TH "event2/http_compat.h" 3 "Tue Jan 31 2017" "libevent" \" -*- nroff -*-
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SH NAME
event2/http_compat.h \- Potentially non-threadsafe versions of the functions in \fBhttp\&.h\fP: provided only for backwards compatibility\&.
SH SYNOPSIS
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\fC#include <event2/event\-config\&.h>\fP
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\fC#include <event2/util\&.h>\fP
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SS "Macros"
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RI "#define \fBevhttp_request_uri\fP \fBevhttp_request_get_uri\fP"
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RI "\fIReturns the request URI\&. \fP"
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SS "Functions"
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RI "struct evhttp_connection * \fBevhttp_connection_new\fP (const char *address, ev_uint16_t port)"
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RI "\fIA connection object that can be used to for making HTTP requests\&. \fP"
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RI "void \fBevhttp_connection_set_base\fP (struct evhttp_connection *evcon, struct \fBevent_base\fP *base)"
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RI "\fIAssociates an event base with the connection - can only be called on a freshly created connection object that has not been used yet\&. \fP"
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RI "struct evhttp * \fBevhttp_start\fP (const char *address, ev_uint16_t port)"
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RI "\fIStart an HTTP server on the specified address and port\&. \fP"
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SH "Detailed Description"
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Potentially non-threadsafe versions of the functions in \fBhttp\&.h\fP: provided only for backwards compatibility\&.
SH "Function Documentation"
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SS "struct evhttp_connection* evhttp_connection_new (const char * address, ev_uint16_t port)"
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A connection object that can be used to for making HTTP requests\&. The connection object tries to establish the connection when it is given an http request object\&.
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\fBDeprecated\fP
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It does not allow an event base to be specified
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Associates an event base with the connection - can only be called on a freshly created connection object that has not been used yet\&.
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\fBDeprecated\fP
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XXXX Why?
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SS "struct evhttp* evhttp_start (const char * address, ev_uint16_t port)"
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Start an HTTP server on the specified address and port\&.
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\fBDeprecated\fP
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It does not allow an event base to be specified
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\fBParameters:\fP
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\fIaddress\fP the address to which the HTTP server should be bound
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\fIport\fP the port number on which the HTTP server should listen
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\fBReturns:\fP
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an struct evhttp object
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SH "Author"
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Generated automatically by Doxygen for libevent from the source code\&.
