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Sometimes it is desired to only work with a header. Beast provides a single class template __header__ and some aliases to model HTTP/1 and HTTP/2 headers:
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__header__
/// An HTTP header
template<
bool isRequest, // `true` for requests, `false` for responses
class Fields = fields> // The type of container to store the fields
class header;
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__request_header `request_header`]
/// A typical HTTP request header
template<class Fields>
using request_header = header<true, Fields>;
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__response_header `response_header`]
/// A typical HTTP response header
template<class Fields>
using response_header = header<false, Fields>;
Requests and responses share the version, fields, and body but have a few members unique to the type. This is implemented by declaring the header classes as partial specializations of `isRequest`. __message__ is derived from __header__; a message may be passed as an argument to a function taking a suitably typed header as a parameter. Additionally, `header` is publicly derived from `Fields`; a message inherits all the member functions of `Fields`. This diagram shows the inheritance relationship between header and message, along with some of the notable differences in members in each partial specialization:
Body Types
Beast defines the __Body__ concept, which determines both the type of the [link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__message.body `message::body`] member (as seen in the diagram above) and may also include algorithms for transferring buffers in and out. These algorithms are used during parsing and serialization. Users may define their own body types which meet the requirements, or use the ones that come with the library:
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__buffer_body `buffer_body`]
A body whose [link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__buffer_body__value_type `value_type`] holds a raw pointer and size to a caller-provided buffer. This allows for serialization of body data coming from external sources, and incremental parsing of message body content using a fixed size buffer.
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__dynamic_body `dynamic_body`]

[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__basic_dynamic_body `basic_dynamic_body`]
A body whose `value_type` is a __DynamicBuffer__. It inherits the insertion complexity of the underlying choice of dynamic buffer. Messages with this body type may be serialized and parsed.
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__empty_body `empty_body`]
A special body with an empty `value_type` indicating that the message has no body. Messages with this body may be serialized and parsed; however, body octets received while parsing a message with this body will generate a unique error.
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__file_body `file_body`]

[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__basic_file_body `basic_file_body`]
This body is represented by a file opened for either reading or writing. Messages with this body may be serialized and parsed. HTTP algorithms will use the open file for reading and writing, for streaming and incremental sends and receives.
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__span_body `span_body`]
A body whose `value_type` is a [@boost:/libs/core/doc/html/core/span.html `span`], a non-owning reference to a single linear buffer of bytes. Messages with this body type may be serialized and parsed.
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__string_body `string_body`]

[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__basic_string_body `basic_string_body`]
A body whose `value_type` is `std::basic_string` or `std::string`. Insertion complexity is amortized constant time, while capacity grows geometrically. Messages with this body type may be serialized and parsed. This is the type of body used in the examples.
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__vector_body `vector_body`]
A body whose `value_type` is `std::vector`. Insertion complexity is amortized constant time, while capacity grows geometrically. Messages with this body type may be serialized and parsed.
Usage
These examples show how to create and fill in request and response objects: Here we build an [@https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-4.3.1 HTTP GET] request with an empty message body:
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These examples show how to create and fill in request and response objects: Here we build an [@https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc7231#section-4.3.1 HTTP GET] request with an empty message body:
/// A typical HTTP response
template<class Body, class Fields = fields>
using response = message<false, Body, Fields>;
The container offers value semantics including move and copy if supported by __Body__ and __Fields__. User defined template function parameters can accept any message, or can use partial specialization to accept just requests or responses. The default __fields__ is a provided associative container using the standard allocator and supporting modification and inspection of fields. As per __rfc7230__, a non-case-sensitive comparison is used for field names. User defined types for fields are possible. The `Body` type determines the type of the container used to represent the body as well as the algorithms for transferring buffers to and from the container. The library comes with a collection of common body types. As with fields, user defined body types are possible.
Sometimes it is desired to only work with a header. Beast provides a single class template __header__ and some aliases to model HTTP/1 and HTTP/2 headers:
Header
__header__
/// An HTTP header
template<
bool isRequest, // `true` for requests, `false` for responses
class Fields = fields> // The type of container to store the fields
class header;
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__request_header `request_header`]
/// A typical HTTP request header
template<class Fields>
using request_header = header<true, Fields>;
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__response_header `response_header`]
/// A typical HTTP response header
template<class Fields>
using response_header = header<false, Fields>;
Requests and responses share the version, fields, and body but have a few members unique to the type. This is implemented by declaring the header classes as partial specializations of `isRequest`. __message__ is derived from __header__; a message may be passed as an argument to a function taking a suitably typed header as a parameter. Additionally, `header` is publicly derived from `Fields`; a message inherits all the member functions of `Fields`. This diagram shows the inheritance relationship between header and message, along with some of the notable differences in members in each partial specialization:
Body Types
Beast defines the __Body__ concept, which determines both the type of the [link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__message.body `message::body`] member (as seen in the diagram above) and may also include algorithms for transferring buffers in and out. These algorithms are used during parsing and serialization. Users may define their own body types which meet the requirements, or use the ones that come with the library:
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__buffer_body `buffer_body`]
A body whose [link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__buffer_body__value_type `value_type`] holds a raw pointer and size to a caller-provided buffer. This allows for serialization of body data coming from external sources, and incremental parsing of message body content using a fixed size buffer.
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__dynamic_body `dynamic_body`]

[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__basic_dynamic_body `basic_dynamic_body`]
A body whose `value_type` is a __DynamicBuffer__. It inherits the insertion complexity of the underlying choice of dynamic buffer. Messages with this body type may be serialized and parsed.
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__empty_body `empty_body`]
A special body with an empty `value_type` indicating that the message has no body. Messages with this body may be serialized and parsed; however, body octets received while parsing a message with this body will generate a unique error.
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__file_body `file_body`]

[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__basic_file_body `basic_file_body`]
This body is represented by a file opened for either reading or writing. Messages with this body may be serialized and parsed. HTTP algorithms will use the open file for reading and writing, for streaming and incremental sends and receives.
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__span_body `span_body`]
A body whose `value_type` is a [@boost:/libs/core/doc/html/core/span.html `span`], a non-owning reference to a single linear buffer of bytes. Messages with this body type may be serialized and parsed.
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__string_body `string_body`]

[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__basic_string_body `basic_string_body`]
A body whose `value_type` is `std::basic_string` or `std::string`. Insertion complexity is amortized constant time, while capacity grows geometrically. Messages with this body type may be serialized and parsed. This is the type of body used in the examples.
[link beast.ref.boost__beast__http__vector_body `vector_body`]
A body whose `value_type` is `std::vector`. Insertion complexity is amortized constant time, while capacity grows geometrically. Messages with this body type may be serialized and parsed.
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