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Boost.Beast</h2></div> 25<div><div class="author"><h3 class="author"> 26<span class="firstname">Vinnie</span> <span class="surname">Falco</span> 27</h3></div></div> 28<div><p class="copyright">Copyright © 2016-2019 Vinnie 29 Falco</p></div> 30<div><div class="legalnotice"> 31<a name="beast.legal"></a><p> 32 Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying 33 file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at <a href="http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt" target="_top">http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt</a>) 34 </p> 35</div></div> 36</div></div> 37<div class="toc"> 38<p><b>Table of Contents</b></p> 39<dl class="toc"> 40<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/quickref.html">Reference</a></span></dt> 41<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/release_notes.html">Release Notes</a></span></dt> 42<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/introduction.html">Introduction</a></span></dt> 43<dd><dl> 44<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/introduction.html#beast.introduction.requirements">Requirements</a></span></dt> 45<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/introduction.html#beast.introduction.reporting_bugs">Reporting Bugs</a></span></dt> 46<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/introduction.html#beast.introduction.credits">Credits</a></span></dt> 47</dl></dd> 48<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/quick_start.html">Quick Look</a></span></dt> 49<dd><dl> 50<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/quick_start/http_client.html">Simple HTTP Client </a></span></dt> 51<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/quick_start/websocket_client.html">Simple WebSocket 52 Client </a></span></dt> 53<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/quick_start/security_review_bishop_fox.html">Security 54 Review (Bishop Fox) </a></span></dt> 55<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/quick_start/websocket_autobahn_testsuite.html">WebSocket 56 (Autobahn|Testsuite)</a></span></dt> 57</dl></dd> 58<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/examples.html">Examples</a></span></dt> 59<dd><dl> 60<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/examples.html#beast.examples.clients">Clients</a></span></dt> 61<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/examples.html#beast.examples.servers">Servers</a></span></dt> 62<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/examples.html#beast.examples.servers_advanced">Servers (Advanced)</a></span></dt> 63<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/examples.html#beast.examples.chat_server">Chat Server </a></span></dt> 64</dl></dd> 65<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io.html">Networking</a></span></dt> 66<dd><dl> 67<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/asio_refresher.html">Refresher</a></span></dt> 68<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/stream_types.html">Streams</a></span></dt> 69<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/timeouts.html">Timeouts </a></span></dt> 70<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/rate_limiting.html">Rate Limiting </a></span></dt> 71<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/layered_streams.html">Layered Streams</a></span></dt> 72<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/layered_streams/counted_stream_example.html">Counted 73 Stream </a></span></dt></dl></dd> 74<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/buffer_types.html">Buffer Types</a></span></dt> 75<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/files.html">Files</a></span></dt> 76<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/writing_composed_operations.html">Writing Composed 77 Operations</a></span></dt> 78<dd><dl> 79<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/writing_composed_operations/echo.html">Echo 80 </a></span></dt> 81<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_io/writing_composed_operations/detect_ssl.html">Detect 82 SSL </a></span></dt> 83</dl></dd> 84</dl></dd> 85<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/config.html">Configuration</a></span></dt> 86<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/config/configuration_preprocessor_defin.html">Configuration 87 Preprocessor Definitions</a></span></dt></dl></dd> 88<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http.html">HTTP</a></span></dt> 89<dd><dl> 90<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/protocol_primer.html">Protocol Primer</a></span></dt> 91<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/message_containers.html">Message Containers</a></span></dt> 92<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/message_stream_operations.html">Message Stream 93 Operations</a></span></dt> 94<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/serializer_stream_operations.html">Serializer 95 Stream Operations</a></span></dt> 96<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/parser_stream_operations.html">Parser Stream 97 Operations</a></span></dt> 98<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/parser_stream_operations/incremental_read.html">Incremental 99 Read </a></span></dt></dl></dd> 100<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/buffer_oriented_serializing.html">Buffer-Oriented 101 Serializing</a></span></dt> 102<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/buffer_oriented_serializing.html#beast.using_http.buffer_oriented_serializing.write_to_std_ostream">Write 103 To std::ostream </a></span></dt></dl></dd> 104<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/buffer_oriented_parsing.html">Buffer-Oriented 105 Parsing</a></span></dt> 106<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/buffer_oriented_parsing.html#beast.using_http.buffer_oriented_parsing.read_from_std_istream">Read 107 From std::istream </a></span></dt></dl></dd> 108<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/chunked_encoding.html">Chunked Encoding</a></span></dt> 109<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/custom_body_types.html">Custom Body Types</a></span></dt> 110<dd><dl><dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/custom_body_types.html#beast.using_http.custom_body_types.file_body">File 111 Body </a></span></dt></dl></dd> 112<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_http/custom_parsers.html">Custom Parsers</a></span></dt> 113</dl></dd> 114<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples.html">HTTP Examples</a></span></dt> 115<dd><dl> 116<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples/change_body_type.html">Change Body Type 117 </a></span></dt> 118<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples/expect_100_continue_client.html">Expect 119 100-continue (Client) </a></span></dt> 120<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples/expect_100_continue_server.html">Expect 121 100-continue (Server) </a></span></dt> 122<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples/head_request_client.html">HEAD request 123 (Client) </a></span></dt> 124<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples/head_response_server.html">HEAD response 125 (Server) </a></span></dt> 126<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples/http_relay.html">HTTP Relay </a></span></dt> 127<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/more_examples/send_child_process_output.html">Send Child 128 Process Output </a></span></dt> 129</dl></dd> 130<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket.html">WebSocket</a></span></dt> 131<dd><dl> 132<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/establishing_connections.html">Connecting</a></span></dt> 133<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/handshaking.html">Handshaking</a></span></dt> 134<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/decorator.html">Decorator</a></span></dt> 135<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/messages.html">Messages</a></span></dt> 136<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/control_frames.html">Control Frames</a></span></dt> 137<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/timeouts.html">Timeouts</a></span></dt> 138<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/teardown.html">Teardown</a></span></dt> 139<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/using_websocket/notes.html">Notes</a></span></dt> 140</dl></dd> 141<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts.html">Concepts</a></span></dt> 142<dd><dl> 143<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/Body.html">Body</a></span></dt> 144<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/BodyReader.html">BodyReader</a></span></dt> 145<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/BodyWriter.html">BodyWriter</a></span></dt> 146<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/BufferSequence.html">BufferSequence</a></span></dt> 147<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/DynamicBuffer.html">DynamicBuffer</a></span></dt> 148<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/Fields.html">Fields</a></span></dt> 149<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/FieldsWriter.html">FieldsWriter</a></span></dt> 150<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/File.html">File</a></span></dt> 151<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/RatePolicy.html">RatePolicy</a></span></dt> 152<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/concepts/streams.html">Streams</a></span></dt> 153</dl></dd> 154<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/design_choices.html">Design Choices</a></span></dt> 155<dd><dl> 156<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/design_choices/http_message_container.html">HTTP Message 157 Container </a></span></dt> 158<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/design_choices/http_comparison_to_other_librari.html">HTTP 159 Comparison to Other Libraries</a></span></dt> 160<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/design_choices/comparison_to_zaphoyd_studios_we.html">Comparison 161 to Zaphoyd Studios WebSocket++</a></span></dt> 162<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/design_choices/faq.html">FAQ</a></span></dt> 163</dl></dd> 164<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/moved1.html">Release Notes (Moved)</a></span></dt> 165<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/moved2.html">Reference (Moved)</a></span></dt> 166<dt><span class="section"><a href="beast/index.html">Index</a></span></dt> 167</dl> 168</div> 169<p> 170 <span class="green">★</span> indicates a new or updated section in 171 this 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