LIBBOZOHTTPD(3)

NAME
libbozohttpd - embedded web server library

LIBRARY
libbozohttpd

SYNOPSIS
#include <bozohttpd.h>
int
bozo_set_pref(bozohttpd_t *httpd, bozoprefs_t *prefs, char *name, char *value);
char *
bozo_get_pref(bozoprefs_t *prefs, char *name);
int
bozo_set_defaults(bozohttpd_t *httpd, bozoprefs_t *prefs);
void
bozo_setup(bozohttpd_t *httpd, bozoprefs_t *prefs, const char *vhost, char *slash);
bozo_httpreq_t *
bozo_read_request(bozohttpd_t *httpd);
void
bozo_process_request(bozo_httpreq_t *);
void
bozo_clean_request(bozo_httpreq_t *);

DESCRIPTION
libbozohttpd is a library interface to the bozohttpd(8) web server. The libbozohttpd library can be used to embed a webserver in your applications.

Normal operation sees the libbozohttpd process be initialised using the bozo_set_defaults() function, which will set up the default port and other internal settings, allocating any necessary space as needed. The bozo_set_defaults() function returns 1 on sucess, 0 on failure.

The bozo_setup() function is used to specify the virtual host name for the web server. A NULL host name will mean that libbozohttpd will use the local value for the host name, as returned by gethostname(3). This virtual hostname should be a fully qualified domain name. The final argument to bozo_setup() is the name of the directory to serve as the root directory of the web server tree.

Once the server has been set up, it serves requests by using the bozo_read_request() function, which returns a pointer to a request structure, and bozo_process_request(), which deals with the request, and answers the client. The request space is de-allocated using the bozo_clean_request() function.

Preferences are set using the function bozo_set_pref() function and queried using the two bozo_get_pref() function. This is the main interface for selecting options, and for setting preferences.

SEE ALSO
gethostname(3), ssl(3), services(5), httpd(8)

HISTORY
The libbozohttpd library first appeared in NetBSD 6.0.

AUTHORS
Matthew R. Green <mrg@eterna.com.au> Alistair Crooks <agc@NetBSD.org> wrote this high-level interface.

This manual page was written by Alistair Crooks.