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Overview
- unit HttpSrv.pas
- inheritance THttpServer- TComponent
THttpServer component is implementing the server side HTTP protocol. HTTP protocol is the standard protocol for browsing the World Wide Web.
If you want to write a web application, you should use THttpAppSrv which derive from THttpServer and add a lot of nice features to ease writing HTTP application server.
Properties
Addr |
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Binds the server to a specific IP-address and only receives request for that IP+Port.
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AuthDigestMethod |
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Select the method to be used for digest authentication.
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AuthDigestNonceLifeTimeMin |
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Life time for digest nonce.
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AuthRealm |
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Name space for authentication.
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AuthTypes |
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Allowed authentications methods.
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DefaultDoc |
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Name of the default document.
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DocDir |
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Path name for the root directory where documents are stored.
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IcsLogger |
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Reference to the TIcsLgger component.
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KeepAliveTimeSec |
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Keep alive time expressed in seconds.
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LingerOnOff |
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How linger must be done. This affect the way sockets are closed.
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LingerTimeout |
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How long should the socket linger when closing.
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ListenBackog |
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How many connections can be queued by the OS before refusing new connections.
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MaxClients |
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Maximum number of simultaneous client accepted. Use 0 if not limit desired.
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MaxRequestsKeepAlive |
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MaxRequestsKeepAlive.
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Name |
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Component name.
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Options |
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Affect how the component is operating.
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Port |
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TCP port number the component has to listen to.
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Tag |
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Tag.
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TemplateDir |
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Path where the component search for dynamic pages templates.
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Runtime properties
ClientCount |
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Number of currently connected clients.
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Client |
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Array of connected clients. Index is from 0 to ClientCount - 1.
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ClientClass |
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Reference to the class the component has to instanciate for each client.
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WSocketServer |
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Reference to the underlaying TWSocketServer.
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Methods
Start |
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Starts the webserver so it lisen for incoming requests.
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Events
OnServerStarte |
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Triggered when server has started listening
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OnServerStopped |
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Triggered when server has stopped listening
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OnClientConnect |
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Triggered when a client has connected
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OnClientDisconnect |
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Triggered when a client is about to disconnect.
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OnGetDocument |
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Triggered when a client sent GET request. You can either do nothing and let server handle all work, or you can build a document on the fly or refuse access.
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OnHeadDocument |
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Triggered when a client sent HEAD request. You can either do nothing and let server handle all work, or you can build a document header on the fly or refuse access.
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OnPostDocument |
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Triggered when a client sent POST request. You have to tell if you accept data or not. If you accept, you'll get OnPostedData event with incomming data.
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OnPostedData |
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Triggered when client post data and you accepted it from OnPostDocument event. When you've got all data, you have to build a reply to be sent to client.
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OnHttpRequestDone |
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A HTTP request has been handled on behalf of a client.
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OnBeforeProcessRequest |
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Triggered before processing any request.
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OnFilterDirEntry |
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Triggered to filter directory entries.
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OnAuthGetPassword |
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Triggered to get the password for authentication
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OnAuthResult |
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TAuthResultEvent
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OnAuthGetType |
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TAuthGetTypeEvent
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OnAuthNtlmBeforeValidat |
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TAuthNtlmBeforeValidate
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