curl/docs/libcurl/opts/CURLOPT_ALTSVC_CTRL.md
Daniel Stenberg eefcc1bda4
docs: introduce "curldown" for libcurl man page format
curldown is this new file format for libcurl man pages. It is markdown
inspired with differences:

- Each file has a set of leading headers with meta-data
- Supports a small subset of markdown
- Uses .md file extensions for editors/IDE/GitHub to treat them nicely
- Generates man pages very similar to the previous ones
- Generates man pages that still convert nicely to HTML on the website
- Detects and highlights mentions of curl symbols automatically (when
  their man page section is specified)

tools:

- cd2nroff: converts from curldown to nroff man page
- nroff2cd: convert an (old) nroff man page to curldown
- cdall: convert many nroff pages to curldown versions
- cd2cd: verifies and updates a curldown to latest curldown

This setup generates .3 versions of all the curldown versions at build time.

CI:

Since the documentation is now technically markdown in the eyes of many
things, the CI runs many more tests and checks on this documentation,
including proselint, link checkers and tests that make sure we capitalize the
first letter after a period...

Closes #12730
2024-01-23 00:29:02 +01:00

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---
c: Copyright (C) Daniel Stenberg, <daniel.se>, et al.
SPDX-License-Identifier: curl
Title: CURLOPT_ALTSVC_CTRL
Section: 3
Source: libcurl
See-also:
- CURLOPT_ALTSVC (3)
- CURLOPT_CONNECT_TO (3)
- CURLOPT_RESOLVE (3)
---
# NAME
CURLOPT_ALTSVC_CTRL - control alt-svc behavior
# SYNOPSIS
~~~c
#include <curl/curl.h>
#define CURLALTSVC_READONLYFILE (1<<2)
#define CURLALTSVC_H1 (1<<3)
#define CURLALTSVC_H2 (1<<4)
#define CURLALTSVC_H3 (1<<5)
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_ALTSVC_CTRL, long bitmask);
~~~
# DESCRIPTION
Populate the long *bitmask* with the correct set of features to instruct
libcurl how to handle Alt-Svc for the transfers using this handle.
libcurl only accepts Alt-Svc headers over a secure transport, meaning
HTTPS. It also only completes a request to an alternative origin if that
origin is properly hosted over HTTPS. These requirements are there to make
sure both the source and the destination are legitimate.
Alternative services are only used when setting up new connections. If there
exists an existing connection to the host in the connection pool, then that is
preferred.
Setting any bit enables the alt-svc engine.
## CURLALTSVC_READONLYFILE
Do not write the alt-svc cache back to the file specified with
CURLOPT_ALTSVC(3) even if it gets updated. By default a file specified
with that option is read and written to as deemed necessary.
## CURLALTSVC_H1
Accept alternative services offered over HTTP/1.1.
## CURLALTSVC_H2
Accept alternative services offered over HTTP/2. This is only used if libcurl
was also built to actually support HTTP/2, otherwise this bit is ignored.
## CURLALTSVC_H3
Accept alternative services offered over HTTP/3. This is only used if libcurl
was also built to actually support HTTP/3, otherwise this bit is ignored.
# DEFAULT
Alt-Svc handling is disabled by default. If CURLOPT_ALTSVC(3) is set,
CURLOPT_ALTSVC_CTRL(3) has a default value corresponding to
CURLALTSVC_H1 | CURLALTSVC_H2 | CURLALTSVC_H3 - the HTTP/2 and HTTP/3 bits are
only set if libcurl was built with support for those versions.
# PROTOCOLS
HTTPS
# EXAMPLE
~~~c
int main(void)
{
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ALTSVC_CTRL, (long)CURLALTSVC_H1);
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_ALTSVC, "altsvc-cache.txt");
curl_easy_perform(curl);
}
}
~~~
# AVAILABILITY
Added in 7.64.1
# RETURN VALUE
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.