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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">

<erlref>
  <header>
    <copyright>
      <year>1997</year><year>2022</year>
      <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
    </copyright>
    <legalnotice>
      Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
      you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
      You may obtain a copy of the License at
 
          http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

      Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
      distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
      WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
      See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
      limitations under the License.

    </legalnotice>

    <title>httpd_util</title>
    <prepared>Joakim Greben&ouml;</prepared>
    <docno></docno>
    <date>1997-10-14</date>
    <rev>2.2</rev>
    <file>httpd_util.sgml</file>
  </header>
  <module since="">httpd_util</module>
  <modulesummary>Miscellaneous utility functions to be used when implementing 
  Erlang web server API modules.</modulesummary>
  <description>
    <p>This module provides the Erlang web server API module
      programmer with miscellaneous utility functions.</p>
      <note><p>Note the module is only recommended for using with httpd - for other
      cases it should be considered as deprecated.</p></note>
    <marker id="convert_request_date"></marker>
  </description>

  <funcs>
    <func>
      <name since="">convert_request_date(DateString) -> ErlDate|bad_date</name>
      <fsummary>Converts the date to the Erlang date format.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>DateString = string()</v>
        <v>ErlDate = calendar:datetime() </v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>convert_request_date/1</c> converts <c>DateString</c> to 
          the Erlang date format. <c>DateString</c> must be in one of the 
	  three date formats defined in 
	<url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name since="">create_etag(FileInfo) -> Etag</name>
      <fsummary>Calculates the Etag for a file.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>FileInfo = file_info()</v>
        <v>Etag = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>create_etag/1</c> calculates the Etag for a file from its
          size and time for last modification. <c>FileInfo</c> is a record defined 
          in <c>kernel/include/file.hrl</c>.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>
    
    <func>
      <name since="">day(NthDayOfWeek) -> DayOfWeek</name>
      <fsummary>Converts the day of the week 
      (integer [1-7]) to an abbreviated string.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>NthDayOfWeek = 1-7</v>
        <v>DayOfWeek = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>day/1</c> converts the day of the week
          (<c>NthDayOfWeek</c>) from an integer (1-7) to an abbreviated
          string, that is:</p>
        <p>1 = "Mon", 2 = "Tue", ..., 7 = "Sat".</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name since="">lookup(ETSTable,Key) -> Result</name>
      <name since="">lookup(ETSTable,Key,Undefined) -> Result</name>
      <fsummary>Extracts the first value associated with a <c>Key</c> 
      in an ETS table.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>ETSTable = ets_table()</v>
        <v>Key = term()</v>
        <v>Result = term() | undefined | Undefined</v>
        <v>Undefined = term()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>lookup</c> extracts <c>{Key,Value}</c> tuples from
          <c>ETSTable</c> and returns the <c>Value</c> associated  
          with <c>Key</c>. If <c>ETSTable</c> is of type <c>bag</c>,
          only the first <c>Value</c> associated with <c>Key</c> is
          returned. <c>lookup/2</c> returns <c>undefined</c> and
          <c>lookup/3</c> returns <c>Undefined</c> if no <c>Value</c>
          is found.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name since="">lookup_mime(ConfigDB,Suffix)</name>
      <name since="">lookup_mime(ConfigDB,Suffix,Undefined) -> MimeType</name>
      <fsummary>Returns the MIME type associated with a specific file suffix.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>ConfigDB = ets_table()</v>
        <v>Suffix = string()</v>
        <v>MimeType = string() | undefined | Undefined</v>
        <v>Undefined = term()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>lookup_mime</c> returns the MIME type associated with a
          specific file suffix as specified in the file <c>mime.types</c>
          (located in the config directory).</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name since="">lookup_mime_default(ConfigDB,Suffix)</name>
      <name since="">lookup_mime_default(ConfigDB,Suffix,Undefined) -> MimeType</name>
      <fsummary>Returns the MIME type associated with a specific file suffix 
      or the value of the DefaultType.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>ConfigDB = ets_table()</v>
        <v>Suffix = string()</v>
        <v>MimeType = string() | undefined | Undefined</v>
        <v>Undefined = term()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>lookup_mime_default</c> returns the MIME type associated
          with a specific file suffix as specified in the
          <c>mime.types</c> file (located in the config  directory).
          If no appropriate association is found, the value of <c>DefaultType</c> is
          returned.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name since="">message(StatusCode,PhraseArgs,ConfigDB) -> Message</name>
      <fsummary>Returns an informative HTTP 1.1 status string in HTML.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>StatusCode = 301 | 400 | 403 | 404 | 500 | 501 | 504</v>
        <v>PhraseArgs = term()</v>
        <v>ConfigDB = ets_table</v>
        <v>Message = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>message/3</c> returns an informative HTTP 1.1 status
          string in HTML. Each <c>StatusCode</c> requires a specific
          <c>PhraseArgs</c>:
          </p>
        <taglist>
          <tag><c>301</c></tag>
          <item><p><c>string()</c>: A URL pointing at the new document
           position.</p></item>
          <tag><c>400 | 401 | 500</c></tag>
          <item><p><c>none</c> (no <c>PhraseArgs</c>).</p></item>
          <tag><c>403 | 404</c></tag>
          <item><p><c>string()</c>: A <c>Request-URI</c> as described in
          <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>.</p>
	  </item>
          <tag><c>501</c></tag>
          <item><p><c>{Method,RequestURI,HTTPVersion}</c>: The HTTP
          <c>Method</c>, <c>Request-URI</c>, and <c>HTTP-Version</c>
           as defined in RFC 2616.</p></item>
          <tag><c>504</c></tag>
          <item><p><c>string()</c>: A string describing why the service
           was unavailable.</p></item>
        </taglist>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name since="">month(NthMonth) -> Month</name>
      <fsummary>Converts the month as an integer (1-12) to an abbreviated string.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>NthMonth = 1-12</v>
        <v>Month = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>month/1</c> converts the month <c>NthMonth</c> as an
          integer (1-12) to an abbreviated string, that is: </p>
        <p>1 = "Jan", 2 = "Feb", ..., 12 = "Dec".</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name since="">multi_lookup(ETSTable,Key) -> Result</name>
      <fsummary>Extracts the values associated with a key in an ETS table.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>ETSTable = ets_table()</v>
        <v>Key = term()</v>
        <v>Result = [term()]</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>multi_lookup</c> extracts all <c>{Key,Value}</c> tuples
          from an <c>ETSTable</c> and returns <em>all</em> <c>Values</c> 
	associated with <c>Key</c> in a list.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name since="">reason_phrase(StatusCode) -> Description</name>
      <fsummary>Returns the description of an HTTP 1.1 status code.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>StatusCode = 100 | 200 | 201 | 202 | 204 | 205 | 206 | 300 | 301 | 
          302 | 303 | 304 | 308 | 400 | 401 | 402 | 403 | 404 | 405 | 406 | 
          410 | 411 | 412 | 413 | 414 | 415 | 416 | 417 | 500 | 501 | 502 | 
          503 | 504 | 505</v>
        <v>Description = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>reason_phrase</c> returns <c>Description</c> of an
          HTTP 1.1 <c>StatusCode</c>, for example, 200 is "OK" and 201
          is "Created". For more information, see
	<url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name since="">rfc1123_date() -> RFC1123Date</name>
      <name since="">rfc1123_date(Date) -> RFC1123Date</name>
      <fsummary>Returns the current date in RFC 1123 format.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v> Date = calendar:datetime()</v>
        <v>RFC1123Date = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>rfc1123_date/0</c> returns the current date in RFC 1123
          format. <c>rfc_date/1</c> converts the date in the Erlang format
          to the RFC 1123 date format.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name since="">split(String,RegExp,N) -> SplitRes</name>
      <fsummary>Splits a string in N chunks using a regular expression.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>String = RegExp = string()</v>
        <v>SplitRes = {ok, FieldList} | {error, errordesc()}</v>
        <v>Fieldlist = [string()]</v>
        <v>N = integer</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>split/3</c> splits <c>String</c> in <c>N</c> chunks
          using <c>RegExp</c>. <c>split/3</c> is equivalent to
          <c>regexp:split/2</c> with the exception that <c>N</c>
          defines the maximum number of fields in
          <c>FieldList</c>.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name since="">split_script_path(RequestLine) -> Split</name>
      <fsummary>Splits a <c>RequestLine</c> in a file reference to an executable, 
      and a <c>QueryString</c> or a <c>PathInfo</c>string.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>RequestLine = string()</v>
        <v>Split = not_a_script | {Path, PathInfo, QueryString}</v>
        <v>Path = QueryString = PathInfo = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>split_script_path/1</c> is equivalent to
          <c>split_path/1</c> with one exception. If the longest
          possible path is not a regular, accessible, and executable
          file, then <c>not_a_script</c> is returned.</p>
      </desc>
    </func>

    <func>
      <name since="">split_path(RequestLine) -> {Path,QueryStringOrPathInfo}</name>
      <fsummary>Splits a <c>RequestLine</c> in a file reference, and a 
      <c>QueryString</c> or a <c>PathInfo</c> string.</fsummary>
      <type>
        <v>RequestLine = Path = QueryStringOrPathInfo = string()</v>
      </type>
      <desc>
        <p><c>split_path/1</c> splits <c>RequestLine</c> in a file
          reference (<c>Path</c>), and a <c>QueryString</c> or a
          <c>PathInfo</c> string as specified in
	  <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>.
	  A <c>QueryString</c> is isolated from <c>Path</c> with a
          question mark (<c>?</c>) and <c>PathInfo</c> with a slash
          (/). In the case of a <c>QueryString</c>, everything before
          <c>?</c> is a <c>Path</c> and everything after <c>?</c> is a
          <c>QueryString</c>. In the case of a <c>PathInfo</c>,
          <c>RequestLine</c> is scanned from left-to-right on the hunt
          for longest possible <c>Path</c> being a file or a
          directory. Everything after the longest possible
          <c>Path</c>, isolated with a <c>/</c>, is regarded as
          <c>PathInfo</c></p>
      </desc>
    </func>
    </funcs>
    
  <section>
    <title>SEE ALSO</title>
    <p><seeerl marker="httpd">httpd(3)</seeerl></p>
  </section>
  
</erlref>