Hello, I was re-reading the spec to clarify I doubt I had about relative vs absolute URLs and where they're allowed, while I stumbled on this part: > 2 Gemini Request > [...] > <URL> is a UTF-8 encoded absolute URL, including a scheme, of maximum length > 1024 bytes. > > Sending an absolute URL instead of only a path or selector is effectively > equivalent to building in a HTTP "Host" header. [...] If I'm understanding correctly, the "instead of only a path or selector" is redundant, since relative URLs aren't allowed. This is probably a leftover from when the spec allowed both relative and absolute URLs in the request, or I'm missing something? Thanks, Omar Polo
On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 11:36 AM Omar Polo <op at omarpolo.com> wrote:
> If I'm understanding correctly, the "instead of only a path or selector"
> is redundant, since relative URLs aren't allowed.
I think it is meant to emphasize that this is how Gemini does virtual
hosting (and also proxying), rather than a combination of a relative
reference in the GET line and a Host: header, as HTTP/1.1 does. So this
sentence is informative rather than normative.
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John Cowan <cowan at ccil.org> writes: > On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 11:36 AM Omar Polo <op at omarpolo.com> wrote: > > >> If I'm understanding correctly, the "instead of only a path or selector" >> is redundant, since relative URLs aren't allowed. > > > I think it is meant to emphasize that this is how Gemini does virtual > hosting (and also proxying), rather than a combination of a relative > reference in the GET line and a Host: header, as HTTP/1.1 does. So this > sentence is informative rather than normative. Your interpretation seems right. I initially read it from the prospective of someone who knew relative URLs were allowed, not as someone approaching a new protocol. Thanks, Omar Polo > > > John Cowan http://vrici.lojban.org/~cowan cowan at ccil.org > Charles li reis, nostre emperesdre magnes, > Set anz totz pleinz ad ested in Espagnes.
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