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)