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The <code>--http-caching</code> option was removed prior to VLC 2.0.0 with this commitdiff: {{Commitdiff|31ac20b22fc37bcf78991159bf8a0f138db05b44|l=Unify (ACCESS{{!}}DEMUX)_GET_PTS_DELAY}}

The option <code>--http-proxy</code> was removed from the 3.0.x and 4.0.0-dev branches with this commitdiff: {{Commitdiff|6514ed051d579972f21949be3900a48d8d62c647|l=HTTP win32: use http-proxy options to setup the proxy}} with summary ''Because win32/netconf is not ready''.

The option <code>--http-user-agent</code> changed in VLC 1.1.1 (changelog):
 [[libvlc]]_set_user_agent() configures the "[[wikipedia:User agent|user agent]]" strings used for some
 protocols (HTTP, PulseAudio...). This replaces the --http-user-agent and
 the former --user-agent libvlc_new() parameters.

== HTTP ==
{{Module|name=http|type=Access|first_version=0.5.0|description=[[HTTP]] input}}

HTTP was first supported ''before'' 0.5.0 (probably from the beginning).

As of VLC 0.9.0 this module accepts gzip compressed data and Digest Access Authentication.

=== Options ===
{{Option
|name=http-reconnect
|default=disabled
|description=Automatically try to reconnect in case of a sudden disconnect
}}

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== HTTPS ==
{{Module|name=https|type=Access|first_version=3.0.0|description=[[HTTPS]] input}}

HTTPS was first supported in 0.8.1 (for {{docmod|http_intf}}). This particular sub-module was introduced in 3.0.0 for HTTP 2.0 support.

=== Options ===
{{Option
|name=http-forward-cookies
|value=boolean
|default=enabled
|description=Forward cookies across HTTP redirections
}}
{{Option
|name=http-referrer
|value=string
|default=NULL
|description=Provide the referral URL, i.e. HTTP "[[wikipedia:HTTP referer|Referer]]" &#x5B;''[[wiktionary:sic#Usage_notes|sic]]''&#x5D;
}}
{{Option
|name=http-user-agent
|value=string
|default=NULL
|description=Override the name and version of the application as provided to the HTTP server, i.e. the HTTP "[[wikipedia:User agent|User-Agent]]". Name and version must be separated by a forward slash, e.g. "FooBar/1.2.3"
}}
{{Option
|name=http-continuous
|value=boolean
|default=disabled
|description=Keep reading a resource that keeps being updated (for example a JPEG file)
}}

== Source code ==
* {{VLCSourceFile|modules/access/http.c}} (file - HTTP module)
* {{VLCSourceFile|modules/access/http/access.c}} (file - HTTPS sub-module)
* {{VLCSourceFolder|modules/access/http}} (folder)

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