feat: autodetect ipv6 address

src/Tiny_httpd.ml

@@ -518,7 +518,6 @@ type cb_path_handler = string Request.t -> Response.t
 type t = {
   addr: string;
   port: int;
-  ipv6: bool;
   sem_max_connections: Sem_.t;
   new_thread: (unit -> unit) -> unit;
   masksigpipe: bool;
@@ -558,14 +557,13 @@ let add_path_handler
   self.path_handlers <- ph :: self.path_handlers
 
 let create
-    ?(ipv6=false)
     ?(masksigpipe=true)
     ?(max_connections=32)
     ?(new_thread=(fun f -> ignore (Thread.create f () : Thread.t)))
     ?(addr="127.0.0.1") ?(port=8080) () : t =
   let handler _req = Response.fail ~code:404 "no top handler" in
   let max_connections = max 4 max_connections in
-  { new_thread; addr; port; masksigpipe; handler; ipv6;
+  { new_thread; addr; port; masksigpipe; handler;
     running= true; sem_max_connections=Sem_.create max_connections;
     path_handlers=[];
     cb_encode_resp=[]; cb_decode_req=[];
@@ -656,14 +654,17 @@ let handle_client_ (self:t) (client_sock:Unix.file_descr) : unit =
   (try Unix.close client_sock with _ -> ());
   ()
 
+let is_ipv6 self = String.contains self.addr ':'
+
 let run (self:t) : (unit,_) result =
   try
     if self.masksigpipe then (
       ignore (Unix.sigprocmask Unix.SIG_BLOCK [Sys.sigpipe] : _ list);
     );
     let sock =
-      Unix.socket (if self.ipv6 then Unix.PF_INET6 else Unix.PF_INET)
-        Unix.SOCK_STREAM 0 in
+      Unix.socket (if is_ipv6 self then Unix.PF_INET6 else Unix.PF_INET)
+        Unix.SOCK_STREAM 0
+    in
     Unix.clear_nonblock sock;
     Unix.setsockopt sock Unix.SO_REUSEADDR true;
     Unix.setsockopt_optint sock Unix.SO_LINGER None;

src/Tiny_httpd.mli

@@ -322,7 +322,6 @@ type t
 (** A HTTP server. See {!create} for more details. *)
 
 val create :
-  ?ipv6:bool ->
   ?masksigpipe:bool ->
   ?max_connections:int ->
   ?new_thread:((unit -> unit) -> unit) ->
@@ -344,13 +343,17 @@ val create :
     could use a thread pool instead.
 
     @param max_connections maximum number of simultaneous connections.
-    @param addr the address (IPv4) to listen on. Default ["127.0.0.1"].
+    @param addr address (IPv4 or IPv6) to listen on. Default ["127.0.0.1"].
     @param port to listen on. Default [8080].
     *)
 
 val addr : t -> string
 (** Address on which the server listens. *)
 
+val is_ipv6 : t -> bool
+(** [is_ipv6 server] returns [true] iff the address of the server is an IPv6 address.
+    @since 0.3 *)
+
 val port : t -> int
 (** Port on which the server listens. *)
 

src/bin/http_of_dir.ml

@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ type config = {
   mutable max_upload_size: int;
   mutable delete: bool;
   mutable j: int;
-  mutable ipv6: bool;
 }
 
 let default_config () : config = {
@@ -19,7 +18,6 @@ let default_config () : config = {
   upload=true;
   max_upload_size = 10 * 1024 * 1024;
   j=32;
-  ipv6=false;
 }
 
 let contains_dot_dot s =
@@ -101,8 +99,9 @@ let date_of_time (f:float) : string =
    *)
 
 let serve ~config (dir:string) : _ result =
-  Printf.printf "serve directory %s on http://%s:%d\n%!" dir config.addr config.port;
-  let server = S.create ~ipv6:config.ipv6 ~max_connections:config.j ~addr:config.addr ~port:config.port () in
+  let server = S.create ~max_connections:config.j ~addr:config.addr ~port:config.port () in
+  Printf.printf "serve directory %s on http://%(%s%):%d\n%!"
+    dir (if S.is_ipv6 server then "[%s]" else "%s") config.addr config.port;
   if config.delete then (
     S.add_path_handler server ~meth:`DELETE "/%s"
       (fun path _req ->
@@ -211,7 +210,6 @@ let main () =
       "--delete", Unit (fun () -> config.delete <- true), " enable `delete` on files";
       "--no-delete", Unit (fun () -> config.delete <- false), " disable `delete` on files";
       "-j", Int (fun j->config.j <- j), " maximum number of simultaneous connections";
-      "-6", Unit (fun () -> config.ipv6 <- true), " allow ipv6";
     ]) (fun s -> dir_ := s) "http_of_dir [options] [dir]";
   match serve ~config !dir_ with
   | Ok () -> ()