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Copyright (c) 2013-2017 Vinnie Falco (vinnie dot falco at gmail dot com)
Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)
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[section:http Using HTTP]
[block '''
<informaltable frame="all"><tgroup cols="1"><colspec colname="a"/><tbody><row><entry valign="top"><simplelist>
<member><link linkend="beast.http.primer">HTTP Primer</link></member>
<member><link linkend="beast.http.message">Message Containers</link></member>
<member><link linkend="beast.http.streams">Message Stream Operations</link></member>
<member><link linkend="beast.http.serializer_streams">Serializer Stream Operations</link></member>
<member><link linkend="beast.http.parser_streams">Parser Stream Operations</link></member>
<member><link linkend="beast.http.serializer_buffers">Buffer-Oriented Serializing</link></member>
<member><link linkend="beast.http.parser_buffers">Buffer-Oriented Parsing</link></member>
<member><link linkend="beast.http.custom_parsers">Custom Parsers</link></member>
<member><link linkend="beast.http.custom_body">Custom Body Types</link></member>
</simplelist></entry></row></tbody></tgroup></informaltable>
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This library offers programmers simple and performant models of HTTP messages
and their associated operations including synchronous, asynchronous, and
buffer-oriented parsing and serialization of messages in the HTTP/1 wire
format using __Asio__. Specifically, the library provides:
[variablelist
[
[Message Containers]
[
Complete HTTP messages are modeled using the __message__ class,
with possible user customizations.
]
][
[Stream Reading]
[
The functions
[link beast.ref.http__read `read`],
[link beast.ref.http__read_header `read_header`],
[link beast.ref.http__read_some `read_some`],
[link beast.ref.http__async_read `async_read`],
[link beast.ref.http__async_read_header `async_read_header`], and
[link beast.ref.http__async_read_some `async_read_some`]
read HTTP/1 message data from a
[link beast.ref.streams stream].
]
][
[Stream Writing]
[
The functions
[link beast.ref.http__write `write`],
[link beast.ref.http__write_header `write_header`],
[link beast.ref.http__write_some `write_some`],
[link beast.ref.http__async_write `async_write`],
[link beast.ref.http__async_write_header `async_write_header`], and
[link beast.ref.http__async_write_some `async_write_some`]
write HTTP/1 message data to a
[link beast.ref.streams stream].
]
][
[Serialization]
[
The __serializer__ produces a series of octet buffers
conforming to the __rfc7230__ wire representation of
a __message__.
]
][
[Parsing]
[
The __parser__ attempts to convert a series of octet
buffers into a __message__.
]
]
]
[note
The following documentation assumes some familiarity with __Asio__ and
the HTTP protocol specification described in __rfc7230__. Sample code
and identifiers mentioned in the HTTP documentation sections are
written as if these declarations are in effect:
```
#include <beast/http.hpp>
using namespace beast::http;
```
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[include 4_1_primer.qbk]
[include 4_2_message.qbk]
[include 4_3_streams.qbk]
[include 4_4_serializer_streams.qbk]
[include 4_5_parser_streams.qbk]
[include 4_6_serializer_buffers.qbk]
[include 4_7_parser_buffers.qbk]
[include 4_8_custom_parsers.qbk]
[include 4_9_custom_body.qbk]
[endsect]