new feature: embedded http 1.0 server - sr-users

28 May 2010

Hello,

there is a new module named xhttp which provides an embedded http server 
inside the SIP server. It reuses the transport layer from the core, so 
you can send http requests via TCP and TLS. The port is the same as for 
SIP traffic. The documentation of the module is available at:

http://sip-router.org/docbook/sip-router/branch/master/modules/xhttp/xhttp.…

Since sip and http are very similar, you can use other modules in 
handling the http requests. For example, you can do www-authentication:

event_route[xhttp:request] {
     if (!www_authorize("xcap", "subscriber"))
    {
          www_challenge("sip-router.org", "0");
          exit;
     }
     xhttp_reply("200", "OK", "text/html",
           "<html><body>Welcome $au, you are connected from 
$si:$sp</body></html>");
}

allowing in this way only local SIP users to do http requests.

For now supports only http 1.0, meaning it cannot take chunked requests 
(usually happening in PUT requests with large body). Hope it is useful 
for some of you. Its main goal right now is to offer the transport layer 
for embedded xcap server (the new xcap_server module), but it can be 
used for service monitoring, server control, etc.

Cheers,
Daniel

-- 
Daniel-Constantin Mierla
Kamailio (OpenSER) Advanced Training
Miami, Fl, USA - June 21-23, 2010
http://www.asipto.com/index.php/kamailio-advanced-training/