[Nagiosplug-devel] support for HEAD in check_http.c

[Austin Godber]

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