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Add support for Content-Disposition HTTP header in API #121

Closed michaelrsweet closed 18 years ago

michaelrsweet commented 21 years ago

Version: -feature CUPS.org User: speter.codehost

I am using the CUPS HTTP API for some basic client stuff, and it is sometimes useful to access the content of that header (for instance, to get the filename of a file being downloaded).

It is trivial to add support for it in the HTTP API, so it would be nice to have it in the official tree.

michaelrsweet commented 21 years ago

CUPS.org User: mike

One problem with adding more fields to the current array is that it will break binary compatibility, which is a show-stopper on MacOS. We're looking at ways to extend things in 1.2 that won't break binary compatibility but allow you to get/set arbitrary fields... The 1.1.19 changes to add Expect and Cookie/SetCookie support are an example of how we made changes that wouldn't break binary compatibility.

FWIW, the Content-Disposition header is not standard HTTP but an extension which is referenced in RFC 2616 and documented in RFC 2183...

michaelrsweet commented 18 years ago

CUPS.org User: mike

We have decided to not support the Content-Disposition header - we currently have no need for it in CUPS, and adding the header will require a lot of changes.

It is conceivable that a future release will add support for arbitrary fields, however it won't be CUPS 1.2...