<refentry id="refreqflags">

  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>ne_set_request_flag</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>3</manvolnum>
  </refmeta>

  <refnamediv>
    <refname id="ne_set_request_flag">ne_set_request_flag</refname>
    <refname id="ne_get_request_flag">ne_get_request_flag</refname>
    <refpurpose>set and retrieve per-request flags</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
  
  <refsynopsisdiv>

    <funcsynopsis>

      <funcsynopsisinfo>#include &lt;ne_request.h&gt;</funcsynopsisinfo>

      <funcprototype>
        <funcdef>void <function>ne_set_request_flag</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>ne_request *<parameter>req</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>ne_request_flag <parameter>flag</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>int <parameter>value</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>

      <funcprototype>
        <funcdef>int <function>ne_get_request_flag</function></funcdef>
        <paramdef>ne_request *<parameter>req</parameter></paramdef>
        <paramdef>ne_request_flag <parameter>flag</parameter></paramdef>
      </funcprototype>

    </funcsynopsis>

  </refsynopsisdiv>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Description</title>

    <para>The <function>ne_set_request_flag</function> function
    enables or disables a per-request flag.  Passing a non-zero
    <parameter>value</parameter> argument enables the flag, and zero
    disables it.</para>

    <para>The following flags are defined:</para>

	<variablelist>
	  <varlistentry>
            <term><constant>NE_REQFLAG_EXPECT100</constant></term>
	    <listitem>
	      <simpara>enable this flag to use the "Expect:
	      100-continue" feature of HTTP/1.1, which allows the
	      server to process request headers without reading the
	      entire request body.  This saves time and bandwidth if
	      the server gives an authentication challenge (requiring
	      the request to be resent), but has interoperability
	      problems with some older servers.</simpara>
	    </listitem>
	  </varlistentry>
	  <varlistentry>
            <term><constant>NE_REQFLAG_IDEMPOTENT</constant></term>
	    <listitem>
	      <simpara>disable this flag if the request uses a
	      non-idempotent method such as
	      <literal>POST</literal></simpara>
	    </listitem>
	  </varlistentry>
        </variablelist>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>Return value</title>

    <para>The <function>ne_get_request_flag</function> function returns
    zero if a flag is disabled, less than zero if the flag is not
    supported, or greater than zero if the flag is enabled.</para>
  </refsect1>

  <refsect1>
    <title>See also</title>

    <para><xref linkend="ne_request_create"/>.</para>

  </refsect1>

</refentry>
