From 51bebe0c6f137d293dbb6f1194ad3f6fca5b79e9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Garrett D'Amore <garrett@damore.org>
Date: Tue, 6 Feb 2018 16:07:10 -0800
Subject: Document HTTP server API completely.

---
 docs/nng_http_handler_alloc.adoc | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

(limited to 'docs/nng_http_handler_alloc.adoc')

diff --git a/docs/nng_http_handler_alloc.adoc b/docs/nng_http_handler_alloc.adoc
index cde5b052..45ba7aff 100644
--- a/docs/nng_http_handler_alloc.adoc
+++ b/docs/nng_http_handler_alloc.adoc
@@ -41,7 +41,13 @@ by _hp_.
 
 Every handler has a Request-URI to which it refers, which is determined
 by the _path_ argument. Only the path component of the Request URI is
-considered.
+considered when determining whether the handler should be called.
+
+Additionally each handler has a method it is registered to handle
+(the default is "GET", see
+<<nng_http_handler_set_method#,nng_http_handler_set_method(3)), and
+optionally a 'Host' header it can be matched against (see
+<<nng_http_handler_set_host#,nng_http_handler_set_host(3)).
 
 In some cases, a handler may reference a logical tree rather (directory)
 rather than just a single element.
@@ -113,9 +119,9 @@ This function returns 0 on success, and non-zero otherwise.
 
 == ERRORS
 
-`NNG_ENOMEM`:: Insufficient free memory exists to allocate a message.
-`NNG_ENOTSUP`:: HTTP support not configured.
 `NNG_EINVAL`:: An invalid _path_ was specified.
+`NNG_ENOMEM`:: Insufficient free memory exists to allocate a message.
+`NNG_ENOTSUP`:: No support for HTTP in the library.
 
 == SEE ALSO
 
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