[FFmpeg-cvslog] lavf/http: Document method option.

Stephan Holljes git at videolan.org
Sat Jun 6 12:51:41 CEST 2015


ffmpeg | branch: master | Stephan Holljes <klaxa1337 at googlemail.com> | Thu Jun  4 01:16:59 2015 +0200| [aa74401af8a40862c8e148222481921f8013f6ed] | committer: Nicolas George

lavf/http: Document method option.

Signed-off-by: Stephan Holljes <klaxa1337 at googlemail.com>

> http://git.videolan.org/gitweb.cgi/ffmpeg.git/?a=commit;h=aa74401af8a40862c8e148222481921f8013f6ed
---

 doc/protocols.texi |   10 ++++++++++
 libavformat/http.c |    2 +-
 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/doc/protocols.texi b/doc/protocols.texi
index f822d81..453dbcf 100644
--- a/doc/protocols.texi
+++ b/doc/protocols.texi
@@ -278,6 +278,16 @@ Set initial byte offset.
 @item end_offset
 Try to limit the request to bytes preceding this offset.
 
+ at 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
diff --git a/libavformat/http.c b/libavformat/http.c
index 4f6716a..546741a 100644
--- a/libavformat/http.c
+++ b/libavformat/http.c
@@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ static const AVOption options[] = {
     { "location", "The actual location of the data received", OFFSET(location), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { 0 }, 0, 0, D | E },
     { "offset", "initial byte offset", OFFSET(off), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT64, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, INT64_MAX, D },
     { "end_offset", "try to limit the request to bytes preceding this offset", OFFSET(end_off), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT64, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, INT64_MAX, D },
-    { "method", "Override the HTTP method", OFFSET(method), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = NULL }, 0, 0, E },
+    { "method", "Override the HTTP method or set the expected HTTP method from a client", OFFSET(method), AV_OPT_TYPE_STRING, { .str = NULL }, 0, 0, D | E },
     { "reconnect", "auto reconnect after disconnect before EOF", OFFSET(reconnect), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, 1, D },
     { "listen", "listen on HTTP", OFFSET(listen), AV_OPT_TYPE_INT, { .i64 = 0 }, 0, 1, D | E },
     { NULL }



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