FFmpeg  4.0
http_multiclient.c

This example will serve a file without decoding or demuxing it over http.Multiple clients can connect and will receive the same file.

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/**
* @file
* libavformat multi-client network API usage example.
*
* @example http_multiclient.c
* This example will serve a file without decoding or demuxing it over http.
* Multiple clients can connect and will receive the same file.
*/
#include <libavutil/opt.h>
#include <unistd.h>
static void process_client(AVIOContext *client, const char *in_uri)
{
AVIOContext *input = NULL;
uint8_t buf[1024];
int ret, n, reply_code;
uint8_t *resource = NULL;
while ((ret = avio_handshake(client)) > 0) {
av_opt_get(client, "resource", AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN, &resource);
// check for strlen(resource) is necessary, because av_opt_get()
// may return empty string.
if (resource && strlen(resource))
break;
av_freep(&resource);
}
if (ret < 0)
goto end;
av_log(client, AV_LOG_TRACE, "resource=%p\n", resource);
if (resource && resource[0] == '/' && !strcmp((resource + 1), in_uri)) {
reply_code = 200;
} else {
reply_code = AVERROR_HTTP_NOT_FOUND;
}
if ((ret = av_opt_set_int(client, "reply_code", reply_code, AV_OPT_SEARCH_CHILDREN)) < 0) {
av_log(client, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to set reply_code: %s.\n", av_err2str(ret));
goto end;
}
av_log(client, AV_LOG_TRACE, "Set reply code to %d\n", reply_code);
while ((ret = avio_handshake(client)) > 0);
if (ret < 0)
goto end;
fprintf(stderr, "Handshake performed.\n");
if (reply_code != 200)
goto end;
fprintf(stderr, "Opening input file.\n");
if ((ret = avio_open2(&input, in_uri, AVIO_FLAG_READ, NULL, NULL)) < 0) {
av_log(input, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Failed to open input: %s: %s.\n", in_uri,
av_err2str(ret));
goto end;
}
for(;;) {
n = avio_read(input, buf, sizeof(buf));
if (n < 0) {
if (n == AVERROR_EOF)
break;
av_log(input, AV_LOG_ERROR, "Error reading from input: %s.\n",
break;
}
avio_write(client, buf, n);
avio_flush(client);
}
fprintf(stderr, "Flushing client\n");
avio_flush(client);
fprintf(stderr, "Closing client\n");
avio_close(client);
fprintf(stderr, "Closing input\n");
avio_close(input);
av_freep(&resource);
}
int main(int argc, char **argv)
{
AVIOContext *client = NULL, *server = NULL;
const char *in_uri, *out_uri;
int ret, pid;
if (argc < 3) {
printf("usage: %s input http://hostname[:port]\n"
"API example program to serve http to multiple clients.\n"
"\n", argv[0]);
return 1;
}
in_uri = argv[1];
out_uri = argv[2];
if ((ret = av_dict_set(&options, "listen", "2", 0)) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to set listen mode for server: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
return ret;
}
if ((ret = avio_open2(&server, out_uri, AVIO_FLAG_WRITE, NULL, &options)) < 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "Failed to open server: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
return ret;
}
fprintf(stderr, "Entering main loop.\n");
for(;;) {
if ((ret = avio_accept(server, &client)) < 0)
goto end;
fprintf(stderr, "Accepted client, forking process.\n");
// XXX: Since we don't reap our children and don't ignore signals
// this produces zombie processes.
pid = fork();
if (pid < 0) {
perror("Fork failed");
ret = AVERROR(errno);
goto end;
}
if (pid == 0) {
fprintf(stderr, "In child.\n");
process_client(client, in_uri);
avio_close(server);
exit(0);
}
if (pid > 0)
avio_close(client);
}
avio_close(server);
if (ret < 0 && ret != AVERROR_EOF) {
fprintf(stderr, "Some errors occurred: %s\n", av_err2str(ret));
return 1;
}
return 0;
}