NAME

       CURLOPT_RTSP_REQUEST - RTSP request

SYNOPSIS

       #include <curl/curl.h>

       CURLcode curl_easy_setopt(CURL *handle, CURLOPT_RTSP_REQUEST, long request);

DESCRIPTION

       Tell libcurl what kind of RTSP request to make. Pass one of the following RTSP enum values
       as a long in the request argument. Unless noted otherwise, commands require the Session ID
       to be initialized.

       CURL_RTSPREQ_OPTIONS
              Used  to  retrieve  the  available  methods  of  the  server.  The  application  is
              responsible for parsing and obeying the response. The session ID is not needed  for
              this method.

       CURL_RTSPREQ_DESCRIBE
              Used to get the low level description of a stream. The application should note what
              formats it understands in the 'Accept:' header. Unless set manually,  libcurl  will
              automatically  fill  in  'Accept: application/sdp'.  Time-condition headers will be
              added to Describe requests if the CURLOPT_TIMECONDITION(3) option is  active.  (The
              session ID is not needed for this method)

       CURL_RTSPREQ_ANNOUNCE
              When  sent  by  a  client,  this method changes the description of the session. For
              example, if a client is using the server to record a meeting, the  client  can  use
              Announce  to  inform  the  server  of  all  the meta-information about the session.
              ANNOUNCE acts like an HTTP PUT or POST just like CURL_RTSPREQ_SET_PARAMETER

       CURL_RTSPREQ_SETUP
              Setup is used to initialize the transport layer for the  session.  The  application
              must   set   the   desired   Transport   options   for   a  session  by  using  the
              CURLOPT_RTSP_TRANSPORT(3) option prior to  calling  setup.  If  no  session  ID  is
              currently  set  with  CURLOPT_RTSP_SESSION_ID(3),  libcurl will extract and use the
              session ID in the response to this request. The session ID is not needed  for  this
              method.

       CURL_RTSPREQ_PLAY
              Send  a  Play  command to the server. Use the CURLOPT_RANGE(3) option to modify the
              playback time (e.g. npt=10-15).

       CURL_RTSPREQ_PAUSE
              Send a Pause command to the server. Use the CURLOPT_RANGE(3) option with  a  single
              value to indicate when the stream should be halted. (e.g. npt=25)

       CURL_RTSPREQ_TEARDOWN
              This  command  terminates  an  RTSP  session.  Simply closing a connection does not
              terminate the RTSP session since it is  valid  to  control  an  RTSP  session  over
              different connections.

       CURL_RTSPREQ_GET_PARAMETER
              Retrieve  a  parameter  from  the  server.  By  default, libcurl will automatically
              include a Content-Type: text/parameters header on all non-empty requests  unless  a
              custom  one  is  set.  GET_PARAMETER  acts  just  like  an  HTTP  PUT  or POST (see
              CURL_RTSPREQ_SET_PARAMETER).  Applications wishing  to  send  a  heartbeat  message
              (e.g.  in  the  presence  of  a  server-specified timeout) should send use an empty
              GET_PARAMETER request.

       CURL_RTSPREQ_SET_PARAMETER
              Set a parameter on the server. By default, libcurl  will  automatically  include  a
              Content-Type:  text/parameters  header  unless a custom one is set. The interaction
              with SET_PARAMETER is much like an HTTP PUT or POST. An application may either  use
              CURLOPT_UPLOAD(3)  with  CURLOPT_READDATA(3)  like  a  HTTP  PUT,  or  it  may  use
              CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS(3) like an HTTP POST. No chunked transfers are allowed,  so  the
              application    must    set    the   CURLOPT_INFILESIZE(3)   in   the   former   and
              CURLOPT_POSTFIELDSIZE(3) in the latter. Also, there is no use of  multi-part  POSTs
              within RTSP.

       CURL_RTSPREQ_RECORD
              Used  to  tell  the  server to record a session. Use the CURLOPT_RANGE(3) option to
              modify the record time.

       CURL_RTSPREQ_RECEIVE
              This is a special request because it does not send any  data  to  the  server.  The
              application  may  call  this  function in order to receive interleaved RTP data. It
              will return after processing  one  read  buffer  of  data  in  order  to  give  the
              application a chance to run.

DEFAULT

PROTOCOLS

       RTSP

EXAMPLE

       CURL *curl = curl_easy_init();
       if(curl) {
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_URL, "rtsp://example.com/");
         /* ask for options! */
         curl_easy_setopt(curl, CURLOPT_RTSP_REQUEST, CURL_RTSPREQ_OPTIONS);
         ret = curl_easy_perform(curl);
         curl_easy_cleanup(curl);
       }

AVAILABILITY

       Added in 7.20.0

RETURN VALUE

       Returns CURLE_OK if the option is supported, and CURLE_UNKNOWN_OPTION if not.

SEE ALSO

       CURLOPT_RTSP_SESSION_ID(3), CURLOPT_RTSP_STREAM_URI(3),