SWI-Prolog HTTP support library

This directory provides the SWI-Prolog libraries for accessing and providing HTTP services. The client libraries come in two forms:

The primary server-library is thread_httpd.pl, providing full-blown scalable embedded HTTP server.

Further reading

Prolog files

ax.pl  -- Attribute Exchange libraryShow source
html_head.pl  -- Automatic inclusion of CSS and scripts linksShow source
html_quasiquotations.pl  -- HTML quasi quotationsShow source
html_write.pl  -- Write HTML textShow source
html/3Generate HTML from Content.Source
html_begin/3For html_begin//1, Env is a term Env(Attributes); for html_end//1 it is the plain environment name.Source
html_current_option/1True if Option is an active option for the HTML generator.Source
html_end/3For html_begin//1, Env is a term Env(Attributes); for html_end//1 it is the plain environment name.Source
html_meta/1This directive can be used to declare that an HTML rendering rule takes HTML content as argument.Source
html_post/4Reposition HTML to the receiving Id.Source
html_print_length/2Determine the content length of a token list produced using html//1.Source
html_quoted/3Quote the value for normal (CDATA) text.Source
html_quoted_attribute/3Quote the value according to the rules for tag-attributes included in double-quotes.Source
html_receive/3Receive posted HTML tokens.Source
html_receive/4This extended version of html_receive//1 causes Handler to be called to process all messages posted to the channal at the time output is generated.Source
html_root_attribute/4Add an attribute to the HTML root element of the page.Source
html_set_options/1Set options for the HTML output.Source
layout/3Define required newlines before and after tags.Source
page/3Generate a page including the HTML <!DOCTYPE> header.Source
page/4Generate a page including the HTML <!DOCTYPE> header.Source
print_html/1Print list of atoms and layout instructions.Source
print_html/2Print list of atoms and layout instructions.Source
reply_html_page/2Provide the complete reply as required by http_wrapper.pl for a page constructed from Head and Body.Source
reply_html_page/3Provide the complete reply as required by http_wrapper.pl for a page constructed from Head and Body.Source
xhtml_ns/4Demand an xmlns:id=Value in the outer html tag.Source
http_authenticate.pl  -- Authenticate HTTP connections using 401 headersShow source
http_authenticate/3True if Request contains the information to continue according to Type.Source
http_authorization_data/2Decode the HTTP Authorization header.Source
http_current_user/3True when User is present in the htpasswd file File and Fields provides the additional fields.Source
http_read_passwd_file/2Read a password file.Source
http_write_passwd_file/2Write password data Data to File.Source
authenticate/3Plugin for library(http_dispatch) to perform basic HTTP authentication.Source
http_client.pl  -- HTTP client libraryShow source
http_cors.pl  -- Enable CORS: Cross-Origin Resource SharingShow source
http_dirindex.pl  -- HTTP directory listingsShow source
http_dispatch.pl  -- Dispatch requests in the HTTP serverShow source
http_error.pl  -- Decorate uncaught HTTP exceptions with stack-traceShow source
http_exception.pl  -- Map Prolog exceptions to HTTP errorsShow source
http_header.pl  -- Handling HTTP headersShow source
http_hook.pl  -- HTTP library hooksShow source
http_host.pl  -- Obtain public server locationShow source
http_json.pl  -- HTTP JSON Plugin moduleShow source
http_log.pl  -- HTTP Logging moduleShow source
http_log/2Write message from Format and Args to log-stream.Source
http_log_close/1If there is a currently open HTTP logfile, close it after adding a term server(Reason, Time).Source
http_log_stream/1True when Stream is a stream to the opened HTTP log file.Source
http_logrotate/1Rotate the available log files.Source
http_schedule_logrotate/2Schedule log rotation based on maintenance broadcasts.Source
nolog/1Multifile predicate that can be defined to hide request parameters from the request logfile.Source
nolog_post_content_type/1Multifile hook called with the Content-type header.Source
password_field/1Multifile predicate that can be defined to hide passwords from the logfile.Source
post_data_encoded/2Encode the POST body for inclusion into the HTTP log file.Source
http_multipart_plugin.pl  -- Multipart form-data pluginShow source
http_open.pl  -- HTTP client libraryShow source
http_openid.pl  -- OpenID consumer and server libraryShow source
http_parameters.pl  -- Extract parameters (GET and POST) from HTTP requestsShow source
http_path.pl  -- Abstract specification of HTTP server locationsShow source
http_server_files.pl  -- Serve files needed by modules from the serverShow source
serve_files_in_directory/2Serve files from the directory Alias from the path-info from Request.Source
http_session.pl  -- HTTP Session managementShow source
http_ssl_plugin.pl  -- SSL plugin for HTTP librariesShow source
http_stream.pl  -- HTTP StreamsShow source
http_unix_daemon.pl  -- Run SWI-Prolog HTTP server as a Unix system daemonShow source
http_wrapper.pl  -- Server processing of an HTTP requestShow source
hub.pl  -- Manage a hub for websocketsShow source
jquery.pl  -- Provide JQueryShow source
js_grammar.pl  -- JavaScript grammarShow source
js_write.pl  -- Utilities for including JavaScriptShow source
json.pl  -- Reading and writing JSON serializationShow source
json_convert.pl  -- Convert between JSON terms and Prolog application termsShow source
mimepack.pl  -- Create a MIME messageShow source
mimetype.pl  -- Determine mime-type for a fileShow source
term_html.pl  -- Represent Prolog terms as HTMLShow source
blob_rendering/5Hook to render blob atoms as HTML.Source
term/4Render a Prolog term as a structured HTML tree.Source
thread_httpd.pl  -- Threaded HTTP serverShow source
websocket.pl  -- WebSocket supportShow source
yadis.pl  -- Yadis discoveryShow source