From 6bbc5fcbb418a28f0777cad28f8e23a7146b2e95 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Warner Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 13:17:33 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] docs: change our default HTTP port to 8123 --- docs/webapi.txt | 38 +++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/webapi.txt b/docs/webapi.txt index 48c4452f..7f68b31a 100644 --- a/docs/webapi.txt +++ b/docs/webapi.txt @@ -12,11 +12,11 @@ This document has six sections: a. connecting to the tahoe node -Writing "8011" into $NODEDIR/webport causes the node to run a webserver on -port 8011. Writing "tcp:8011:interface=127.0.0.1" into $NODEDIR/webport does +Writing "8123" into $NODEDIR/webport causes the node to run a webserver on +port 8123. Writing "tcp:8123:interface=127.0.0.1" into $NODEDIR/webport does the same but binds to the loopback interface, ensuring that only the programs on the local host can connect. Using -"ssl:8011:privateKey=mykey.pem:certKey=cert.pem" would run an SSL server. See +"ssl:8123:privateKey=mykey.pem:certKey=cert.pem" would run an SSL server. See twisted.application.strports for more details. b. file names @@ -43,15 +43,15 @@ Within the webserver, there is a tree of resources. The top-level "vdrive" resource gives access to files and directories in all of the user's virtual drives. For example, the URL that corresponds to notes.txt would be: -http://localhost:8011/vdrive/global/Documents/notes.txt +http://localhost:8123/vdrive/global/Documents/notes.txt and the URL for tractors.jpg would be: -http://localhost:8011/vdrive/private/Pictures/tractors.jpg +http://localhost:8123/vdrive/private/Pictures/tractors.jpg In addition, each directory has a corresponding URL. The Pictures URL is: -http://localhost:8011/vdrive/private/Pictures +http://localhost:8123/vdrive/private/Pictures c. URIs @@ -67,12 +67,12 @@ the pathnames in the vdrive. For example, this identifies a file or directory: -http://localhost:8011/uri/$URI +http://localhost:8123/uri/$URI And this identifies a file or directory named "tractors.jpg" in a subdirectory "Pictures" of the identified directory: -http://localhost:8011/uri/$URI/Pictures/tractors.jpg +http://localhost:8123/uri/$URI/Pictures/tractors.jpg In the following examples, "$URL" is a shorthand for a URL like the ones above, either with "vdrive/" and a vdrive name as the top level and a @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ in the URI must be replaced by '!' characters. The intent is to remove this unpleasant requirement in a future release: please see ticket #102 for details. An example of this sort of directory-URI URL is: - http://localhost:8011/uri/URI%3ADIR%3Apb%3A!!xextf3eap44o3wi27mf7ehiur6wvhzr6%40207.7.153.180%3A56677%2C127.0.0.1%3A56677!vdrive%3Agqu1fub33exw9cu63718yzx6gr/ + http://localhost:8123/uri/URI%3ADIR%3Apb%3A!!xextf3eap44o3wi27mf7ehiur6wvhzr6%40207.7.153.180%3A56677%2C127.0.0.1%3A56677!vdrive%3Agqu1fub33exw9cu63718yzx6gr/ Now, what can we do with these URLs? By varying the HTTP method (GET/PUT/POST/DELETE) and by appending a type-indicating query argument, we @@ -157,11 +157,11 @@ e. downloading a file file (e.g. if it ends with the URI of the file instead). This filename is also the one used if the 'save=true' argument is set. For example: - GET http://localhost:8011/uri/$TRACTORS_URI?filename=tractors.jpg + GET http://localhost:8123/uri/$TRACTORS_URI?filename=tractors.jpg f. uploading a file - PUT http://localhost:8011/uri + PUT http://localhost:8123/uri Upload a file, returning its URI as the HTTP response body. This does not make the file visible from the virtual drive -- to do that, see section @@ -169,7 +169,7 @@ f. uploading a file g. creating a new directory - PUT http://localhost:8011/uri?t=mkdir + PUT http://localhost:8123/uri?t=mkdir Create a new empty directory and return its URI as the HTTP response body. This does not make the newly created directory visible from the virtual @@ -184,9 +184,9 @@ h. attaching a file or directory as the child of an extant directory $URL is required to indicate a directory as the second-to-last element and the desired filename as the last element, for example: - PUT http://localhost:8011/uri/$URI_OF_SOME_DIR/Pictures/tractors.jpg - PUT http://localhost:8011/uri/$URI_OF_SOME_DIR/tractors.jpg - PUT http://localhost:8011/vdrive/private/Pictures/tractors.jpg + PUT http://localhost:8123/uri/$URI_OF_SOME_DIR/Pictures/tractors.jpg + PUT http://localhost:8123/uri/$URI_OF_SOME_DIR/tractors.jpg + PUT http://localhost:8123/vdrive/private/Pictures/tractors.jpg The URI of the child is provided in the body of the HTTP request. @@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ a. uploading a file and attaching it to the vdrive modifying an existing file, and a 201 (Created) code when creating a new file. (TODO: as of 0.5, the web server only returns 200, never 201). - To use this, run 'curl -T localfile http://localhost:8011/vdrive/global/newfile' + To use this, run 'curl -T localfile http://localhost:8123/vdrive/global/newfile' 3. safety and security issues -- names vs. URIs @@ -286,7 +286,7 @@ request reaches the server". Use URIs if you want "this particular object". a. uri redirect - GET http://localhost:8011/uri?uri=$URI + GET http://localhost:8123/uri?uri=$URI This causes a redirect to /uri/$URI, and retains any additional query arguments (like filename= or save=). This is for the convenience of web @@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ PUT $NEWURL?t=upload&localdir=$LOCALPATH Note that the "curl" utility can be used to provoke this sort of recursive upload, since the -T option will make it use an HTTP 'PUT': - curl -T /dev/null 'http://localhost:8011/vdrive/global/newdir?t=upload&localdir=/home/user/directory-to-upload' + curl -T /dev/null 'http://localhost:8123/vdrive/global/newdir?t=upload&localdir=/home/user/directory-to-upload' This form is only implemented for testing purposes, because any attacker's web server that a local browser visits could serve an IMG tag that causes @@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ GET $URL?t=manifest 6. XMLRPC (coming soon) - http://localhost:8011/xmlrpc + http://localhost:8123/xmlrpc This resource provides an XMLRPC server on which all of the previous operations can be expressed as function calls taking a "pathname" argument. -- 2.45.2