Document options for new HTTP/RPC server in --help

src/httpserver.cpp

@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ bool StartHTTPServer(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
         return false;
     }
 
-    evhttp_set_timeout(http, GetArg("-rpctimeout", 30));
+    evhttp_set_timeout(http, GetArg("-rpctimeout", DEFAULT_HTTP_TIMEOUT));
     evhttp_set_max_body_size(http, MAX_SIZE);
     evhttp_set_gencb(http, http_request_cb, NULL);
 
@@ -367,8 +367,8 @@ bool StartHTTPServer(boost::thread_group& threadGroup)
     }
 
     LogPrint("http", "Starting HTTP server\n");
-    int workQueueDepth = std::max((long)GetArg("-rpcworkqueue", 16), 1L);
-    int rpcThreads = std::max((long)GetArg("-rpcthreads", 4), 1L);
+    int workQueueDepth = std::max((long)GetArg("-rpcworkqueue", DEFAULT_HTTP_WORKQUEUE), 1L);
+    int rpcThreads = std::max((long)GetArg("-rpcthreads", DEFAULT_HTTP_THREADS), 1L);
     LogPrintf("HTTP: creating work queue of depth %d and %d worker threads\n", workQueueDepth, rpcThreads);
     workQueue = new WorkQueue<HTTPClosure>(workQueueDepth);
 

src/httpserver.h

@@ -11,6 +11,10 @@
 #include <boost/scoped_ptr.hpp>
 #include <boost/function.hpp>
 
+static const int DEFAULT_HTTP_THREADS=4;
+static const int DEFAULT_HTTP_WORKQUEUE=16;
+static const int DEFAULT_HTTP_TIMEOUT=30;
+
 struct evhttp_request;
 struct event_base;
 class CService;

src/init.cpp

@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-flushwallet", strprintf("Run a thread to flush wallet periodically (default: %u)", 1));
         strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-stopafterblockimport", strprintf("Stop running after importing blocks from disk (default: %u)", 0));
     }
-    string debugCategories = "addrman, alert, bench, coindb, db, estimatefee, lock, mempool, net, partitioncheck, pow, proxy, prune, "
+    string debugCategories = "addrman, alert, bench, coindb, db, estimatefee, http, lock, mempool, net, partitioncheck, pow, proxy, prune, "
                              "rand, reindex, rpc, selectcoins, zmq, zrpc, zrpcunsafe (implies zrpc)"; // Don't translate these
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-debug=<category>", strprintf(_("Output debugging information (default: %u, supplying <category> is optional)"), 0) + ". " +
         _("If <category> is not supplied or if <category> = 1, output all debugging information.") + " " + _("<category> can be:") + " " + debugCategories + ".");
@@ -481,7 +481,11 @@ std::string HelpMessage(HelpMessageMode mode)
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcpassword=<pw>", _("Password for JSON-RPC connections"));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcport=<port>", strprintf(_("Listen for JSON-RPC connections on <port> (default: %u or testnet: %u)"), 8232, 18232));
     strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcallowip=<ip>", _("Allow JSON-RPC connections from specified source. Valid for <ip> are a single IP (e.g. 1.2.3.4), a network/netmask (e.g. 1.2.3.4/255.255.255.0) or a network/CIDR (e.g. 1.2.3.4/24). This option can be specified multiple times"));
-    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcthreads=<n>", strprintf(_("Set the number of threads to service RPC calls (default: %d)"), 4));
+    strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcthreads=<n>", strprintf(_("Set the number of threads to service RPC calls (default: %d)"), DEFAULT_HTTP_THREADS));
+    if (showDebug) {
+        strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcworkqueue=<n>", strprintf("Set the depth of the work queue to service RPC calls (default: %d)", DEFAULT_HTTP_WORKQUEUE));
+        strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpctimeout=<n>", strprintf("Timeout during HTTP requests (default: %d)", DEFAULT_HTTP_TIMEOUT));
+    }
 
     // Disabled until we can lock notes and also tune performance of libsnark which by default uses multiple threads
     //strUsage += HelpMessageOpt("-rpcasyncthreads=<n>", strprintf(_("Set the number of threads to service Async RPC calls (default: %d)"), 1));