SYNOPSIS

#include "ns.h"

DESCRIPTION

These functions map URL paths to real files and directories. They are normally used to determine whether a given URL has a corresponding file or directory and to return the real filesystem path that corresponds to the URL.

Ns_SetUrlToFileProc(server, procPtr)

Set a pointer to a custom routine to use in place of Ns_UrlToFile.

Ns_UrlIsDir(server, url)

Construct a directory name by appending the URL to the current AOLserver pages directory for the specified server. Return NS_TRUE if the directory exists; NS_FALSE otherwise.

Ns_UrlIsFile(server, url)

Construct a file name by appending the URL to the current AOLserver pages directory for the specified server. Return NS_TRUE if the file exists and is a regular file; NS_FALSE otherwise.

Example:

/* IsFile - Simple request to determine if an URL is a file. */
int
IsFile(Ns_Conn *conn, void *ctx)
{
    int isfile;
    char *server;
    server = Ns_ConnServer(conn);
    isfile = Ns_UrlIsFile(server, conn->request->url);
    if (isfile) {
        Ns_ConnReturnNotice(conn, 200, "File", NULL);
    } else {
        Ns_ConnReturnNotice(conn, 200, "Not a File", NULL);
    }
    return NS_OK;
}

Ns_UrlToFile(dsPtr, server, url)

The Ns_UrlToFile function writes the full path name of the file corresponding to the given URL. The result is appended to the Ns_DString. The function does not check that the file exists or is readable by the AOLserver process. This function returns a status of NS_OK or NS_ERROR.

Normally this prepends the pageroot to the URL path. If you have created your own custom routine and used Ns_SetUrlToFileProc to point to it, your routine is called instead. This could be used to create, for example, a module that takes the given URL and maps it to a file in a different way than the default Ns_UrlToFile routine.

Example:

/* A simple page fetch request function. */
int
SimpleFetch(Ns_Conn *conn, void *ctx)
{
    Ns_DString ds;
    FILE fp;
    char *server;
    Ns_DStringInit(&ds);
    server = Ns_ConnServer(conn);
    Ns_UrlToFile(&ds, server, conn->request->url);
    fp = fopen(ds.string, "r");
    Ns_ConnSendOpenFp(conn, fp, -1);
    fclose(fp);
    Ns_DStringFree(&ds);
    return NS_OK;
}

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