NSAPI Programmer's Guide for Enterprise Server 4.0
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NSAPI Programmer's Guide for Enterprise Server 4.0
About This Book
Chapter 1 Basics of Enterprise Server Operation
- Configuration Files
- magnus.conf
- obj.conf
- mime.types
- How the Server Handles Requests from Clients
- HTTP Basics
- Steps in the Request Handling Process
- Directives for Handling Requests
- Using NSAPI to Write New Server Application Functions
Chapter 2 Syntax and Use of Obj.conf
- Server Instructions in obj.conf
- Summary of the Directives
- Object and Client Tags
- The Object Tag
- The Client Tag
- Flow of Control in obj.conf
- Init
- AuthTrans
- NameTrans
- PathCheck
- ObjectType
- Service
- AddLog
- Error
- Syntax Rules for Editing obj.conf
- Order of Directives
- Parameters
- Case Sensitivity
- Separators
- Quotes
- Spaces
- Line Continuation
- Path Names
- Comments
Chapter 3 Predefined SAFS for Each Stage in the Request Handling Process
- Init Stage
- AuthTrans Stage
- NameTrans Stage
- PathCheck Stage
- ObjectType Stage
- Service Stage
- AddLog Stage
- Error Stage
Chapter 4 Creating Custom SAFs
- The SAF Interface
- SAF Parameters
- pb (parameter block)
- sn (session)
- rq (request)
- Result Codes
- Creating and Using Custom SAFs
- Write the Source Code
- Compile and Link
- Load and Initialize the SAF
- Instruct the Server to Call the SAFs
- Stop and Start the Server
- Test the SAF
- Overview of NSAPI C Functions
- Parameter Block Manipulation Routines
- Protocol Utilities for Service SAFs
- Memory Management
- File I/O
- Network I/O
- Threads
- Utilities
- Required Behavior of SAFs for Each Directive
- Init SAFs
- AuthTrans SAFs
- NameTrans SAFs
- PathCheck SAFs
- ObjectType SAFs
- Service SAFs
- Error SAFs
- AddLog SAFs
- CGI to NSAPI Conversion
Chapter 5 NSAPI Function Reference
- NSAPI Functions (in Alphabetical Order)
Chapter 6 Examples of Custom SAFsS
- Examples in the Build
- AuthTrans Example
- Installing the Example
- Source Code
- NameTrans Example
- Installing the Example
- Source Code
- PathCheck Example
- Installing the Example
- Source Code
- ObjectType Example
- Installing the Example
- Source Code
- Service Example
- Installing the Example
- Source Code
- More Complex Service Example
- AddLog Example
- Installing the Example
- Source Code
Appendix A Data Structure Reference
- Privatization of Some Data Structures
- session
- pblock
- pb_entry
- pb_param
- Session->client
- request
- stat
- shmem_s
- cinfo
Appendix B Variables in magnus.conf
- Server Information
- Object Configuration File
- Language Issues
- DNS Lookup
- Threads, Processes and Connections
- Native Thread Pools
- CGI
- Error Logging and Statistic Collection
- ACL
- Security
- Miscellaneous
Appendix C MIME Types
- Introduction
- Loading the MIME Types File
- Determining the MIME Type
- How the Type Affects the Response
- What Does the Client Do with the MIME Type?
- Syntax of the MIME Types File
- Sample MIME Types File
Appendix D Wildcard Patterns
- Wildcard Patterns
- Wildcard Examples
Appendix E Time Formats
Appendix F Server-Parsed HTML Tags
- Using Server-Parsed Commands
- config
- include
- echo
- fsize
- flastmod
- exec
- Environment Variables in Commands
Appendix G HyperText Transfer Protocol
- Introduction
- Requests
- Request Method, URI, and Protocol Version
- Request Headers
- Request Data
- Responses
- HTTP Protocol Version, Status Code, and Reason Phrase
- Response Headers
- Response Data
Appendix H Alphabetical List of NSAPI Functions and Macros
Appendix I Alphabetical List of Directives in magnus.conf
Appendix J Alphabetical List of Pre-defined SAFs
Index
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