This hook function, if defined, is called by μC/HTTP-server after an HTTP request has been completely received as shown in the figure Hook Functions. It allows the upper application to do whatever wanted with data received in the request body. The hook function SHOULD NOT be blocking and SHOULD return quickly. A time consuming function will block the processing of the other connections and reduce the HTTP server performance. In case the request processing is time consuming, the Poll hook function SHOULD be enabled to allow the server to periodically verify if the upper application has finished the request processing. If the hook is not required by the upper application, it can be set as DEF_NULL
and no function will be called.
Prototype
Arguments
p_instance
Pointer to the instance structure (read only).
p_conn
Pointer to the connection structure.
p_hook_cfg
Pointer to hook application data.
p_data
Pointer to the first control key value pair, if any form was received. DEF_NULL
, otherwise.
Return Values
DEF_YES
If the response can be sent.
DEF_NO
if the response cannot be sent after this call and Poll function MUST be called before sending the response
Required Configuration
See section Hook Configuration.
Notes / Warnings
- The instance structure is for read-only. It must not be modified.
The following connection attributes can be accessed to analyze the connection (see
HTTPs_CONN
in Control Structures for further details on each parameters):ClientAddr
Method
PathPtr
ReqHdrCtr
ReqHdrFirstPtr
ConnDataPtr
- In this hook function, only the under-mentioned connection parameters are allowed to be modified (see
HTTPs_CONN
in Control Structures for further details on each parameters):StatusCode
PathPtr
FilePtr
FileLen
BodyDataType
- If the request data take a while to be processed:
- The processing should be done in a separate task and not in this callback function to avoid blocking other connections.
- The poll callback function should be used to allow the connection to poll periodically the upper application and verify if the request processing has been completed.
Note that The
ConnDataPtr
attribute inside deHTTPs_CONN
structure can be used to store a semaphore pointer related or anything else that can help to determine the completion of the request processing.
Example Template
The listing below is shown to demonstrate the µC/HTTP-server module capabilities. That code analyses each key value pair in the list and try to find control name which is linked to led blinking functionality and change the document returned to display the led state using a data in memory as well.