[Nagiosplug-devel] support for HEAD in check_http.c
Austin Godber
godber at uberhip.com
Wed Sep 22 07:44:27 CEST 2004
Yeah feel free to use it. I am just happy to help.
Austin
Jos Visser wrote:
> 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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