Re: [squid-users] Communication protocol

From: Colin Campbell <sgcccdc@dont-contact.us>
Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 08:36:38 +1000 (EST)

Hi,

On Mon, 30 Jul 2001, Stephane Charbonneau wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I want to build some controls that communicate with a squid proxy. I have
> no idea on how to pass information to the proxy or what information I have
> to give in order to receive a WEB page back.
>
> I would like to have some information on the communication protocol with a
> proxy server. An RFC number (which I have not found) or any other WEB
> reference would be very appreciated. Of course, a C (or other programming
> language) example would be even better.

Try searching for "HTTP".

Otherwise there are numerous examples "out there":

wget - a program for fetching web pages
lynx - a text-based browser
the perl CPAN (www.cpan.org) will have heaps of modules that "speak" HTTP

Colin
Received on Mon Jul 30 2001 - 16:36:49 MDT

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