <boost/property_tree/ptree.hpp>
#include <boost/property_tree/xml_parser.hpp>
#include <curl/curl.h>
#include <Simple-Web-Server/server_http.hpp>
#include <Simple-Web-Server/server_https.hpp>
#include "config.h"
#include "crypto.h"
#include "file_handler.h"
#include "httpcommon.h"
#include "logging.h"
#include "network.h"
#include "nvhttp.h"
#include "platform/common.h"
#include "process.h"
#include "rtsp.h"
#include "utility.h"
#include "uuid.h"

Include dependency graph for httpcommon.cpp:

Functions
int	http::create_creds (const std::string &pkey, const std::string &cert)
	Generate HTTPS credential files from the provided key and certificate paths.
bool	http::download_file (const std::string &url, const std::string &file, long ssl_version)
	Send a static file response for a Web UI request.
int	http::init ()
	Load persisted HTTP credentials and initialize shared request state.
int	http::reload_user_creds (const std::string &file)
	Reload the Web UI credentials from disk.
int	http::save_user_creds (const std::string &file, const std::string &username, const std::string &password, bool run_our_mouth)
	Save user creds.
std::string	http::url_escape (const std::string &url)
	Percent-encode URL data for use in HTTP query strings.
std::string	http::url_get_host (const std::string &url)
	Extract the host component from a URL string.
bool	http::user_creds_exist (const std::string &file)
	Check whether the Web UI credentials file exists and is readable.

Variables
net::net_e	http::origin_web_ui_allowed
	Origin web ui allowed.
std::string	http::unique_id
	Unique ID.

Detailed Description

Definitions for common HTTP.

Function Documentation

create_creds()

int http::create_creds	(	const std::string &	pkey,
		const std::string &	cert )

Generate HTTPS credential files from the provided key and certificate paths.

Parameters

pkey	Private key PEM data or private key file path.
cert	Certificate data or object used by the operation.

Returns

Created creds object or status.

download_file()

bool http::download_file	(	const std::string &	url,
		const std::string &	file,
		long	ssl_version = CURL_SSLVERSION_TLSv1_2 )

Send a static file response for a Web UI request.

Download a URL to a local file using libcurl.

Parameters

url	URL used for the HTTP request.
file	Destination path for the downloaded content.
ssl_version	libcurl TLS version selector for the request.

Returns

True when the file is downloaded successfully.

init()

int http::init

(

)

Load persisted HTTP credentials and initialize shared request state.

Initialize shared HTTP client state.

Returns

0 when HTTP state initializes successfully; nonzero on failure.

reload_user_creds()

int http::reload_user_creds

(

const std::string &

file

)

Reload the Web UI credentials from disk.

Reload Web UI user credentials from disk.

Parameters

file	Destination path for the downloaded content.

Returns

0 when credentials reload successfully; nonzero on failure.

save_user_creds()

int http::save_user_creds	(	const std::string &	file,
		const std::string &	username,
		const std::string &	password,
		bool	run_our_mouth )

Save user creds.

Parameters

file	Credentials file path.
username	Username to save.
password	Password to save.
run_our_mouth	Whether to log user-facing status messages.

Returns

0 on success, non-zero on failure.

url_escape()

std::string http::url_escape

(

const std::string &

url

)

Percent-encode URL data for use in HTTP query strings.

Percent-encode a string for safe inclusion in a URL.

Parameters

url	URL used for the HTTP request.

Returns

Percent-encoded URL component.

url_get_host()

std::string http::url_get_host

(

const std::string &

url

)

Extract the host component from a URL string.

Extract the host component from a URL.

Parameters

url	URL used for the HTTP request.

Returns

Host name parsed from the URL, or an empty string when none is present.

user_creds_exist()

bool http::user_creds_exist

(

const std::string &

file

)

Check whether the Web UI credentials file exists and is readable.

Parameters

file	Path to the credentials file.

Returns

True when the credentials file is present.