Re: Need help on using squid as Client Library

On Fri, May 22, 2009 at 5:13 AM, sachi <sachidananda_at_huawei.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
>             I do have the following requirement.  Is it possible to use
> squid as client library?  Whether squid exposes the required APIs?
>
>
>
> Requirement:
>
> I do have process HTTP request/responses.  But after processing as part of
> business logic, I need to send the message to ICAP server.  To handle ICAP
> message construction/transaction processing, I need a ICAP protocol stack.
>
>
>
> I am expecting something similar to Bell Labs client library for ICAP.
>
> http://www1.bell-labs.com/project/ICAP/

Hi.
Squid is a server process, not a library. It offers various means and
hooks to intercept its process flow: redirectors, authenticators,
external ACL helpers, ICAP client capabilities and in the
not-yet-stable 3.1 release the eCAP request modification capabilities.
The latter seems to be similar to what you are looking for, you can
check the details at http://wiki.squid-cache.org/Features/eCAP

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    /kinkie