2013-09-02 23:30:38 +02:00
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HTTP2 with libcurl
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2014-02-05 15:31:29 +01:00
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Spec: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-http2
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2013-09-02 23:30:38 +02:00
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2014-03-09 17:39:46 +01:00
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Build prerequisites
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- nghttp2
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- OpenSSL or NSS or GnutTLS with a new enough version
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2013-09-09 23:05:22 +02:00
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nghttp2 (https://github.com/tatsuhiro-t/nghttp2)
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2014-02-05 15:31:29 +01:00
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libcurl uses this 3rd party library for the low level protocol handling
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parts. The reason for this is that HTTP2 is much more complex at that layer
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than HTTP1.1 (which we implement on our own) and that nghttp2 is an already
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existing and well functional library.
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Right now, nghttp2 implements http2 draft-09
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2013-09-09 23:05:22 +02:00
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2014-02-06 22:26:47 +01:00
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We require at least version 0.3.0
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2013-09-02 23:30:38 +02:00
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Over an http:// URL
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If CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION is set to CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2, libcurl will include
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an upgrade header in the initial request to the host to allow upgrading to
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2014-02-05 15:31:29 +01:00
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http2.
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Possibly we can later introduce an option that will cause libcurl to fail if
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not possible to upgrade. Possibly we introduce an option that makes libcurl
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use http2 at once over http://
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2013-09-02 23:30:38 +02:00
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Over an https:// URL
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If CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION is set to CURL_HTTP_VERSION_2, libcurl will use ALPN
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(or NPN) to negotiate which protocol to continue with. Possibly introduce an
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option that will cause libcurl to fail if not possible to use http2.
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2014-02-05 15:31:29 +01:00
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Consider options to explicitly disable ALPN and/or NPN.
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2014-02-07 15:50:31 +01:00
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ALPN is the TLS extension that http2 is expected to use. The NPN extension
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is for a similar purpose, was made prior to ALPN and is used for SPDY so
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early http2 servers are implemented using NPN before ALPN support is
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widespread.
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2014-02-05 15:31:29 +01:00
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SSL libs
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2014-02-07 15:50:31 +01:00
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The challenge is the ALPN and NPN support and all our different SSL
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backends. You may need a fairly updated SSL library version for it to
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provide the necessary TLS features. Right now we support:
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OpenSSL: ALPN and NPN
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NSS: ALPN and NPN
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GnuTLS: ALPN
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2014-02-05 15:31:29 +01:00
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2014-03-22 17:07:31 +01:00
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Alt-Svc
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Alt-Svc is a suggested new header with a corresponding frame (ALTSVC) in
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http2 that tells the client about an alternative "route" to the same content
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for the same origin server that you get the response from. A browser or
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long-living client can use that hint to create a new connection
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asynchronously. For libcurl, we may introduce a way to bring such clues to
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the applicaton and/or let a subsequent request use the alternate route
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automatically.
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2014-02-05 15:31:29 +01:00
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Applications
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We hide http2's binary nature and convert received http2 traffic to headers
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in HTTP 1.1 style. This allows applications to work unmodified.
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curl tool
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curl offers the --http2 command line option to enable use of http2
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2013-09-02 23:30:38 +02:00
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2013-09-07 11:12:12 +02:00
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To consider:
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- How to tell libcurl when using the multi interface that all or some of the
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handles are allowed to re-use the same physical connection. Can we just
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re-use existing pipelining logic?
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