doc/developer-guide/plugins/hooks-and-transactions/intercepting-http-transactions.en.rst

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.. _developer-plugins-hooks-intercepting:

Intercepting HTTP Transactions
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The intercepting HTTP transaction functions enable plugins to intercept
transactions either after the request is received or upon contact with
the origin server. The plugin then acts as the origin server using the
``TSVConn`` interface. The intercepting HTTP transaction function allow
for reading ``POST`` bodies in plugins as well as using alternative
transports to the origin server.The intercepting HTTP transaction
functions are:

-  :c:func:`TSHttpTxnIntercept`