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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 (see
461.Xr PEM 3 ) .
462.Pp
463By default
464.Nm libfetch
465allows TLSv1 and newer when negotiating the connecting with the remote
466peer.
467You can change this behavior by setting the
468.Ev SSL_NO_TLS1 ,
469.Ev SSL_NO_TLS1_1 and
470.Ev SSL_NO_TLS1_2
471environment variables to disable TLS 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2 respectively.
472.Sh AUTHENTICATION
473Apart from setting the appropriate environment variables and
474specifying the user name and password in the URL or the
475.Vt struct url ,
476the calling program has the option of defining an authentication
477function with the following prototype:
478.Pp
479.Ft int
480.Fn myAuthMethod "struct url *u"
481.Pp
482The callback function should fill in the
483.Fa user
484and
485.Fa pwd
486fields in the provided
487.Vt struct url
488and return 0 on success, or any other value to indicate failure.
489.Pp
490To register the authentication callback, simply set
491.Va fetchAuthMethod
492to point at it.
493The callback will be used whenever a site requires authentication and
494the appropriate environment variables are not set.
495.Pp
496This interface is experimental and may be subject to change.
497.Sh RETURN VALUES
498.Fn fetchParseURL
499returns a pointer to a
500.Vt struct url
501containing the individual components of the URL.
502If it is
503unable to allocate memory, or the URL is syntactically incorrect,
504.Fn fetchParseURL
505returns a NULL pointer.
506.Pp
507The
508.Fn fetchStat
509functions return 0 on success and -1 on failure.
510.Pp
511All other functions return a stream pointer which may be used to
512access the requested document, or NULL if an error occurred.
513.Pp
514The following error codes are defined in
515.In fetch.h :
516.Bl -tag -width 18n
517.It Bq Er FETCH_ABORT
518Operation aborted
519.It Bq Er FETCH_AUTH
520Authentication failed
521.It Bq Er FETCH_DOWN
522Service unavailable
523.It Bq Er FETCH_EXISTS
524File exists
525.It Bq Er FETCH_FULL
526File system full
527.It Bq Er FETCH_INFO
528Informational response
529.It Bq Er FETCH_MEMORY
530Insufficient memory
531.It Bq Er FETCH_MOVED
532File has moved
533.It Bq Er FETCH_NETWORK
534Network error
535.It Bq Er FETCH_OK
536No error
537.It Bq Er FETCH_PROTO
538Protocol error
539.It Bq Er FETCH_RESOLV
540Resolver error
541.It Bq Er FETCH_SERVER
542Server error
543.It Bq Er FETCH_TEMP
544Temporary error
545.It Bq Er FETCH_TIMEOUT
546Operation timed out
547.It Bq Er FETCH_UNAVAIL
548File is not available
549.It Bq Er FETCH_UNKNOWN
550Unknown error
551.It Bq Er FETCH_URL
552Invalid URL
553.El
554.Pp
555The accompanying error message includes a protocol-specific error code
556and message, like "File is not available (404 Not Found)"
557.Sh ENVIRONMENT
558.Bl -tag -width ".Ev FETCH_BIND_ADDRESS"
559.It Ev FETCH_BIND_ADDRESS
560Specifies a hostname or IP address to which sockets used for outgoing
561connections will be bound.
562.It Ev FTP_LOGIN
563Default FTP login if none was provided in the URL.
564.It Ev FTP_PASSIVE_MODE
565If set to
566.Ql no ,
567forces the FTP code to use active mode.
568If set to any other value, forces passive mode even if the application
569requested active mode.
570.It Ev FTP_PASSWORD
571Default FTP password if the remote server requests one and none was
572provided in the URL.
573.It Ev FTP_PROXY
574URL of the proxy to use for FTP requests.
575The document part is ignored.
576FTP and HTTP proxies are supported; if no scheme is specified, FTP is
577assumed.
578If the proxy is an FTP proxy,
579.Nm libfetch
580will send
581.Ql user@host
582as user name to the proxy, where
583.Ql user
584is the real user name, and
585.Ql host
586is the name of the FTP server.
587.Pp
588If this variable is set to an empty string, no proxy will be used for
589FTP requests, even if the
590.Ev HTTP_PROXY
591variable is set.
592.It Ev ftp_proxy
593Same as
594.Ev FTP_PROXY ,
595for compatibility.
596.It Ev HTTP_ACCEPT
597Specifies the value of the
598.Va Accept
599header for HTTP requests.
600If empty, no
601.Va Accept
602header is sent.
603The default is
604.Dq */* .
605.It Ev HTTP_AUTH
606Specifies HTTP authorization parameters as a colon-separated list of
607items.
608The first and second item are the authorization scheme and realm
609respectively; further items are scheme-dependent.
610Currently, the
611.Dq basic
612and
613.Dq digest
614authorization methods are supported.
615.Pp
616Both methods require two parameters: the user name and
617password, in that order.
618.Pp
619This variable is only used if the server requires authorization and
620no user name or password was specified in the URL.
621.It Ev HTTP_PROXY
622URL of the proxy to use for HTTP requests.
623The document part is ignored.
624Only HTTP proxies are supported for HTTP requests.
625If no port number is specified, the default is 3128.
626.Pp
627Note that this proxy will also be used for FTP documents, unless the
628.Ev FTP_PROXY
629variable is set.
630.It Ev http_proxy
631Same as
632.Ev HTTP_PROXY ,
633for compatibility.
634.It Ev HTTP_PROXY_AUTH
635Specifies authorization parameters for the HTTP proxy in the same
636format as the
637.Ev HTTP_AUTH
638variable.
639.Pp
640This variable is used if and only if connected to an HTTP proxy, and
641is ignored if a user and/or a password were specified in the proxy
642URL.
643.It Ev HTTP_REFERER
644Specifies the referrer URL to use for HTTP requests.
645If set to
646.Dq auto ,
647the document URL will be used as referrer URL.
648.It Ev HTTP_USER_AGENT
649Specifies the User-Agent string to use for HTTP requests.
650This can be useful when working with HTTP origin or proxy servers that
651differentiate between user agents.
652If defined but empty, no User-Agent header is sent.
653.It Ev NETRC
654Specifies a file to use instead of
655.Pa ~/.netrc
656to look up login names and passwords for FTP and HTTP sites as well as
657HTTP proxies.
658See
659.Xr ftp 1
660for a description of the file format.
661.It Ev NO_PROXY
662Either a single asterisk, which disables the use of proxies
663altogether, or a comma- or whitespace-separated list of hosts for
664which proxies should not be used.
665.It Ev no_proxy
666Same as
667.Ev NO_PROXY ,
668for compatibility.
669.It Ev SOCKS5_PROXY
670Uses SOCKS version 5 to make connection.
671The format must be the IP or hostname followed by a colon for the port.
672IPv6 addresses must enclose the address in brackets.
673If no port is specified, the default is 1080.
674This setting will supercede a connection to an
675.Ev HTTP_PROXY .
676.It Ev SSL_CA_CERT_FILE
677CA certificate bundle containing trusted CA certificates.
678Default value: See HTTPS SCHEME above.
679.It Ev SSL_CA_CERT_PATH
680Path containing trusted CA hashes.
681.It Ev SSL_CLIENT_CERT_FILE
682PEM encoded client certificate/key which will be used in
683client certificate authentication.
684.It Ev SSL_CLIENT_KEY_FILE
685PEM encoded client key in case key and client certificate
686are stored separately.
687.It Ev SSL_CRL_FILE
688File containing certificate revocation list.
689.It Ev SSL_NO_TLS1
690Do not allow TLS version 1.0 when negotiating the connection.
691.It Ev SSL_NO_TLS1_1
692Do not allow TLS version 1.1 when negotiating the connection.
693.It Ev SSL_NO_TLS1_2
694Do not allow TLS version 1.2 when negotiating the connection.
695.It Ev SSL_NO_VERIFY_HOSTNAME
696If set, do not verify that the hostname matches the subject of the
697certificate presented by the server.
698.It Ev SSL_NO_VERIFY_PEER
699If set, do not verify the peer certificate against trusted CAs.
700.El
701.Sh EXAMPLES
702To access a proxy server on
703.Pa proxy.example.com
704port 8080, set the
705.Ev HTTP_PROXY
706environment variable in a manner similar to this:
707.Pp
708.Dl HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:8080
709.Pp
710If the proxy server requires authentication, there are
711two options available for passing the authentication data.
712The first method is by using the proxy URL:
713.Pp
714.Dl HTTP_PROXY=http://<user>:<pwd>@proxy.example.com:8080
715.Pp
716The second method is by using the
717.Ev HTTP_PROXY_AUTH
718environment variable:
719.Bd -literal -offset indent
720HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.example.com:8080
721HTTP_PROXY_AUTH=basic:*:<user>:<pwd>
722.Ed
723.Pp
724To disable the use of a proxy for an HTTP server running on the local
725host, define
726.Ev NO_PROXY
727as follows:
728.Bd -literal -offset indent
729NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.1
730.Ed
731.Pp
732To use a SOCKS5 proxy, set the
733.Ev SOCKS5_PROXY
734environment variable to a
735valid host or IP followed by an optional colon and the port.
736IPv6 addresses must be enclosed in brackets.
737The following are examples of valid settings:
738.Bd -literal -offset indent
739SOCKS5_PROXY=proxy.example.com
740SOCKS5_PROXY=proxy.example.com:1080
741SOCKS5_PROXY=192.0.2.0
742SOCKS5_PROXY=198.51.100.0:1080
743SOCKS5_PROXY=[2001:db8::1]
744SOCKS5_PROXY=[2001:db8::2]:1080
745.Ed
746.Pp
747Access HTTPS website without any certificate verification whatsoever:
748.Bd -literal -offset indent
749SSL_NO_VERIFY_PEER=1
750SSL_NO_VERIFY_HOSTNAME=1
751.Ed
752.Pp
753Access HTTPS website using client certificate based authentication
754and a private CA:
755.Bd -literal -offset indent
756SSL_CLIENT_CERT_FILE=/path/to/client.pem
757SSL_CA_CERT_FILE=/path/to/myca.pem
758.Ed
759.Sh SEE ALSO
760.Xr fetch 1 ,
761.Xr ip 4
762.Rs
763.%A J. Postel
764.%A J. K. Reynolds
765.%D October 1985
766.%B File Transfer Protocol
767.%O RFC959
768.Re
769.Rs
770.%A P. Deutsch
771.%A A. Emtage
772.%A A. Marine.
773.%D May 1994
774.%T How to Use Anonymous FTP
775.%O RFC1635
776.Re
777.Rs
778.%A T. Berners-Lee
779.%A L. Masinter
780.%A M. McCahill
781.%D December 1994
782.%T Uniform Resource Locators (URL)
783.%O RFC1738
784.Re
785.Rs
786.%A R. Fielding
787.%A J. Gettys
788.%A J. Mogul
789.%A H. Frystyk
790.%A L. Masinter
791.%A P. Leach
792.%A T. Berners-Lee
793.%D January 1999
794.%B Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1
795.%O RFC2616
796.Re
797.Rs
798.%A J. Franks
799.%A P. Hallam-Baker
800.%A J. Hostetler
801.%A S. Lawrence
802.%A P. Leach
803.%A A. Luotonen
804.%A L. Stewart
805.%D June 1999
806.%B HTTP Authentication: Basic and Digest Access Authentication
807.%O RFC2617
808.Re
809.Sh HISTORY
810The
811.Nm fetch
812library first appeared in
813.Fx 3.0 .
814.Sh AUTHORS
815.An -nosplit
816The
817.Nm fetch
818library was mostly written by
819.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@FreeBSD.org
820with numerous suggestions and contributions from
821.An Jordan K. Hubbard Aq Mt jkh@FreeBSD.org ,
822.An Eugene Skepner Aq Mt eu@qub.com ,
823.An Hajimu Umemoto Aq Mt ume@FreeBSD.org ,
824.An Henry Whincup Aq Mt henry@techiebod.com ,
825.An Jukka A. Ukkonen Aq Mt jau@iki.fi ,
826.An Jean-Fran\(,cois Dockes Aq Mt jf@dockes.org ,
827.An Michael Gmelin Aq Mt freebsd@grem.de
828and others.
829It replaces the older
830.Nm ftpio
831library written by
832.An Poul-Henning Kamp Aq Mt phk@FreeBSD.org
833and
834.An Jordan K. Hubbard Aq Mt jkh@FreeBSD.org .
835.Pp
836This manual page was written by
837.An Dag-Erling Sm\(/orgrav Aq Mt des@FreeBSD.org
838and
839.An Michael Gmelin Aq Mt freebsd@grem.de .
840.Sh BUGS
841Some parts of the library are not yet implemented.
842The most notable
843examples of this are
844.Fn fetchPutHTTP ,
845.Fn fetchListHTTP ,
846.Fn fetchListFTP
847and FTP proxy support.
848.Pp
849There is no way to select a proxy at run-time other than setting the
850.Ev HTTP_PROXY
851or
852.Ev FTP_PROXY
853environment variables as appropriate.
854.Pp
855.Nm libfetch
856does not understand or obey 305 (Use Proxy) replies.
857.Pp
858Error numbers are unique only within a certain context; the error
859codes used for FTP and HTTP overlap, as do those used for resolver and
860system errors.
861For instance, error code 202 means "Command not
862implemented, superfluous at this site" in an FTP context and
863"Accepted" in an HTTP context.
864.Pp
865.Fn fetchStatFTP
866does not check that the result of an MDTM command is a valid date.
867.Pp
868In case password protected keys are used for client certificate based
869authentication the user is prompted for the password on each and every
870fetch operation.
871.Pp
872The man page is incomplete, poorly written and produces badly
873formatted text.
874.Pp
875The error reporting mechanism is unsatisfactory.
876.Pp
877Some parts of the code are not fully reentrant.
878