diff --git a/doc/api/http.markdown b/doc/api/http.markdown index e26c94fb0f..6d04ccf958 100644 --- a/doc/api/http.markdown +++ b/doc/api/http.markdown @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -## HTTP +# HTTP To use the HTTP server and client one must `require('http')`. @@ -23,7 +23,14 @@ parsing only. It parses a message into headers and body but it does not parse the actual headers or the body. -## http.Server +## http.createServer([requestListener]) + +Returns a new web server object. + +The `requestListener` is a function which is automatically +added to the `'request'` event. + +## Class: http.Server This is an `EventEmitter` with the following events: @@ -108,13 +115,6 @@ sent to the server on that socket. If a client connection emits an 'error' event - it will forwarded here. -### http.createServer([requestListener]) - -Returns a new web server object. - -The `requestListener` is a function which is automatically -added to the `'request'` event. - ### server.listen(port, [hostname], [callback]) Begin accepting connections on the specified port and hostname. If the @@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Limits maximum incoming headers count, equal to 1000 by default. If set to 0 - no limit will be applied. -## http.ServerRequest +## Class: http.ServerRequest This object is created internally by a HTTP server -- not by the user -- and passed as the first argument to a `'request'` listener. @@ -269,7 +269,7 @@ authentication details. -## http.ServerResponse +## Class: http.ServerResponse This object is created internally by a HTTP server--not by the user. It is passed as the second parameter to the `'request'` event. @@ -524,7 +524,7 @@ Example: }); -## http.Agent +## Class: http.Agent In node 0.5.3+ there is a new implementation of the HTTP Agent which is used for pooling sockets used in HTTP client requests. @@ -555,10 +555,6 @@ Alternatively, you could just opt out of pooling entirely using `agent:false`: // Do stuff }) -## http.globalAgent - -Global instance of Agent which is used as the default for all http client requests. - ### agent.maxSockets By default set to 5. Determines how many concurrent sockets the agent can have @@ -574,8 +570,13 @@ modify. An object which contains queues of requests that have not yet been assigned to sockets. Do not modify. +## http.globalAgent + +Global instance of Agent which is used as the default for all http client +requests. + -## http.ClientRequest +## Class: http.ClientRequest This object is created internally and returned from `http.request()`. It represents an _in-progress_ request whose header has already been queued. The