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authorMichael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>2015-06-06 12:34:00 +0200
committerMichael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>2015-06-06 12:34:05 +0200
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* cigaes/master: lavf/http: Add simple autodetection for client HTTP method, based on AVIO_FLAG_READ. lavf/http: Indent else-clause. lavf/http: Properly process HTTP header on listen. lavf/http: Rudimentary error handling for HTTP requests received from clients. lavf/http: Process HTTP header before sending response. lavf/http: Document method option. Merged-by: Michael Niedermayer <michaelni@gmx.at>
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@@ -278,6 +278,16 @@ Set initial byte offset.
@item end_offset
Try to limit the request to bytes preceding this offset.
+@item method
+When used as a client option it sets the HTTP method for the request.
+
+When used as a server option it sets the HTTP method that is going to be
+expected from the client(s).
+If the expected and the received HTTP method do not match the client will
+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 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
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