CURLOPT_RTSP_REQUEST - RTSP request
#include <curl/curl.h>
CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_RTSP_REQUEST, long request);
Tell libcurl what kind of RTSP request to make. Pass one of the following RTSP
enum values as a long in the
request argument. Unless noted otherwise,
commands require the Session ID to be initialized.
- CURL_RTSPREQ_OPTIONS
- Used to retrieve the available methods of the server. The
application is responsible for parsing and obeying the response. The
session ID is not needed for this method.
- CURL_RTSPREQ_DESCRIBE
- Used to get the low level description of a stream. The
application should note what formats it understands in the
'Accept:' header. Unless set manually, libcurl will automatically
fill in 'Accept: application/sdp'. Time-condition headers will be
added to Describe requests if the CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION(3) option
is active. (The session ID is not needed for this
method)
- CURL_RTSPREQ_ANNOUNCE
- When sent by a client, this method changes the description
of the session. For example, if a client is using the server to record a
meeting, the client can use Announce to inform the server of all the
meta-information about the session. ANNOUNCE acts like an HTTP PUT or POST
just like CURL_RTSPREQ_SET_PARAMETER
- CURL_RTSPREQ_SETUP
- Setup is used to initialize the transport layer for the
session. The application must set the desired Transport options for a
session by using the CURLOPT_RTSP_TRANSPORT(3) option prior to
calling setup. If no session ID is currently set with
CURLOPT_RTSP_SESSION_ID(3), libcurl will extract and use the
session ID in the response to this request. The session ID is not needed
for this method.
- CURL_RTSPREQ_PLAY
- Send a Play command to the server. Use the
CURLOPT_RANGE(3) option to modify the playback time (e.g.
npt=10-15).
- CURL_RTSPREQ_PAUSE
- Send a Pause command to the server. Use the
CURLOPT_RANGE(3) option with a single value to indicate when the
stream should be halted. (e.g. npt=25)
- CURL_RTSPREQ_TEARDOWN
- This command terminates an RTSP session. Simply closing a
connection does not terminate the RTSP session since it is valid to
control an RTSP session over different connections.
- CURL_RTSPREQ_GET_PARAMETER
- Retrieve a parameter from the server. By default, libcurl
will automatically include a Content-Type: text/parameters header
on all non-empty requests unless a custom one is set. GET_PARAMETER acts
just like an HTTP PUT or POST (see CURL_RTSPREQ_SET_PARAMETER).
Applications wishing to send a heartbeat message (e.g. in the presence of
a server-specified timeout) should send use an empty GET_PARAMETER
request.
- CURL_RTSPREQ_SET_PARAMETER
- Set a parameter on the server. By default, libcurl will
automatically include a Content-Type: text/parameters header unless
a custom one is set. The interaction with SET_PARAMETER is much like an
HTTP PUT or POST. An application may either use CURLOPT_UPLOAD(3)
with CURLOPT_READDATA(3) like a HTTP PUT, or it may use
CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3) like an HTTP POST. No chunked transfers are
allowed, so the application must set the CURLOPT_INFILESIZE(3) in
the former and CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE(3) in the latter. Also, there
is no use of multi-part POSTs within RTSP.
- CURL_RTSPREQ_RECORD
- Used to tell the server to record a session. Use the
CURLOPT_RANGE(3) option to modify the record time.
- CURL_RTSPREQ_RECEIVE
- This is a special request because it does not send any data
to the server. The application may call this function in order to receive
interleaved RTP data. It will return after processing one read buffer of
data in order to give the application a chance to run.
RTSP
CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
if(curl) {
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "rtsp://example.com/");
/* ask for options! */
curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RTSP_REQUEST, CURL_RTSPREQ_OPTIONS);
ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
}
Added in 7.20.0
Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.
CURLOPT_RTSP_SESSION_ID(3),
CURLOPT_RTSP_STREAM_URI(3),