feat: support HTTP_ANY method in esp_http_server

Closes https://github.com/espressif/esp-idf/issues/12794

components/esp_http_server/include/esp_http_server.h

@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ typedef void* httpd_handle_t;
  */
 typedef enum http_method httpd_method_t;
 
+#define HTTP_ANY INT_MAX
+
 /**
  * @brief  Prototype for freeing context data (if any)
  * @param[in] ctx   object to free
@@ -367,7 +369,7 @@ esp_err_t httpd_stop(httpd_handle_t handle);
  */
 typedef struct httpd_req {
     httpd_handle_t  handle;                     /*!< Handle to server instance */
-    int             method;                     /*!< The type of HTTP request, -1 if unsupported method */
+    int             method;                     /*!< The type of HTTP request, -1 if unsupported method, HTTP_ANY for wildcard method to support every method */
     const char      uri[HTTPD_MAX_URI_LEN + 1]; /*!< The URI of this request (1 byte extra for null termination) */
     size_t          content_len;                /*!< Length of the request body */
     void           *aux;                        /*!< Internally used members */
@@ -423,7 +425,7 @@ typedef struct httpd_req {
  */
 typedef struct httpd_uri {
     const char       *uri;    /*!< The URI to handle */
-    httpd_method_t    method; /*!< Method supported by the URI */
+    httpd_method_t    method; /*!< Method supported by the URI, HTTP_ANY for wildcard method to support all methods*/
 
     /**
      * Handler to call for supported request method. This must

components/esp_http_server/src/httpd_uri.c

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ static httpd_uri_t* httpd_find_uri_handler(struct httpd_data *hd,
             hd->config.uri_match_fn(hd->hd_calls[i]->uri, uri, uri_len) :
             httpd_uri_match_simple(hd->hd_calls[i]->uri, uri, uri_len)) {
             /* URIs match. Now check if method is supported */
-            if (hd->hd_calls[i]->method == method) {
+            if (hd->hd_calls[i]->method == method || hd->hd_calls[i]->method == HTTP_ANY) {
                 /* Match found! */
                 if (err) {
                     /* Unset any error that may

examples/protocols/http_server/simple/main/main.c

@@ -300,6 +300,28 @@ static const httpd_uri_t echo = {
     .user_ctx  = NULL
 };
 
+/* An HTTP_ANY handler */
+static esp_err_t any_handler(httpd_req_t *req)
+{
+    /* Send response with body set as the
+     * string passed in user context*/
+    const char* resp_str = (const char*) req->user_ctx;
+    httpd_resp_send(req, resp_str, HTTPD_RESP_USE_STRLEN);
+
+    // End response
+    httpd_resp_send_chunk(req, NULL, 0);
+    return ESP_OK;
+}
+
+static const httpd_uri_t any = {
+    .uri       = "/any",
+    .method    = HTTP_ANY,
+    .handler   = any_handler,
+    /* Let's pass response string in user
+     * context to demonstrate it's usage */
+    .user_ctx  = "Hello World!"
+};
+
 /* This handler allows the custom error handling functionality to be
  * tested from client side. For that, when a PUT request 0 is sent to
  * URI /ctrl, the /hello and /echo URIs are unregistered and following
@@ -391,6 +413,7 @@ static httpd_handle_t start_webserver(void)
         httpd_register_uri_handler(server, &hello);
         httpd_register_uri_handler(server, &echo);
         httpd_register_uri_handler(server, &ctrl);
+        httpd_register_uri_handler(server, &any);
         #if CONFIG_EXAMPLE_BASIC_AUTH
         httpd_register_basic_auth(server);
         #endif