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===================
TSHttpParserCreate
===================

Parse HTTP headers from memory buffers.

Synopsis
========

`#include <ts/ts.h>`

.. function:: TSHttpParser TSHttpParserCreate(void)
.. function:: void TSHttpParserClear(TSHttpParser parser)
.. function:: void TSHttpParserDestroy(TSHttpParser parser)
.. function:: TSParseResult TSHttpHdrParseReq(TSHttpParser parser, TSMBuffer bufp, TSMLoc offset, const char ** start, const char * end)
.. function:: TSParseResult TSHttpHdrParseResp(TSHttpParser parser, TSMBuffer bufp, TSMLoc offset, const char ** start, const char * end)

Description
===========

:func:`TSHttpParserCreate` creates an HTTP parser object. The
parser's data structure contains information about the header being
parsed. A single HTTP parser can be used multiple times, though not
simultaneously. Before being used again, the parser must be cleared
by calling :func:`TSHttpParserClear`.

:func:`TSHttpHdrParseReq` parses an HTTP request header. The HTTP
header :data:`offset` must already be created, and must reside
inside the marshal buffer :data:`bufp`. The :data:`start` argument
points to the current position of the string buffer being parsed
and the :data:`end` argument points to one byte after the end of
the buffer to be parsed. On return, :data:`start` is modified to
point past the last character parsed.

It is possible to parse an HTTP request header a single byte at a
time using repeated calls to :func:`TSHttpHdrParseReq`. As long as
an error does not occur, the :func:`TSHttpHdrParseReq` function
will consume that single byte and ask for more. :func:`TSHttpHdrParseReq`
should be called after :data:`TS_HTTP_READ_REQUEST_HDR_HOOK`.

:func:`TSHttpHdrParseResp` operates in the same manner as
:func:`TSHttpHdrParseReq` except it parses an HTTP response header.
It should be called after :data:`TS_HTTP_READ_RESPONSE_HDR_HOOK`.

:func:`TSHttpParserClear` clears the specified HTTP parser so it
may be used again.

:func:`TSHttpParserDestroy` destroys the TSHttpParser object pointed
to by :data:`parser`. The :data:`parser` pointer must not be NULL.

Return values
=============

:func:`TSHttpHdrParseReq` and :func:`TSHttpHdrParseResp` both return
a :type:`TSParseResult` value. :data:`TS_PARSE_ERROR` is returned
on error, :data:`TS_PARSE_CONT` is returned if parsing of the header
stopped because the end of the buffer was reached, and
:data:`TS_PARSE_DONE` or :data:`TS_PARSE_OK` when a \\r\\n\\r\\n
pattern is encountered, indicating the end of the header.

Bugs
====

The distinction between the :data:`TS_PARSE_DONE` and :data:`TS_PARSE_OK`
results is not well-defined. Plugins should expect both status codes and
treat them equivalently.

See also
========
:manpage:`TSAPI(3ts)`