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60 lines
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# Alt-Svc
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curl features **EXPERIMENTAL** support for the Alt-Svc: HTTP header.
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## Experimental
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Experimental support in curl means:
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1. Experimental features are provided to allow users to try them out and
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provide feedback on functionality and API etc before they ship and get
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"carved in stone".
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2. You must enable the feature when invoking configure as otherwise curl will
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not be built with the feature present.
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3. We strongly advice against using this feature in production.
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4. **We reserve the right to change behavior** of the feature without sticking
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to our API/ABI rules as we do for regular features, as long as it is marked
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experimental.
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5. Experimental features are clearly marked so in documentation. Beware.
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## Enable Alt-Svc in build
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`./configure --enable-alt-svc`
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## Standard
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[RFC 7838](https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7838)
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## What works
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- read alt-svc file from disk
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- write alt-svc file from disk
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- parse `Alt-Svc:` response headers, including `ma`, `clear` and `persist`.
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- replaces old entries when new alternatives are received
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- unit tests to verify most of this functionality (test 1654)
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- act on `Alt-Svc:` response headers
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- build conditionally on `configure --enable-alt-svc` only, feature marked as
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**EXPERIMENTAL**
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- implement `CURLOPT_ALTSVC_CTRL`
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- implement `CURLOPT_ALTSVC`
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- document `CURLOPT_ALTSVC_CTRL`
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- document `CURLOPT_ALTSVC`
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- document `--alt-svc`
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- add `CURL_VERSION_ALTSVC`
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- make `curl -V` show 'alt-svc' as a feature if built-in
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- support `curl --alt-svc [file]` to enable caching, using that file
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- make `tests/runtests.pl` able to filter tests on the feature `alt-svc`
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- actually use the existing in-memory alt-svc cache for outgoing connections
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- alt-svc cache expiry
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- test 355 and 356 verify curl acting on Alt-Svc, received from header and
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loaded from cache. The latter needs a debug build since it enables Alt-Svc
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for plain HTTP.
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## What is left
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- handle multiple response headers, when one of them says `clear` (should
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override them all)
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- using `Age:` value for caching age as per spec
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- `CURLALTSVC_IMMEDIATELY` support
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- `CURLALTSVC_ALTUSED` support
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