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29.Dd November 24, 2020
30.Dt FETCH 3
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm fetchMakeURL ,
34.Nm fetchParseURL ,
35.Nm fetchFreeURL ,
36.Nm fetchXGetURL ,
37.Nm fetchGetURL ,
38.Nm fetchPutURL ,
39.Nm fetchStatURL ,
40.Nm fetchListURL ,
41.Nm fetchXGet ,
42.Nm fetchGet ,
43.Nm fetchPut ,
44.Nm fetchStat ,
45.Nm fetchList ,
46.Nm fetchXGetFile ,
47.Nm fetchGetFile ,
48.Nm fetchPutFile ,
49.Nm fetchStatFile ,
50.Nm fetchListFile ,
51.Nm fetchXGetHTTP ,
52.Nm fetchGetHTTP ,
53.Nm fetchPutHTTP ,
54.Nm fetchStatHTTP ,
55.Nm fetchListHTTP ,
56.Nm fetchReqHTTP ,
57.Nm fetchXGetFTP ,
58.Nm fetchGetFTP ,
59.Nm fetchPutFTP ,
60.Nm fetchStatFTP ,
61.Nm fetchListFTP
62.Nd file transfer functions
63.Sh LIBRARY
64.Lb libfetch
65.Sh SYNOPSIS
66.In sys/param.h
67.In stdio.h
68.In fetch.h
69.Ft struct url *
70.Fn fetchMakeURL "const char *scheme" "const char *host" "int port" "const char *doc" "const char *user" "const char *pwd"
71.Ft struct url *
72.Fn fetchParseURL "const char *URL"
73.Ft void
74.Fn fetchFreeURL "struct url *u"
75.Ft FILE *
76.Fn fetchXGetURL "const char *URL" "struct url_stat *us" "const char *flags"
77.Ft FILE *
78.Fn fetchGetURL "const char *URL" "const char *flags"
79.Ft FILE *
80.Fn fetchPutURL "const char *URL" "const char *flags"
81.Ft int
82.Fn fetchStatURL "const char *URL" "struct url_stat *us" "const char *flags"
83.Ft struct url_ent *
84.Fn fetchListURL "const char *URL" "const char *flags"
85.Ft FILE *
86.Fn fetchXGet "struct url *u" "struct url_stat *us" "const char *flags"
87.Ft FILE *
88.Fn fetchGet "struct url *u" "const char *flags"
89.Ft FILE *
90.Fn fetchPut "struct url *u" "const char *flags"
91.Ft int
92.Fn fetchStat "struct url *u" "struct url_stat *us" "const char *flags"
93.Ft struct url_ent *
94.Fn fetchList "struct url *u" "const char *flags"
95.Ft FILE *
96.Fn fetchXGetFile "struct url *u" "struct url_stat *us" "const char *flags"
97.Ft FILE *
98.Fn fetchGetFile "struct url *u" "const char *flags"
99.Ft FILE *
100.Fn fetchPutFile "struct url *u" "const char *flags"
101.Ft int
102.Fn fetchStatFile "struct url *u" "struct url_stat *us" "const char *flags"
103.Ft struct url_ent *
104.Fn fetchListFile "struct url *u" "const char *flags"
105.Ft FILE *
106.Fn fetchXGetHTTP "struct url *u" "struct url_stat *us" "const char *flags"
107.Ft FILE *
108.Fn fetchGetHTTP "struct url *u" "const char *flags"
109.Ft FILE *
110.Fn fetchPutHTTP "struct url *u" "const char *flags"
111.Ft int
112.Fn fetchStatHTTP "struct url *u" "struct url_stat *us" "const char *flags"
113.Ft struct url_ent *
114.Fn fetchListHTTP "struct url *u" "const char *flags"
115.Ft FILE *
116.Fn fetchReqHTTP "struct url *u" "const char *method" "const char *flags" "const char *content_type" "const char *body"
117.Ft FILE *
118.Fn fetchXGetFTP "struct url *u" "struct url_stat *us" "const char *flags"
119.Ft FILE *
120.Fn fetchGetFTP "struct url *u" "const char *flags"
121.Ft FILE *
122.Fn fetchPutFTP "struct url *u" "const char *flags"
123.Ft int
124.Fn fetchStatFTP "struct url *u" "struct url_stat *us" "const char *flags"
125.Ft struct url_ent *
126.Fn fetchListFTP "struct url *u" "const char *flags"
127.Sh DESCRIPTION
128These functions implement a high-level library for retrieving and
129uploading files using Uniform Resource Locators (URLs).
130.Pp
131.Fn fetchParseURL
132takes a URL in the form of a null-terminated string and splits it into
133its components function according to the Common Internet Scheme Syntax
134detailed in RFC1738.
135A regular expression which produces this syntax is:
136.Bd -literal
137    <scheme>:(//(<user>(:<pwd>)?@)?<host>(:<port>)?)?/(<document>)?
138.Ed
139.Pp
140If the URL does not seem to begin with a scheme name, the following
141syntax is assumed:
142.Bd -literal
143    ((<user>(:<pwd>)?@)?<host>(:<port>)?)?/(<document>)?
144.Ed
145.Pp
146Note that some components of the URL are not necessarily relevant to
147all URL schemes.
148For instance, the file scheme only needs the <scheme> and <document>
149components.
150.Pp
151.Fn fetchMakeURL
152and
153.Fn fetchParseURL
154return a pointer to a
155.Vt url
156structure, which is defined as follows in
157.In fetch.h :
158.Bd -literal
159#define URL_SCHEMELEN 16
160#define URL_USERLEN 256
161#define URL_PWDLEN 256
162
163struct url {
164    char	 scheme[URL_SCHEMELEN+1];
165    char	 user[URL_USERLEN+1];
166    char	 pwd[URL_PWDLEN+1];
167    char	 host[MAXHOSTNAMELEN+1];
168    int		 port;
169    char	*doc;
170    off_t	 offset;
171    size_t	 length;
172    time_t	 ims_time;
173};
174.Ed
175.Pp
176The
177.Va ims_time
178field stores the time value for
179.Li If-Modified-Since
180HTTP requests.
181.Pp
182The pointer returned by
183.Fn fetchMakeURL
184or
185.Fn fetchParseURL
186should be freed using
187.Fn fetchFreeURL .
188.Pp
189.Fn fetchXGetURL ,
190.Fn fetchGetURL ,
191and
192.Fn fetchPutURL
193constitute the recommended interface to the
194.Nm fetch
195library.
196They examine the URL passed to them to determine the transfer
197method, and call the appropriate lower-level functions to perform the
198actual transfer.
199.Fn fetchXGetURL
200also returns the remote document's metadata in the
201.Vt url_stat
202structure pointed to by the
203.Fa us
204argument.
205.Pp
206The
207.Fa flags
208argument is a string of characters which specify transfer options.
209The
210meaning of the individual flags is scheme-dependent, and is detailed
211in the appropriate section below.
212.Pp
213.Fn fetchStatURL
214attempts to obtain the requested document's metadata and fill in the
215structure pointed to by its second argument.
216The
217.Vt url_stat
218structure is defined as follows in
219.In fetch.h :
220.Bd -literal
221struct url_stat {
222    off_t	 size;
223    time_t	 atime;
224    time_t	 mtime;
225};
226.Ed
227.Pp
228If the size could not be obtained from the server, the
229.Fa size
230field is set to -1.
231If the modification time could not be obtained from the server, the
232.Fa mtime
233field is set to the epoch.
234If the access time could not be obtained from the server, the
235.Fa atime
236field is set to the modification time.
237.Pp
238.Fn fetchListURL
239attempts to list the contents of the directory pointed to by the URL
240provided.
241If successful, it returns a malloced array of
242.Vt url_ent
243structures.
244The
245.Vt url_ent
246structure is defined as follows in
247.In fetch.h :
248.Bd -literal
249struct url_ent {
250    char         name[PATH_MAX];
251    struct url_stat stat;
252};
253.Ed
254.Pp
255The list is terminated by an entry with an empty name.
256.Pp
257The pointer returned by
258.Fn fetchListURL
259should be freed using
260.Fn free .
261.Pp
262.Fn fetchXGet ,
263.Fn fetchGet ,
264.Fn fetchPut
265and
266.Fn fetchStat
267are similar to
268.Fn fetchXGetURL ,
269.Fn fetchGetURL ,
270.Fn fetchPutURL
271and
272.Fn fetchStatURL ,
273except that they expect a pre-parsed URL in the form of a pointer to
274a
275.Vt struct url
276rather than a string.
277.Pp
278All of the
279.Fn fetchXGetXXX ,
280.Fn fetchGetXXX
281and
282.Fn fetchPutXXX
283functions return a pointer to a stream which can be used to read or
284write data from or to the requested document, respectively.
285Note that
286although the implementation details of the individual access methods
287vary, it can generally be assumed that a stream returned by one of the
288.Fn fetchXGetXXX
289or
290.Fn fetchGetXXX
291functions is read-only, and that a stream returned by one of the
292.Fn fetchPutXXX
293functions is write-only.
294.Sh FILE SCHEME
295.Fn fetchXGetFile ,
296.Fn fetchGetFile
297and
298.Fn fetchPutFile
299provide access to documents which are files in a locally mounted file
300system.
301Only the <document> component of the URL is used.
302.Pp
303.Fn fetchXGetFile
304and
305.Fn fetchGetFile
306do not accept any flags.
307.Pp
308.Fn fetchPutFile
309accepts the
310.Ql a
311(append to file) flag.
312If that flag is specified, the data written to
313the stream returned by
314.Fn fetchPutFile
315will be appended to the previous contents of the file, instead of
316replacing them.
317.Sh FTP SCHEME
318.Fn fetchXGetFTP ,
319.Fn fetchGetFTP
320and
321.Fn fetchPutFTP
322implement the FTP protocol as described in RFC959.
323.Pp
324If the
325.Ql P
326(not passive) flag is specified, an active (rather than passive)
327connection will be attempted.
328.Pp
329The
330.Ql p
331flag is supported for compatibility with earlier versions where active
332connections were the default.
333It has precedence over the
334.Ql P
335flag, so if both are specified,
336.Nm
337will use a passive connection.
338.Pp
339If the
340.Ql l
341(low) flag is specified, data sockets will be allocated in the low (or
342default) port range instead of the high port range (see
343.Xr ip 4 ) .
344.Pp
345If the
346.Ql d
347(direct) flag is specified,
348.Fn fetchXGetFTP ,
349.Fn fetchGetFTP
350and
351.Fn fetchPutFTP
352will use a direct connection even if a proxy server is defined.
353.Pp
354If no user name or password is given, the
355.Nm fetch
356library will attempt an anonymous login, with user name "anonymous"
357and password "anonymous@<hostname>".
358.Sh HTTP SCHEME
359The
360.Fn fetchXGetHTTP ,
361.Fn fetchGetHTTP ,
362.Fn fetchPutHTTP
363and
364.Fn fetchReqHTTP
365functions implement the HTTP/1.1 protocol.
366With a little luck, there is
367even a chance that they comply with RFC2616 and RFC2617.
368.Pp
369If the
370.Ql d
371(direct) flag is specified,
372.Fn fetchXGetHTTP ,
373.Fn fetchGetHTTP
374and
375.Fn fetchPutHTTP
376will use a direct connection even if a proxy server is defined.
377.Pp
378If the
379.Ql i
380(if-modified-since) flag is specified, and
381the
382.Va ims_time
383field is set in
384.Vt "struct url" ,
385then
386.Fn fetchXGetHTTP
387and
388.Fn fetchGetHTTP
389will send a conditional
390.Li If-Modified-Since
391HTTP header to only fetch the content if it is newer than
392.Va ims_time .
393.Pp
394The function
395.Fn fetchReqHTTP
396can be used to make requests with an arbitrary HTTP verb,
397including POST, DELETE, CONNECT, OPTIONS, TRACE or PATCH.
398This can be done by setting the argument
399.Fa method
400to the intended verb, such as
401.Ql POST ,
402and
403.Fa body
404to the content.
405.Pp
406Since there seems to be no good way of implementing the HTTP PUT
407method in a manner consistent with the rest of the
408.Nm fetch
409library,
410.Fn fetchPutHTTP
411is currently unimplemented.
412.Sh HTTPS SCHEME
413Based on HTTP SCHEME.
414By default the peer is verified using the CA bundle located in
415.Pa /usr/local/etc/ssl/cert.pem .
416If this file does not exist,
417.Pa /etc/ssl/cert.pem
418is used instead.
419If neither file exists, and
420.Ev SSL_CA_CERT_PATH
421has not been set,
422OpenSSL's default CA cert and path settings apply.
423The certificate bundle can contain multiple CA certificates.
424A common source of a current CA bundle is
425.Pa \%security/ca_root_nss .
426.Pp
427The CA bundle used for peer verification can be changed by setting the
428environment variables
429.Ev SSL_CA_CERT_FILE
430to point to a concatenated bundle of trusted certificates and
431.Ev SSL_CA_CERT_PATH
432to point to a directory containing hashes of trusted CAs (see
433.Xr verify 1 ) .
434.Pp
435A certificate revocation list (CRL) can be used by setting the
436environment variable
437.Ev SSL_CRL_FILE
438(see
439.Xr crl 1 ) .
440.Pp
441Peer verification can be disabled by setting the environment variable
442.Ev SSL_NO_VERIFY_PEER .
443Note that this also disables CRL checking.
444.Pp
445By default the service identity is verified according to the rules
446detailed in RFC6125 (also known as hostname verification).
447This feature can be disabled by setting the environment variable
448.Ev SSL_NO_VERIFY_HOSTNAME .
449.Pp
450Client certificate based authentication is supported.
451The environment variable
452.Ev SSL_CLIENT_CERT_FILE
453should be set to point to a file containing key and client certificate
454to be used in PEM format.
455When a PEM-format key is in a separate file from the client certificate,
456the environment variable
457.Ev SSL_CLIENT_KEY_FILE
458can be set to point to the key file.
459In case the key uses a password, the user will be prompted on standard
460input.
461.Pp
462By default
463.Nm libfetch
464allows TLSv1 and newer when negotiating the connecting with the remote
465peer.
466You can change this behavior by setting the
467.Ev SSL_NO_TLS1 ,
468.Ev SSL_NO_TLS1_1 and
469.Ev SSL_NO_TLS1_2
470environment variables to disable TLS 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 respectively.
471.Sh AUTHENTICATION
472Apart from setting the appropriate environment variables and
473specifying the user name and password in the URL or the
474.Vt struct url ,
475the calling program has the option of defining an authentication
476function with the following prototype:
477.Pp
478.Ft int
479.Fn myAuthMethod "struct url *u"
480.Pp
481The callback function should fill in the
482.Fa user
483and
484.Fa pwd
485fields in the provided
486.Vt struct url
487and return 0 on success, or any other value to indicate failure.
488.Pp
489To register the authentication callback, simply set
490.Va fetchAuthMethod
491to point at it.
492The callback will be used whenever a site requires authentication and
493the appropriate environment variables are not set.
494.Pp
495This interface is experimental and may be subject to change.
496.Sh RETURN VALUES
497.Fn fetchParseURL
498returns a pointer to a
499.Vt struct url
500containing the individual components of the URL.
501If it is
502unable to allocate memory, or the URL is syntactically incorrect,
503.Fn fetchParseURL
504returns a NULL pointer.
505.Pp
506The
507.Fn fetchStat
508functions return 0 on success and -1 on failure.
509.Pp
510All other functions return a stream pointer which may be used to
511access the requested document, or NULL if an error occurred.
512.Pp
513The following error codes are defined in
514.In fetch.h :
515.Bl -tag -width 18n
516.It Bq Er FETCH_ABORT
517Operation aborted
518.It Bq Er FETCH_AUTH
519Authentication failed
520.It Bq Er FETCH_DOWN
521Service unavailable
522.It Bq Er FETCH_EXISTS
523File exists
524.It Bq Er FETCH_FULL
525File system full
526.It Bq Er FETCH_INFO
527Informational response
528.It Bq Er FETCH_MEMORY
529Insufficient memory
530.It Bq Er FETCH_MOVED
531File has moved
532.It Bq Er FETCH_NETWORK
533Network error
534.It Bq Er FETCH_OK
535No error
536.It Bq Er FETCH_PROTO
537Protocol error
538.It Bq Er FETCH_RESOLV
539Resolver error
540.It Bq Er FETCH_SERVER
541Server error
542.It Bq Er FETCH_TEMP
543Temporary error
544.It Bq Er FETCH_TIMEOUT
545Operation timed out
546.It Bq Er FETCH_UNAVAIL
547File is not available
548.It Bq Er FETCH_UNKNOWN
549Unknown error
550.It Bq Er FETCH_URL
551Invalid URL
552.El
553.Pp
554The accompanying error message includes a protocol-specific error code
555and message, like "File is not available (404 Not Found)"
556.Sh ENVIRONMENT
557.Bl -tag -width ".Ev FETCH_BIND_ADDRESS"
558.It Ev FETCH_BIND_ADDRESS
559Specifies a hostname or IP address to which sockets used for outgoing
560connections will be bound.
561.It Ev FTP_LOGIN
562Default FTP login if none was provided in the URL.
563.It Ev FTP_PASSIVE_MODE
564If set to
565.Ql no ,
566forces the FTP code to use active mode.
567If set to any other value, forces passive mode even if the application
568requested active mode.
569.It Ev FTP_PASSWORD
570Default FTP password if the remote server requests one and none was
571provided in the URL.
572.It Ev FTP_PROXY
573URL of the proxy to use for FTP requests.
574The document part is ignored.
575FTP and HTTP proxies are supported; if no scheme is specified, FTP is
576assumed.
577If the proxy is an FTP proxy,
578.Nm libfetch
579will send
580.Ql user@host
581as user name to the proxy, where
582.Ql user
583is the real user name, and
584.Ql host
585is the name of the FTP server.
586.Pp
587If this variable is set to an empty string, no proxy will be used for
588FTP requests, even if the
589.Ev HTTP_PROXY
590variable is set.
591.It Ev ftp_proxy
592Same as
593.Ev FTP_PROXY ,
594for compatibility.
595.It Ev HTTP_ACCEPT
596Specifies the value of the
597.Va Accept
598header for HTTP requests.
599If empty, no
600.Va Accept
601header is sent.
602The default is
603.Dq */* .
604.It Ev HTTP_AUTH
605Specifies HTTP authorization parameters as a colon-separated list of
606items.
607The first and second item are the authorization scheme and realm
608respectively; further items are scheme-dependent.
609Currently, the
610.Dq basic
611and
612.Dq digest
613authorization methods are supported.
614.Pp
615Both methods require two parameters: the user name and
616password, in that order.
617.Pp
618This variable is only used if the server requires authorization and
619no user name or password was specified in the URL.
620.It Ev HTTP_PROXY
621URL of the proxy to use for HTTP requests.
622The document part is ignored.
623Only HTTP proxies are supported for HTTP requests.
624If no port number is specified, the default is 3128.
625.Pp
626Note that this proxy will also be used for FTP documents, unless the
627.Ev FTP_PROXY
628variable is set.
629.It Ev http_proxy
630Same as
631.Ev HTTP_PROXY ,
632for compatibility.
633.It Ev HTTP_PROXY_AUTH
634Specifies authorization parameters for the HTTP proxy in the same
635format as the
636.Ev HTTP_AUTH
637variable.
638.Pp
639This variable is used if and only if connected to an HTTP proxy, and
640is ignored if a user and/or a password were specified in the proxy
641URL.
642.It Ev HTTP_REFERER
643Specifies the referrer URL to use for HTTP requests.
644If set to
645.Dq auto ,
646the document URL will be used as referrer URL.
647.It Ev HTTP_USER_AGENT
648Specifies the User-Agent string to use for HTTP requests.
649This can be useful when working with HTTP origin or proxy servers that
650differentiate between user agents.
651If defined but empty, no User-Agent header is sent.
652.It Ev NETRC
653Specifies a file to use instead of
654.Pa ~/.netrc
655to look up login names and passwords for FTP and HTTP sites as well as
656HTTP proxies.
657See
658.Xr ftp 1
659for a description of the file format.
660.It Ev NO_PROXY
661Either a single asterisk, which disables the use of proxies
662altogether, or a comma- or whitespace-separated list of hosts for
663which proxies should not be used.
664.It Ev no_proxy
665Same as
666.Ev NO_PROXY ,
667for compatibility.
668.It Ev SOCKS5_PROXY
669Uses SOCKS version 5 to make connection.
670The format must be the IP or hostname followed by a colon for the port.
671IPv6 addresses must enclose the address in brackets.
672If no port is specified, the default is 1080.
673This setting will supercede a connection to an
674.Ev HTTP_PROXY .
675.It Ev SSL_CA_CERT_FILE
676CA certificate bundle containing trusted CA certificates.
677Default value: See HTTPS SCHEME above.
678.It Ev SSL_CA_CERT_PATH
679Path containing trusted CA hashes.
680.It Ev SSL_CLIENT_CERT_FILE
681PEM encoded client certificate/key which will be used in
682client certificate authentication.
683.It Ev SSL_CLIENT_KEY_FILE
684PEM encoded client key in case key and client certificate
685are stored separately.
686.It Ev SSL_CRL_FILE
687File containing certificate revocation list.
688.It Ev SSL_NO_TLS1
689Do not allow TLS version 1.0 when negotiating the connection.
690.It Ev SSL_NO_TLS1_1
691Do not allow TLS version 1.1 when negotiating the connection.
692.It Ev SSL_NO_TLS1_2
693Do not allow TLS version 1.2 when negotiating the connection.
694.It Ev SSL_NO_VERIFY_HOSTNAME
695If set, do not verify that the hostname matches the subject of the
696certificate presented by the server.
697.It Ev SSL_NO_VERIFY_PEER
698If set, do not verify the peer certificate against trusted CAs.
699.El
700.Sh EXAMPLES
701To access a proxy server on
702.Pa proxy.example.com
703port 8080, set the
704.Ev HTTP_PROXY
705environment variable in a manner similar to this:
706.Pp
707.Dl HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:8080
708.Pp
709If the proxy server requires authentication, there are
710two options available for passing the authentication data.
711The first method is by using the proxy URL:
712.Pp
713.Dl HTTP_PROXY=http://<user>:<pwd>@proxy.example.com:8080
714.Pp
715The second method is by using the
716.Ev HTTP_PROXY_AUTH
717environment variable:
718.Bd -literal -offset indent
719HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:8080
720HTTP_PROXY_AUTH=basic:*:<user>:<pwd>
721.Ed
722.Pp
723To disable the use of a proxy for an HTTP server running on the local
724host, define
725.Ev NO_PROXY
726as follows:
727.Bd -literal -offset indent
728NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.1
729.Ed
730.Pp
731To use a SOCKS5 proxy, set the
732.Ev SOCKS5_PROXY
733environment variable to a
734valid host or IP followed by an optional colon and the port.
735IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in brackets.
736The following are examples of valid settings:
737.Bd -literal -offset indent
738SOCKS5_PROXY=proxy.example.com
739SOCKS5_PROXY=proxy.example.com:1080
740SOCKS5_PROXY=192.0.2.0
741SOCKS5_PROXY=198.51.100.0:1080
742SOCKS5_PROXY=[2001:db8::1]
743SOCKS5_PROXY=[2001:db8::2]:1080
744.Ed
745.Pp
746Access HTTPS website without any certificate verification whatsoever:
747.Bd -literal -offset indent
748SSL_NO_VERIFY_PEER=1
749SSL_NO_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=1
750.Ed
751.Pp
752Access HTTPS website using client certificate based authentication
753and a private CA:
754.Bd -literal -offset indent
755SSL_CLIENT_CERT_FILE=/path/to/client.pem
756SSL_CA_CERT_FILE=/path/to/myca.pem
757.Ed
758.Sh SEE ALSO
759.Xr fetch 1 ,
760.Xr ip 4
761.Rs
762.%A J. Postel
763.%A J. K. Reynolds
764.%D October 1985
765.%B File Transfer Protocol
766.%O RFC959
767.Re
768.Rs
769.%A P. Deutsch
770.%A A. Emtage
771.%A A. Marine.
772.%D May 1994
773.%T How to Use Anonymous FTP
774.%O RFC1635
775.Re
776.Rs
777.%A T. Berners-Lee
778.%A L. Masinter
779.%A M. McCahill
780.%D December 1994
781.%T Uniform Resource Locators (URL)
782.%O RFC1738
783.Re
784.Rs
785.%A R. Fielding
786.%A J. Gettys
787.%A J. Mogul
788.%A H. Frystyk
789.%A L. Masinter
790.%A P. Leach
791.%A T. Berners-Lee
792.%D January 1999
793.%B Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
794.%O RFC2616
795.Re
796.Rs
797.%A J. Franks
798.%A P. Hallam-Baker
799.%A J. Hostetler
800.%A S. Lawrence
801.%A P. Leach
802.%A A. Luotonen
803.%A L. Stewart
804.%D June 1999
805.%B HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication
806.%O RFC2617
807.Re
808.Sh HISTORY
809The
810.Nm fetch
811library first appeared in
812.Fx 3.0 .
813.Sh AUTHORS
814.An -nosplit
815The
816.Nm fetch
817library was mostly written by
818.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@FreeBSD.org
819with numerous suggestions and contributions from
820.An Jordan K. Hubbard Aq Mt jkh@FreeBSD.org ,
821.An Eugene Skepner Aq Mt eu@qub.com ,
822.An Hajimu Umemoto Aq Mt ume@FreeBSD.org ,
823.An Henry Whincup Aq Mt henry@techiebod.com ,
824.An Jukka A. Ukkonen Aq Mt jau@iki.fi ,
825.An Jean-Fran\(,cois Dockes Aq Mt jf@dockes.org ,
826.An Michael Gmelin Aq Mt freebsd@grem.de
827and others.
828It replaces the older
829.Nm ftpio
830library written by
831.An Poul-Henning Kamp Aq Mt phk@FreeBSD.org
832and
833.An Jordan K. Hubbard Aq Mt jkh@FreeBSD.org .
834.Pp
835This manual page was written by
836.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@FreeBSD.org
837and
838.An Michael Gmelin Aq Mt freebsd@grem.de .
839.Sh BUGS
840Some parts of the library are not yet implemented.
841The most notable
842examples of this are
843.Fn fetchPutHTTP ,
844.Fn fetchListHTTP ,
845.Fn fetchListFTP
846and FTP proxy support.
847.Pp
848There is no way to select a proxy at run-time other than setting the
849.Ev HTTP_PROXY
850or
851.Ev FTP_PROXY
852environment variables as appropriate.
853.Pp
854.Nm libfetch
855does not understand or obey 305 (Use Proxy) replies.
856.Pp
857Error numbers are unique only within a certain context; the error
858codes used for FTP and HTTP overlap, as do those used for resolver and
859system errors.
860For instance, error code 202 means "Command not
861implemented, superfluous at this site" in an FTP context and
862"Accepted" in an HTTP context.
863.Pp
864.Fn fetchStatFTP
865does not check that the result of an MDTM command is a valid date.
866.Pp
867In case password protected keys are used for client certificate based
868authentication the user is prompted for the password on each and every
869fetch operation.
870.Pp
871The man page is incomplete, poorly written and produces badly
872formatted text.
873.Pp
874The error reporting mechanism is unsatisfactory.
875.Pp
876Some parts of the code are not fully reentrant.
877