diff --git a/lib/README.http2 b/lib/README.http2 index f6d9cb9a8..e9084233b 100644 --- a/lib/README.http2 +++ b/lib/README.http2 @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ HTTP2 with libcurl - Spec: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-http2 + Spec: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7540.txt Document explaining it: http://daniel.haxx.se/http2/ @@ -15,9 +15,7 @@ HTTP2 with libcurl than HTTP/1.1 (which we implement on our own) and that nghttp2 is an already existing and well functional library. - Right now, nghttp2 implements http2 draft-14 - - We require at least version 0.6.0 + We require at least version 1.0.0. Over an http:// URL @@ -52,6 +50,35 @@ SSL libs GnuTLS: ALPN PolarSSL: ALPN +Multiplexing + + Starting in 7.43.0, libcurl fully supports HTTP/2 multiplexing, which is the + term for doing multiple independent transfers over the same physical TCP + connection. + + To take advantage of multiplexing, you need to use the multi interface and + set CURLMOPT_PIPELINING to CURLPIPE_MULTIPLEX. With that bit set, libcurl + will attempt to re-use existing HTTP/2 connections and just add a new stream + over that when doing subsequent parallel requests. + + While libcurl sets up a connection to a HTTP server there is a period during + which it doesn't know if it can pipeline or do multiplexing and if you add + new transfers in that period, libcurl will default to start new connections + for those transfers. With the new option CURLOPT_PIPEWAIT (added in 7.43.0), + you can ask that a transfer should rather wait and see in case there's a + connection for the same host in progress that might end up being possible to + multiplex on. It favours keeping the number of connections low to the cost + of slightly longer time to first byte transfered. + +Applications + + We hide http2's binary nature and convert received http2 traffic to headers + in HTTP 1.1 style. This allows applications to work unmodified. + +curl tool + + curl offers the --http2 command line option to enable use of http2 + HTTP Alternative Services Alt-Svc is a suggested extension with a corresponding frame (ALTSVC) in @@ -63,23 +90,8 @@ HTTP Alternative Services automatically. Spec: http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-httpbis-alt-svc-05 -Applications - - We hide http2's binary nature and convert received http2 traffic to headers - in HTTP 1.1 style. This allows applications to work unmodified. - -curl tool - - curl offers the --http2 command line option to enable use of http2 - TODO: - - Implement multiplexing - - - How to tell libcurl when using the multi interface that all or some of the - handles are allowed to re-use the same physical connection. Can we just - re-use existing pipelining logic? - - Provide API to set priorities / dependencies of individual streams - Implement "prior-knowledge" HTTP/2 connecitons over clear text so that