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base/utils/active-http.zeek
===========================
.. zeek:namespace:: ActiveHTTP
A module for performing active HTTP requests and
getting the reply at runtime.
:Namespace: ActiveHTTP
:Imports: :doc:`base/utils/exec.zeek </scripts/base/utils/exec.zeek>`
Summary
~~~~~~~
Runtime Options
###############
================================================================================== =================================================
:zeek:id:`ActiveHTTP::default_max_time`: :zeek:type:`interval` :zeek:attr:`&redef` The default timeout for HTTP requests.
:zeek:id:`ActiveHTTP::default_method`: :zeek:type:`string` :zeek:attr:`&redef` The default HTTP method/verb to use for requests.
================================================================================== =================================================
Types
#####
====================================================== =
:zeek:type:`ActiveHTTP::Request`: :zeek:type:`record`
:zeek:type:`ActiveHTTP::Response`: :zeek:type:`record`
====================================================== =
Functions
#########
===================================================== ========================================
:zeek:id:`ActiveHTTP::request`: :zeek:type:`function` Perform an HTTP request according to the
:zeek:type:`ActiveHTTP::Request` record.
===================================================== ========================================
Detailed Interface
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Runtime Options
###############
.. zeek:id:: ActiveHTTP::default_max_time
:source-code: base/utils/active-http.zeek 10 10
:Type: :zeek:type:`interval`
:Attributes: :zeek:attr:`&redef`
:Default: ``1.0 min``
The default timeout for HTTP requests.
.. zeek:id:: ActiveHTTP::default_method
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:Type: :zeek:type:`string`
:Attributes: :zeek:attr:`&redef`
:Default: ``"GET"``
The default HTTP method/verb to use for requests.
Types
#####
.. zeek:type:: ActiveHTTP::Request
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:Type: :zeek:type:`record`
.. zeek:field:: url :zeek:type:`string`
The URL being requested.
.. zeek:field:: method :zeek:type:`string` :zeek:attr:`&default` = :zeek:see:`ActiveHTTP::default_method` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
The HTTP method/verb to use for the request.
.. zeek:field:: client_data :zeek:type:`string` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
Data to send to the server in the client body. Keep in
mind that you will probably need to set the *method* field
to "POST" or "PUT".
.. zeek:field:: max_time :zeek:type:`interval` :zeek:attr:`&default` = :zeek:see:`ActiveHTTP::default_max_time` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
Timeout for the request.
.. zeek:field:: addl_curl_args :zeek:type:`string` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
Additional curl command line arguments. Be very careful
with this option since shell injection could take place
if careful handling of untrusted data is not applied.
.. zeek:type:: ActiveHTTP::Response
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:Type: :zeek:type:`record`
.. zeek:field:: code :zeek:type:`count`
Numeric response code from the server.
.. zeek:field:: msg :zeek:type:`string`
String response message from the server.
.. zeek:field:: body :zeek:type:`string` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
Full body of the response.
.. zeek:field:: headers :zeek:type:`table` [:zeek:type:`string`] of :zeek:type:`string` :zeek:attr:`&optional`
All headers returned by the server.
Functions
#########
.. zeek:id:: ActiveHTTP::request
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:Type: :zeek:type:`function` (req: :zeek:type:`ActiveHTTP::Request`) : :zeek:type:`ActiveHTTP::Response`
Perform an HTTP request according to the
:zeek:type:`ActiveHTTP::Request` record. This is an asynchronous
function and must be called within a "when" statement.
:param req: A record instance representing all options for an HTTP request.
:returns: A record with the full response message.