Module Ocsigen_extensions

module Ocsigen_extensions: sig .. end
Writing extensions for Ocsigen

include Ocsigen_command
module Ocsigen_request_info: module type of Ocsigen_request_info 
                                with type request_info = Ocsigen_request_info.request_info
                                 and type file_info = Ocsigen_request_info.file_info
                                 and type ifrange = Ocsigen_request_info.ifrange
exception Ocsigen_http_error of (Ocsigen_cookies.cookieset * int)
exception Bad_config_tag_for_extension of string
Xml tag not recognized by an extension (usually not a real error)
exception Error_in_config_file of string
Error in a <site> tag inside the main ocsigen.conf file
exception Error_in_user_config_file of string
Option incorrect in a userconf file
val badconfig : ('a, unit, string, 'b) Pervasives.format4 -> 'a
Convenient function for raising Error_in_config_file exceptions with a sprintf-formatted argument.
type virtual_hosts = (string * Netstring_pcre.regexp * int option) list 
Type of the result of parsing the field hostfiler in the configuration file. Inside the list, the first argument is the host itself (which is a glob-like pattern that can contains *), a regexp parsing this pattern, and optionnaly a port.
val hash_virtual_hosts : virtual_hosts -> int
val equal_virtual_hosts : virtual_hosts -> virtual_hosts -> bool
val host_match : virtual_hosts:virtual_hosts ->
host:string option -> port:int -> bool
type do_not_serve = {
   do_not_serve_regexps : string list;
   do_not_serve_files : string list;
   do_not_serve_extensions : string list;
}
Configuration to hide/forbid local files
exception IncorrectRegexpes of do_not_serve
val do_not_serve_to_regexp : do_not_serve -> Netstring_pcre.regexp
Compile a do_not_serve structure into a regexp. Raises IncorrectRegexpes if the compilation fails. The result is memoized for subsequent calls with the same argument
val join_do_not_serve : do_not_serve ->
do_not_serve -> do_not_serve
type config_info = {
   default_hostname : string;
   default_httpport : int;
   default_httpsport : int;
   default_protocol_is_https : bool;
   mime_assoc : Ocsigen_charset_mime.mime_assoc;
   charset_assoc : Ocsigen_charset_mime.charset_assoc;
   default_directory_index : string list;
   list_directory_content : bool;
   follow_symlinks : follow_symlink;
   do_not_serve_404 : do_not_serve;
   do_not_serve_403 : do_not_serve;
   uploaddir : string option;
   maxuploadfilesize : int64 option;
}
Configuration options, passed to (and modified by) extensions
type follow_symlink = 
| DoNotFollowSymlinks (*
Never follow a symlink
*)
| FollowSymlinksIfOwnerMatch (*
Follow a symlink if the symlink and its target have the same owner
*)
| AlwaysFollowSymlinks (*
Always follow symlinks
*)
type client = Ocsigen_http_com.connection 
A value of this type represents the client who did the request.
val client_id : client -> int
Returns the id number of the connection
val client_connection : client -> Ocsigen_http_com.connection
Returns the connection
type ifrange = Ocsigen_request_info.ifrange = 
| IR_No
| IR_Ifunmodsince of float
| IR_ifmatch of string
type file_info = Ocsigen_request_info.file_info = {
   tmp_filename : string;
   filesize : int64;
   raw_original_filename : string;
   original_basename : string;
   file_content_type : ((string * string) * (string * string) list) option;
}
type request_info = Ocsigen_request_info.request_info 
type request = {
   request_info : request_info;
   request_config : config_info;
}
exception Ocsigen_Is_a_directory of (Ocsigen_request_info.request_info -> Neturl.url)
type answer = 
| Ext_do_nothing (*
I don't want to do anything
*)
| Ext_found of (unit -> Ocsigen_http_frame.result Lwt.t) (*
"OK stop! I will take the page. You can start the following request of the same pipelined connection. Here is the function to generate the page". The extension must return Ext_found as soon as possible when it is sure it is safe to start next request. Usually as soon as you know that the result will be Ext_found. But in some case, for example proxies, you don't want the request of one connection to be handled in different order. In that case, wait to be sure that the new request will not overtake this one.
*)
| Ext_found_stop of (unit -> Ocsigen_http_frame.result Lwt.t) (*
Found but do not try next extensions
*)
| Ext_next of int (*
Page not found. Try next extension. The integer is the HTTP error code. It is usally 404, but may be for ex 403 (forbidden) if you want another extension to try after a 403. Same as Ext_continue_with but does not change the request.
*)
| Ext_stop_site of (Ocsigen_cookies.cookieset * int) (*
Error. Do not try next extension, but try next site. The integer is the HTTP error code, usally 403.
*)
| Ext_stop_host of (Ocsigen_cookies.cookieset * int) (*
Error. Do not try next extension, do not try next site, but try next host. The integer is the HTTP error code, usally 403.
*)
| Ext_stop_all of (Ocsigen_cookies.cookieset * int) (*
Error. Do not try next extension (even filters), do not try next site, do not try next host, do not . The integer is the HTTP error code, usally 403.
*)
| Ext_continue_with of (request * Ocsigen_cookies.cookieset * int) (*
Used to modify the request before giving it to next extension. The extension returns the request_info (possibly modified) and a set of cookies if it wants to set or cookies (!Ocsigen_cookies.Cookies.empty for no cookies). You must add these cookies yourself in request_info if you want them to be seen by subsequent extensions, for example using Ocsigen_http_frame.compute_new_ri_cookies. The integer is usually equal to the error code received from preceding extension (but you may want to modify it).
*)
| Ext_retry_with of request * Ocsigen_cookies.cookieset (*
Used to retry all the extensions with a new request_info. The extension returns the request_info (possibly modified) and a set of cookies if it wants to set or cookies (!Ocsigen_cookies.Cookies.empty for no cookies). You must add these cookies yourself in request_info if you want them to be seen by subsequent extensions, for example using Ocsigen_http_frame.compute_new_ri_cookies.
*)
| Ext_sub_result of extension2 (*
Used if your extension want to define option that may contain other options from other extensions. In that case, while parsing the configuration file, call the parsing function (of type parse_fun), that will return something of type extension2.
*)
| Ext_found_continue_with of (unit -> (Ocsigen_http_frame.result * request) Lwt.t) (*
Same as Ext_found but may modify the request.
*)
| Ext_found_continue_with' of (Ocsigen_http_frame.result * request) (*
Same as Ext_found_continue_with but does not allow to delay the computation of the page. You should probably not use it, but for output filters.
*)
type request_state = 
| Req_not_found of (int * request)
| Req_found of (request * Ocsigen_http_frame.result)
type extension2 = (unit -> unit) ->
Ocsigen_cookies.cookieset ->
request_state ->
(answer * Ocsigen_cookies.cookieset) Lwt.t
type extension = request_state -> answer Lwt.t 
For each <site> tag in the configuration file, you can set the extensions you want. Each extension is implemented as a function, taking the charset found in configuration file, the current state of the request, and returning an answer. If no page has been generated so far (Req_not_found), it receive the error code given by the previous extension (default 404), and the request information. If a page has been generated by previous extensions (case Req_found), the extension may want to modify the result (filters).
type parse_fun = Simplexmlparser.xml list -> extension2 
type parse_host 
Type of the functions parsing the content of a <host> tag
type userconf_info = {
   localfiles_root : string;
}
Information received by extensions accepting userconf files.

The parameter localfiles_root is an absolute path to the directory that the user is allowed to serve. This is used by staticmod, to disallow the user from allowing access to outside of this directory

type parse_config = virtual_hosts ->
config_info -> parse_config_aux
parse_config is the type of the functions parsing a <site> tag (and returning an extension). Those are functions taking that will be called for each <host>, and that will generate a function taking: that will be called for each <site>, and that will generate a function taking: that will be called on each tag inside <site> and:

parse_config_user is the type of functions parsing a site tag inside an userconf file. They take one more parameter, of type userconf_info

type parse_config_user = userconf_info -> parse_config 
type parse_config_aux = Ocsigen_lib.Url.path ->
parse_host ->
parse_fun ->
Simplexmlparser.xml -> extension
val register_extension : name:string ->
?fun_site:parse_config ->
?user_fun_site:parse_config_user ->
?begin_init:(unit -> unit) ->
?end_init:(unit -> unit) ->
?init_fun:(Simplexmlparser.xml list -> unit) ->
?exn_handler:(exn -> string) -> ?respect_pipeline:bool -> unit -> unit
For each extension generating pages, we register its name and six functions: Moreover, if the optional parameter ?respect_pipeline is true, the extension will ask the server to respect the order of the pipeline. That means that it will wait to be sure that the previous request from the same connection has been taken by an extension before giving a request to an extension. Use this to write proxies extensions, when you want to be able to pipeline the requests you to another server. It is false by default.
module Configuration: sig .. end
This modules contains types and constructor for the description of XML configurations and the accordingly parsing.
val get_hostname : request -> string
Returns the hostname to be used for absolute links or redirections. It is either the Host header or the hostname set in the configuration file.
val get_port : request -> int
Returns the port to be used for absolute links or redirections. It is either:
val new_url_of_directory_request : request -> request_info -> Neturl.url
new_url_of_directory_request create a redirection and generating a new url for the client (depending on the server configuration and request)
val ri_of_url : ?full_rewrite:bool ->
string -> request_info -> request_info
Parsing URLs. This allows to modify the URL in the request_info. (to be used for example with Ext_retry_with or Ext_continue_with)

User directories



User directories



Exception raised when an non-existing user is found
exception NoSuchUser
type ud_string 
The type for string that may contain a $u(...)
val parse_user_dir : string -> ud_string
val replace_user_dir : Netstring_pcre.regexp -> ud_string -> string -> string
raises Not_found is the directory does not exist
exception Not_concerned

Regular expressions for redirections


val find_redirection : Netstring_pcre.regexp ->
bool ->
string ->
bool -> string option -> int -> string option -> string -> string -> string