[Nagiosplug-devel] support for HEAD in check_http.c

[Jos Visser]

Hi Austin,

Executing a HEAD might be a good idea (indeed to reduce network traffic
somewhat), but you must then also check that the user is not request -P
(post), -r (regex check)...

However, I am working on check_http.c as well (proxy and client_cert
support) and with your permission I'll include your patch and post a
consolidated one...

++Jos.nl

On Tue, Sep 21, 2004 at 12:44:38PM -0700 it came to pass that Austin Godber wrote:
> Hello,
> 	I was wondering whether there had been any discussion of adding 
> 	support for HEAD requests in check_http?  Is there any reason that this 
> isn't really easy to do?  I have attached a patch that accomplishes this 
> but I am uncertain of the ramifications in other parts of check_http.c.
> 	It does seem to work for me, even for SSL connections.  I haven't 
> 	added things like mutual exclusion of POST and HEAD.  At the moment it will 
> just use which ever one comes first in the options list.
> 	Let me know if you see anything suspicious or if I have made the 
> 	diff wrong or haven't followed the development guide properly or something. 
> Or if there is something that this breaks, I tested a few things but I 
> am happy enough with its performance that I think I will safely use it 
> just with the -D and -H switch safely.
> 
> Austin Godber



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