multipart.h

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// Copyright (C) 2026 Douglas Quigg (dstroy0) <dquigg123@gmail.com>
// SPDX-License-Identifier: AGPL-3.0-or-later
 
/**
 * @file multipart.h
 * @brief In-place multipart/form-data parser (RFC 7578).
 *
 * Parses the body already stored in `HttpReq::body[]`.  The parser modifies
 * the body buffer in-place by inserting null terminators, so `part->data`
 * pointers are valid only while the `HttpReq` lives (before `http_reset()`).
 *
 * **Limitations**
 * - Maximum parts: `MAX_MULTIPART_PARTS` (default 4).
 * - Maximum total body size: `BODY_BUF_SIZE` bytes.
 * - Binary payloads containing the boundary string will be truncated.
 * - Only `name` and `filename` are extracted from Content-Disposition;
 *   other parameters are ignored.
 * - Boundary value must be ≤ `MAX_BOUNDARY_LEN` bytes (RFC 2046 cap: 70).
 *
 * @author  Douglas Quigg (dstroy0)
 * @date    2026
 */
 
#ifndef DETERMINISTICESPASYNCWEBSERVER_MULTIPART_H
#define DETERMINISTICESPASYNCWEBSERVER_MULTIPART_H
 
#include "DetWebServerConfig.h"
#include "presentation.h" // for HttpReq, http_get_header
 
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Data types
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
/**
 * @brief One parsed part from a multipart body.
 *
 * All char* fields point into the (modified) `HttpReq::body[]` buffer.
 * They are null-terminated and valid until `http_reset()` is called.
 */
struct MultipartPart
{
    const char *name;     ///< Form field name from Content-Disposition, or nullptr.
    const char *filename; ///< Upload filename from Content-Disposition, or nullptr.
    const char *type;     ///< Content-Type of this part, or nullptr.
    const char *data;     ///< Part body (null-terminated in-place).
    size_t      data_len; ///< Part body length in bytes (not counting the null).
};
 
/**
 * @brief Container for all parsed parts of a multipart body.
 */
struct Multipart
{
    MultipartPart parts[MAX_MULTIPART_PARTS]; ///< Parsed parts.
    int           part_count;                 ///< Number of valid entries in parts[].
};
 
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
// Public API
// ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
/**
 * @brief Parse the body of @p req as multipart/form-data.
 *
 * Reads the boundary from the `Content-Type` header, then scans
 * `req->body` in-place, null-terminating each part's headers and data.
 *
 * @param req  Fully-parsed HTTP request (must be in PARSE_COMPLETE state).
 * @param mp   Output structure; filled on success.
 * @return true if at least one part was found, false on parse error.
 */
bool multipart_parse(HttpReq *req, Multipart *mp);
 
/**
 * @brief Look up a field value across all parsed parts by name.
 *
 * Returns the data pointer of the first part whose `name` matches @p field.
 * Useful for simple form submissions where each field has a unique name.
 *
 * @param mp     Parsed multipart result.
 * @param field  Form field name to search for.
 * @return Part data (null-terminated), or nullptr if not found.
 */
const char *multipart_get_field(const Multipart *mp, const char *field);
 
#endif