> We would (somehow) dynamically create a new easy handle and stream for a pushed resource and allow the application to deny it or to receive it like an ordinary > transfer. The creation of the easy handle would probably then have to be presented to the application with a callback or something and the application would then > have to setup options etc for the transfer (like write callback etc). We could also imagine the application being allowed to cancel such a request.
I like this one. Something to think about is the behavior of SETTINGS_ENABLE_PUSH .... On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 2:11 PM, Daniel Stenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey > > Anyone around who has been thinking about using HTTP/2 and server push in > an application? Server push means that a new stream is initiated from the > server without the client specifically asking for it. Typically it would be > resource B that the server thinks the client wants since it asked for > resource A. Like in a web scenario it could be the CSS if the client asked > for the html. > > A client can of course deny it (or disallow it completely in the first > place), but how would you like the API for libcurl to expose this > functionality? > > Method 1: > > I started out thinking we should have an option that allows us to setup an > easy handle and add it to the multi handle just idling until the server > (might) do a push. This is rather inflexible and forces the application to > know before-hand how many pushed streams it'd like. > > Method 2: > > We would (somehow) dynamically create a new easy handle and stream for a > pushed resource and allow the application to deny it or to receive it like > an ordinary transfer. The creation of the easy handle would probably then > have to be presented to the application with a callback or something and > the application would then have to setup options etc for the transfer (like > write callback etc). We could also imagine the application being allowed to > cancel such a request. > > Method 3: > > I'm sure we can think of other ways. What do you think? > > -- > > / daniel.haxx.se > ------------------------------------------------------------------- > List admin: http://cool.haxx.se/list/listinfo/curl-library > Etiquette: http://curl.haxx.se/mail/etiquette.html
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