From: Zooko O'Whielacronx Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2008 03:57:41 +0000 (-0700) Subject: docs: merge conflicts between the patch to document "127.0.0.1" instead of "localhost... X-Git-Tag: allmydata-tahoe-1.1.0~222 X-Git-Url: https://git.rkrishnan.org/vdrive/%22news.html/class-simplejson.JSONEncoder-index.html?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3d4a339857168d90c259f72579382bce30a701ee;p=tahoe-lafs%2Ftahoe-lafs.git docs: merge conflicts between the patch to document "127.0.0.1" instead of "localhost" and some other patches (precisely which, I don't know) --- diff --git a/docs/webapi.txt b/docs/webapi.txt index 19102689..e6cff39c 100644 --- a/docs/webapi.txt +++ b/docs/webapi.txt @@ -16,12 +16,14 @@ Writing "8123" into $NODEDIR/webport causes the node to run a webserver on port 8123. Writing "tcp:8123:interface=127.0.0.1" into $NODEDIR/webport does the same but binds to the loopback interface, ensuring that only the programs on the local host can connect. Using -"ssl:8123:privateKey=mykey.pem:certKey=cert.pem" would run an SSL server. See -twisted.application.strports for more details. +"ssl:8123:privateKey=mykey.pem:certKey=cert.pem" runs an SSL server. See +twisted.application.strports: + +http://twistedmatrix.com/documents/current/api/twisted.application.strports.html This webport can be set when the node is created by passing a --webport option to the 'tahoe create-client' command. By default, the node listens on -port 8123, on the loopback (localhost) interface. +port 8123, on the loopback (127.0.0.1) interface. b. file names @@ -48,20 +50,20 @@ Within the webserver, there is a tree of resources. The top-level "vdrive" resource gives access to files and directories in all of the user's virtual drives. For example, the URL that corresponds to notes.txt would be: -http://localhost:8123/vdrive/global/Documents/notes.txt +http://127.0.0.1:8123/vdrive/global/Documents/notes.txt and the URL for tractors.jpg would be: -http://localhost:8123/uri/$PRIVATE_VDRIVE_URI/Pictures/tractors.jpg +http://127.0.0.1:8123/uri/$PRIVATE_VDRIVE_URI/Pictures/tractors.jpg In addition, each directory has a corresponding URL. The Pictures URL is: -http://localhost:8123/uri/$PRIVATE_VDRIVE_URI/Pictures +http://127.0.0.1:8123/uri/$PRIVATE_VDRIVE_URI/Pictures Note that all filenames in URLs are required to be UTF-8 encoded, so "resume.doc" (with an acute accent on both E's) would be accessed with: - http://localhost:8123/uri/$PRIVATE_VDRIVE_URI/r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9.doc + http://127.0.0.1:8123/uri/$PRIVATE_VDRIVE_URI/r%C3%A9sum%C3%A9.doc The filenames inside upload POST forms are interpreted using whatever character set was provided in the conventional '_charset' field, and defaults @@ -84,12 +86,12 @@ the pathnames in the vdrive. For example, this identifies a file or directory: -http://localhost:8123/uri/$URI +http://127.0.0.1:8123/uri/$URI And this identifies a file or directory named "tractors.jpg" in a subdirectory "Pictures" of the identified directory: -http://localhost:8123/uri/$URI/Pictures/tractors.jpg +http://127.0.0.1:8123/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 @@ -193,11 +195,11 @@ 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:8123/uri/$TRACTORS_URI?filename=tractors.jpg + GET http://127.0.0.1:8123/uri/$TRACTORS_URI?filename=tractors.jpg f. uploading a file - PUT http://localhost:8123/uri + PUT http://127.0.0.1:8123/uri in: file contents out: file write cap @@ -207,7 +209,7 @@ f. uploading a file visible from the virtual drive -- to do that, see section 1.h. below, or the convenience method in section 2.a.. - POST http://localhost:8123/uri?t=upload + POST http://127.0.0.1:8123/uri?t=upload This action also uploads a file without attaching it to a virtual drive directory, but can be used from an HTML form. The response is an HTML page @@ -216,13 +218,13 @@ f. uploading a file when_done=URL argument is provided, the reponse is a redirect to the given URL instead of the upload-results page. - POST http://localhost:8123/uri?t=upload&mutable=true + POST http://127.0.0.1:8123/uri?t=upload&mutable=true This action also uploads a file without attaching it to a virtual drive directory, but creates a mutable file (SSK) instead of an immutable one. The response contains the new URI that was created. - PUT http://localhost:8123/uri?mutable=true + PUT http://127.0.0.1:8123/uri?mutable=true This second form also accepts data from the HTTP request body, but creates a mutable file (SSK) instead of an immutable one (CHK). The response @@ -231,7 +233,7 @@ f. uploading a file g. creating a new directory - PUT http://localhost:8123/uri?t=mkdir + PUT http://127.0.0.1:8123/uri?t=mkdir in: (nothing) out: directory write cap @@ -241,7 +243,7 @@ g. creating a new directory drive, but you can use section 1.h. to attach it, or the convenience method in section 2.XXX. - POST http://localhost:8123/uri?t=mkdir + POST http://127.0.0.1:8123/uri?t=mkdir in: (nothing) out: directory write cap @@ -249,7 +251,7 @@ g. creating a new directory Just like the equivalent PUT form, but this can be called from an HTML form. - POST http://localhost:8123/uri?t=mkdir&redirect_to_result=true + POST http://127.0.0.1:8123/uri?t=mkdir&redirect_to_result=true in: (nothing) out: redirects to the /uri/$NEWDIRURI page @@ -277,9 +279,9 @@ h. attaching a file or directory as the child of an extant directory $URL is required to indicate a directory as the second-to-last element and the desired filename as the last element, for example: - PUT http://localhost:8123/uri/$URI_OF_SOME_DIR/Pictures/tractors.jpg - PUT http://localhost:8123/uri/$URI_OF_SOME_DIR/tractors.jpg - PUT http://localhost:8123/uri/$PRIVATE_VDRIVE_URI/Pictures/tractors.jpg + PUT http://127.0.0.1:8123/uri/$URI_OF_SOME_DIR/Pictures/tractors.jpg + PUT http://127.0.0.1:8123/uri/$URI_OF_SOME_DIR/tractors.jpg + PUT http://127.0.0.1:8123/uri/$PRIVATE_VDRIVE_URI/Pictures/tractors.jpg (Note that a URI_OF_SOME_DIR and a PRIVATE_VDRIVE_URI are each just separate URIs, and there is nothing special about the latter except that it @@ -346,7 +348,7 @@ a. uploading a file and attaching it to the vdrive modifying an existing file, and a 201 (Created) code when creating a new file. (TODO: as of 0.5, the web server only returns 200, never 201). - To use this, run 'curl -T localfile http://localhost:8123/vdrive/global/newfile' + To use this, run 'curl -T localfile http://127.0.0.1:8123/vdrive/global/newfile' 3. safety and security issues -- names vs. URIs @@ -393,7 +395,7 @@ request reaches the server". Use URIs if you want "this particular object". a. uri redirect - GET http://localhost:8123/uri?uri=$URI + GET http://127.0.0.1:8123/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 @@ -512,7 +514,7 @@ GET $URL?t=download&localdir=$LOCALPATH localdir= is used with a $URL that refers to a file. This request will only be accepted from an HTTP client connection - originating at localhost . This request is most useful when the client node + originating at 127.0.0.1 . This request is most useful when the client node and the HTTP client are operated by the same user. $LOCALPATH should be an absolute pathname. @@ -527,7 +529,7 @@ PUT $NEWURL?t=upload&localdir=$LOCALPATH This uploads a file or directory from the node's local filesystem to the vdrive. As with "GET $URL?t=download&localfile=$LOCALPATH", this request - will only be accepted from an HTTP connection originating from localhost . + will only be accepted from an HTTP connection originating from 127.0.0.1 . The localfile= form expects that $LOCALPATH will point to a file on the node's local filesystem, and causes the node to upload that one file into @@ -547,7 +549,7 @@ 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:8123/vdrive/global/newdir?t=upload&localdir=/home/user/directory-to-upload' + curl -T /dev/null 'http://127.0.0.1:8123/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 @@ -570,7 +572,7 @@ GET $URL?t=deep-size 6. XMLRPC (coming soon) - http://localhost:8123/xmlrpc + http://127.0.0.1:8123/xmlrpc This resource provides an XMLRPC server on which all of the previous operations can be expressed as function calls taking a "pathname" argument.