On Tuesday 23 October 2007 09:07, Rick Cobb wrote: > ns_http (http://panoptic.com/wiki/aolserver/Ns_http) > Supports asynchronous operation > Supports all methods > Only supports BASIC auth > No proxy support > No SSL (https) support > Implemented largely in C > Available only in AOLServer 4 and above > Built-in > Only usable from a single thread (no channel/socket passing)
This isn't quite accurate. What is going on in ns_http, is that a single thread does socket operations. When you do a ns_http queue, it places the request in a queue in this thread (different than a connection thread). The [ns_http queue] returns an id used during [ns_http wait]. [ns_http wait] can be called in a separate thread, like a scheduled proc. So you don't have to pass a socket around, it always remains in the queue thread. Also, you can add headers in a similar way to a regular request. That is, you provide a ns_set with additional headers. So whatever auth methods are supported with headers, you can do with ns_http. There is also ns_httpsget/post which handles https, just like ns_httpget/post. The commands ns_httpopen/ns_httpsopen are use by the get/post indirectly. I also think these may follow redirects. tom jackson -- AOLserver - http://www.aolserver.com/ To Remove yourself from this list, simply send an email to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> with the body of "SIGNOFF AOLSERVER" in the email message. You can leave the Subject: field of your email blank.
