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Regexp::Common::URI::http(3)         User Contributed Perl Documentation        Regexp::Common::URI::http(3)



NAME
       Regexp::Common::URI::http -- Returns a pattern for HTTP URIs.

SYNOPSIS
           use Regexp::Common qw /URI/;

           while (<>) {
               /$RE{URI}{HTTP}/       and  print "Contains an HTTP URI.\n";
           }

DESCRIPTION
       $RE{URI}{HTTP}{-scheme}

       Provides a regex for an HTTP URI as defined by RFC 2396 (generic syntax) and RFC 2616 (HTTP).

       If "-scheme => P" is specified the pattern P is used as the scheme.  By default P is "qr/http/".
       "https" and "https?" are reasonable alternatives.

       The syntax for an HTTP URI is:

           "http:" "//" host [ ":" port ] [ "/" path [ "?" query ]]

       Under "{-keep}", the following are returned:

       $1  The entire URI.

       $2  The scheme.

       $3  The host (name or address).

       $4  The port (if any).

       $5  The absolute path, including the query and leading slash.

       $6  The absolute path, including the query, without the leading slash.

       $7  The absolute path, without the query or leading slash.

       $8  The query, without the question mark.

REFERENCES
       [RFC 2396]
           Berners-Lee, Tim, Fielding, R., and Masinter, L.: Uniform Resource Identifiers (URI): Generic
           Syntax. August 1998.

       [RFC 2616]
           Fielding, R., Gettys, J., Mogul, J., Frystyk, H., Masinter, L., Leach, P. and Berners-Lee, Tim:
           Hypertext Transfer Protocol -- HTTP/1.1.  June 1999.

HISTORY
        $Log: http.pm,v $
        Revision 2.101  2004/06/09 21:42:48  abigail
        POD nits

        Revision 2.100  2003/02/10 21:06:41  abigail
        http URI

SEE ALSO
       Regexp::Common::URI for other supported URIs.

AUTHOR
       Damian Conway (damian@conway.org)

MAINTAINANCE
       This package is maintained by Abigail (regexp-common@abigail.nl).

BUGS AND IRRITATIONS
       Bound to be plenty.

COPYRIGHT
            Copyright (c) 2001 - 2003, Damian Conway. All Rights Reserved.
              This module is free software. It may be used, redistributed
             and/or modified under the terms of the Perl Artistic License
                   (see http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html)



perl v5.8.8                                      2004-06-09                     Regexp::Common::URI::http(3)