mand authentication. Authentication methods are pluggable. The library http_authenticate.pl provides a plugin for user/password based Basic HTTP authentication.

chunked

Use Transfer-encoding: chunked if the client allows for it.

condition(:Goal)

If present, the handler is ignored if Goal does not succeed.

content_type(+Term)

Specifies the content-type of the reply. This value is currently not used by this library. It enhances the reflexive capabilities of this library through http_current_handler/3.

id(+Atom)

Identifier of the handler. The default identifier is the predicate name. Used by http_location_by_id/2 and http_link_to_id/3.

hide_children(+Bool)

If true on a prefix-handler (see prefix), possible children are masked. This can be used to (temporary) overrule part of the tree.

method(+Method)

Declare that the handler processes Method. This is equivalent to methods([Method]). Using method(*) allows for all methods.

methods(+ListOfMethods)

Declare that the handler processes all of the given methods. If this option appears multiple times, the methods are combined.

prefix

Call Pred on any location that is a specialisation of Path. If multiple handlers match, the one with the longest path is used. Options defined with a prefix handler are the default options for paths that start with this prefix. Note that the handler acts as a fallback handler for the tree below it: