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Expand Up @@ -187,6 +187,87 @@ <h3 id="errors">Wrapping multiple errors</h3>
returns an error wrapping a list of errors.
</p>

<h3 id="http_responsecontroller">HTTP ResponseController</h3>

<p>
The new
<a href="/pkg/net/http/#ResponseController"><code>"net/http".ResponseController</code></a>
type provides access to extended per-request functionality not handled by the
<a href="/pkg/net/http/#ResponseWriter"><code>"net/http".ResponseWriter</code></a> interface.
</p>

<p>
Previously, we have added new per-request functionality by defining optional
interfaces which a <code>ResponseWriter</code> can implement, such as
<a href="/pkg/net/http/#Flusher"><code>Flusher<code></a>. These interfaces
are not discoverable and clumsy to use.
</p>

<p>
The <code>ResponseController</code> type provides a clearer, more discoverable way
to add per-handler controls. Two such controls also added in Go 1.20 are
<code>SetReadDeadline</code> and <code>SetWriteDeadline</code>, which allow setting
per-request read and write deadlines. For example:
</p>

<pre>
func RequestHandler(w ResponseWriter, r *Request) {
rc := http.NewResponseController(w)
rc.SetWriteDeadline(0) // disable Server.WriteTimeout when sending a large response
io.Copy(w, bigData)
}
</pre>

<h3 id="reverseproxy_rewrite">New ReverseProxy Rewrite hook</h3>

<p>
The <a href="/pkg/net/http/httputil/#ReverseProxy"><code>httputil.ReverseProxy</code></a>
forwarding proxy includes a new <code>Rewrite</code> hook function, superseding the
previous <code>Director</code> hook.
</p>

<p>
The <code>Rewrite</code> hook accepts a
<a href="/pkg/net/http/httputil/#ProxyRequest"><code>ProxyRequest</code></a> parameter,
which includes both the inbound request received by the proxy and the outbound
request that it will send.
Unlike <code>Director</code> hooks, which only operate on the outbound request,
this permits <code>Rewrite</code> hooks to avoid certain scenarios where
a malicious inbound request may cause headers added by the hook
to be removed before forwarding.
See <a href="https://go.dev/issue/50580">issue #50580</a>.
</p>

<p>
The <a href="/pkg/net/http/httputil/#ProxyRequest.SetURL"><code>ProxyRequest.SetURL</code></a>
method routes the outbound request to a provided destination
and supersedes the <code>NewSingleHostReverseProxy</code> function.
Unlike <code>NewSingleHostReverseProxy</code>, <code>SetURL</code>
also sets the <code>Host</code> header of the outbound request.
</p>

<p>
The
<a href="/pkg/net/http/httputil/#ProxyRequest.SetXForwarded"><code>ProxyRequest.SetXForwarded</code></a>
method sets the <code>X-Forwarded-For</code>, <code>X-Forwarded-Host</code>,
and <code>X-Forwarded-Proto</code> headers of the outbound request.
When using a <code>Rewrite</code>, these headers are not added by default.
</p>

<p>
An example of a <code>Rewrite</code> hook using these features is:
</p>

<pre>
proxyHandler := &httputil.ReverseProxy{
Rewrite: func(r *httputil.ProxyRequest) {
r.SetURL(outboundURL) // Forward request to outboundURL.
r.SetXForwarded() // Set X-Forwarded-* headers.
r.Out.Header.Set("X-Additional-Header", "header set by the proxy")
},
}
</pre>

<h3 id="minor_library_changes">Minor changes to the library</h3>

<p>
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<dl id="net/http"><dt><a href="/pkg/net/http/">net/http</a></dt>
<dd>
<p><!-- https://go.dev/issue/41773 -->
TODO: <a href="https://go.dev/issue/41773">https://go.dev/issue/41773</a>: add Server.OptionsHandler to allow custom handling of OPTIONS *
</p>
<p><!-- https://go.dev/issue/541360 -->
The new <code>ResponseController</code> type provides access to extended per-request
functionality not handled by the <code>ResponseWriter<code> interface.
<p>

<p><!-- CL 356410 -->
TODO: <a href="https://go.dev/cl/356410">https://go.dev/cl/356410</a>: net/http: add Server.DisableOptionsHandler for custom handling of OPTIONS *; modified api/next/41773.txt
<p>
The new <code>ResponseController.SetReadDeadline</code> and
<code>ResponseController.SetWriteDeadline</code> methods permit setting
per-request read and write deadlines.
</p>

<p><!-- https://go.dev/issue/51914 -->
TODO: <a href="https://go.dev/issue/51914">https://go.dev/issue/51914</a>: support for the 103 status code
The <code>ResponseWriter.WriteHeader</code> function now supports sending
<code>1xx</code> status codes.
</p>

<p><!-- https://go.dev/issue/53896 -->
TODO: <a href="https://go.dev/issue/53896">https://go.dev/issue/53896</a>: easier access to HTTP/2 error codes
<p><!-- https://go.dev/issue/41773 -->
The new <code>Server.DisableGeneralOptionsHandler</code> configuration setting
allows disabling the default <code>OPTIONS *</code> handler.
</p>

<p><!-- https://go.dev/issue/54299 -->
TODO: <a href="https://go.dev/issue/54299">https://go.dev/issue/54299</a>: add Transport.OnProxyConnectResponse
The new <code>Transport.OnProxyConnectResponse</code> hook is called
when a <code>Transport</code> receives an HTTP response from a proxy
for a <code>CONNECT</code> request.
</p>

<p><!-- CL 418614 -->
TODO: <a href="https://go.dev/cl/418614">https://go.dev/cl/418614</a>: net/http: accept HEAD requests with a body; accept HEAD requests with a body
<p><!-- https://go.dev/issue/53960 -->
The HTTP server now accepts HEAD requests containing a body,
rather than rejecting them as invalid.
</p>

<p><!-- CL 436890 -->
TODO: <a href="https://go.dev/cl/436890">https://go.dev/cl/436890</a>: net/http: add ResponseController and per-handler timeouts; modified api/next/54136.txt
<p><!-- https://go.dev/issue/53896 -->
HTTP/2 stream errors returned by <code>net/http</code> functions may be converted
to a <code>"golang.org/x/net/http2".StreamError</code> using <code>errors.As</code>.
</p>

<p><!-- CL 447216 -->
TODO: <a href="https://go.dev/cl/447216">https://go.dev/cl/447216</a>: net/http: add Transport.OnProxyConnectResponse; modified api/next/54299.txt
<p><!-- https://go.dev/cl/397734 -->
Leading and trailing spaces are trimmed from cookie names,
rather than being rejected as invalid.
For example, a cookie setting of "name =value"
is now accepted as setting the cookie "name".
</p>
</dd>
</dl><!-- net/http -->

<dl id="net/http/httputil"><dt><a href="/pkg/net/http/httputil/">net/http/httputil</a></dt>
<dd>
<p><!-- https://go.dev/issue/50465 -->
TODO: <a href="https://go.dev/issue/50465">https://go.dev/issue/50465</a>: add X-Forwarded-Proto and X-Forwarded-Host by default
</p>

<p><!-- https://go.dev/issue/53002 -->
TODO: <a href="https://go.dev/issue/53002">https://go.dev/issue/53002</a>: replace Director with Rewrite
The new <code>ReverseProxy</code> hook supersedes the existing <code>Rewrite</code> hook.
</p>

<p><!-- CL 407214 -->
TODO: <a href="https://go.dev/cl/407214">https://go.dev/cl/407214</a>: net/http/httputil: add ReverseProxy.Rewrite; modified api/next/53002.txt
<p><!-- https://go.dev/issue/50465 -->
<code>ReverseProxy</code> now adds
<code>X-Forwarded-Proto</code> and <code>X-Forwarded-Host</code> headers
to forwarded requests.
These headers are added to all requests forwarded by a <code>Director</code> hook,
and to requests forwarded by a <code>Rewrite</code> hook which calls the
<code>ProxyRequest.SetXForwarded</code> function.
</p>

<p><!-- CL 407414 -->
TODO: <a href="https://go.dev/cl/407414">https://go.dev/cl/407414</a>: net/http/httputil: add X-Forwarded-{Host,Proto} headers in ReverseProxy
<p><!-- CL 407375 -->
<code>ReverseProxy</code> no longer adds a <code>User-Agent</code> header
to forwarded requests when the incoming request does not have one.
</p>
</dd>
</dl><!-- net/http/httputil -->
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