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2 Moonbridge reference
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3 ====================
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7 Global function listen{...}
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8 ---------------------------
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10 This function initializes the Moonbridge Network Server. It may be called
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11 multiple times. However, it is not allowed to register additional listeners by
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12 calling listen{...} from a "prepare", "connect", or "finish" handler.
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14 See file "example.lua" for parametrization of the listen{...} function.
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16 Warning: Moonbridge will fork the Lua environment to handle parallel requests.
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17 Functions provided as "prepare", "connect", and "finish" handlers may access
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18 global variables, but for every child process these global variables will not
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19 be shared! If you require a global state, a DBMS, cache server, or similar is
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20 necessary.
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24 Global function timeout(...)
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25 ----------------------------
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26
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27 Calling this function with a positive number (time in seconds) sets a timer
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28 that kills the current process after the selected time runs out. The remaining
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29 time can be queried by calling this function without arguments.
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31 Calling this function with a single argument that is the number zero will
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32 disable the timeout.
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33
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34 Another mode of operation is selected by passing two arguments: a time (in
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35 seconds) as first argument and a function as second argument. In this case, a
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36 sub-timer will be used to limit the execution time of the function. In case of
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37 timeout, the process will be killed (and the timeout function does not return).
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38 If the time for the sub-timer is longer than a previously set timeout (using
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39 the timeout(...) function with one argument), the shorter timeout (of the
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40 previous call of timeout(...)) will have precedence.
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42 Timers are also automatically reset (disabled) when a handler (prepare handler
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43 or connect handler) returns. To shutdown processes after a certain time waiting
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44 for a new request, use the idle_time parameter of the listen function.
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48 Socket object passed to "connect" handler
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49 -----------------------------------------
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50
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51 For every incoming connection, the registered "connect" handler is called with
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52 a single socket object as argument, which is described below:
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54
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55 ### socket:close()
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56
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57 Closes the socket connection (input and output stream) by flushing all data and
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58 sending a TCP FIN packet.
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59
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60 Returns true on success, or nil plus error message in case of an I/O error.
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61 Using this method on sockets that have already been closed (or reset) will
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62 throw an error.
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63
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64 Warning: Pending data on the input stream may cause connection aborts (TCP RST)
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65 when network connections are used. All pending input data should have been read
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66 (or drained) before calling socket:close(). Use socket:finish() to send a
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67 TCP FIN packet to the peer before waiting for EOF from the peer.
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69 A socket passed to the "connect" handler will be closed automatically if it was
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70 not closed by the "connect" handler and if the "connect" handler returns
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71 normally (i.e. without throwing an error). If the "connect" handler throws an
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72 error, then the socket will be reset. See socket:reset().
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73
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74
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75 ### socket:drain(maxlen, terminator)
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77 Same as socket:read(maxlen, terminator), but discards the input and returns the
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78 number of discarded bytes (as first return value) and the status code ("term",
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79 "maxlen", "eof" as second return value).
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80
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81 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
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82 second return value) are returned.
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84
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85 ### socket:drain_call(waitfunc, maxlen, terminator)
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86
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87 Same as socket:drain(maxlen, terminator), but calls waitfunc(socket, "r") (in
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88 an infinite loop) as long as the reading is blocked.
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90
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91 ### socket:drain_nb(maxlen, terminator)
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92
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93 Same as socket:drain(maxlen, terminator), but non-blocking. The status code
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94 (which is returned as second return value) may therefore be "term", "maxlen",
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95 "eof", or "block".
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96
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97 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
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98 second return value) are returned.
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100
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101 ### socket:drain_yield(maxlen, terminator)
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102
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103 Alias for socket:drain_call(coroutine.yield, maxlen, terminator)
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105
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106 ### socket:finish()
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107
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108 Sends a TCP FIN packet to indicate EOF on write stream. Subsequent reads are
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109 still possible. When there is no more input data to be read, the connection
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110 should finally be closed with socket:close().
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111
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112 In case of local sockets (Unix Domain Sockets), socket:finish() simply closes
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113 the underlying socket and emulates EOF on subsequent reads. Also in this case,
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114 the connection should be finally closed with socket:close().
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115
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116
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117 ### socket:flush(...)
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118
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119 Same as socket:write(...) but additionally flushes the socket (i.e. all pending
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120 data is passed to the operating system).
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121
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122 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
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123 second return value) are returned. On success, the socket userdata object is
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124 returned.
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125
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126
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127 ### socket:flush_call(waitfunc, ...)
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128
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129 Same as socket:flush(...), but calls waitfunc() (in an infinite loop) as long
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130 as the writing is blocked.
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131
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132
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133 ### socket:flush_nb(...)
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134
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135 Same as socket:write_nb(...) but additionally flushes the socket (i.e. all
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136 pending data is passed to the operating system). The total number of bytes that
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137 could not be passed yet to the operating system is returned. Zero is returned
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138 if all data could be flushed out.
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139
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140 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
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141 second return value) are returned.
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143
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144 ### socket:flush_yield(...)
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146 Alias for socket:flush_call(coroutine.yield, ...)
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147
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148
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149 ### socket.interval
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150
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151 Set to the name of an interval timer if the "connect" handler was called due to
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152 an elapsed interval timer. Otherwise nil.
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154
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155 ### socket.local_ip4
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156
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157 Local IPv4 address used for the connection. Encoded as 4 raw bytes in form of a
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158 string.
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159
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160
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161 ### socket.local_ip6
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162
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163 Local IPv6 address used for the connection. Encoded as 16 raw bytes in form of
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164 a string.
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165
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166
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167 ### socket.local_tcpport
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168
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169 Local TCP port used for the connection.
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171
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172 ### socket:read(maxlen, terminator)
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173
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174 Reads up to maxlen bytes or until an optional termination character is
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175 encountered (which is included in the result). The maxlen value may be nil, in
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176 which case there is no limit on the number of bytes read.
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177
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178 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
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179 second return value) are returned.
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180
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181 In all other cases (including EOF), the following two values are returned:
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182
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183 - a string containing the bytes read (first return value, may be empty string)
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184 - a status code equal to "term", "maxlen", or "eof" (second return value)
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185
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186 If an EOF is encountered before all data could be read, then "eof" is returned
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187 as second return value. If maxlen bytes have been read and no termination
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188 character has been read, then "maxlen" is returned as second return value. If
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189 the termination character is the last character of the read string, the second
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190 return value will be "term".
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192
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193 ### socket:read_call(waitfunc, maxlen, terminator)
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194
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195 Same as socket:read(maxlen, terminator), but calls waitfunc() (in an infinite
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196 loop) as long as the reading is blocked.
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198
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199 ### socket:read_nb(maxlen, terminator)
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200
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201 Same as socket:read(maxlen, terminator), but does not block.
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202
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203 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
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204 second return value) are returned.
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205
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206 In all other cases (including EOF), the following two values are returned:
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207
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208 - a string containing the bytes read (first return value, may be empty string)
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209 - a status code equal to "term", "maxlen", "eof", "block" (second return value)
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211 The status code "block" as second return value is used if the function returned
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212 prematurely because it would block otherwise. In this case, the first return
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213 value is a string that contains the bytes that could be read without blocking.
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216 ### socket:read_yield(maxlen, terminator)
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218 Alias for socket:read_call(coroutine.yield, maxlen, terminator)
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220
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223 Remote IPv4 address used for the connection. Encoded as 4 raw bytes in form of
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224 a string.
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227 ### socket.remote_ip6
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228
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229 Remote IPv6 address used for the connection. Encoded as 16 raw bytes in form of
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230 a string.
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232
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233 ### socket.remote_tcpport
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235 Remote TCP port used for the connection.
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237
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238 ### socket:reset()
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239
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240 Alias for socket:close(). Closes the socket connection by sending a TCP RST
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241 packet if possible to indicate error condition. This is the default operation
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242 when a socket handle gets garbage collected or the process is terminated
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243 abnormally.
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244
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245 Returns true on success, or nil (as first return value) plus error message (as
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246 second return value) in case of an I/O error. Using this method on sockets that
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247 have already been closed (or reset) will throw an error.
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248
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249 Warning: Previously sent (and flushed) data may be lost during transmission.
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250
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251
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252 ### socket:write(...)
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254 Takes a variable number of strings and sends them to the peer. The operation is
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255 buffered, so to actually send out the data, it is necessary to eventually call
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256 socket:flush(), socket:finish(), or socket:close().
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257
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258 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
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259 second return value) are returned. On success, the socket userdata object is
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260 returned.
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262
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263 ### socket:write_call(waitfunc, ...)
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264
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265 Same as socket:write(...), but calls waitfunc() (in an infinite loop) as long
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266 as the writing is blocked.
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267
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268
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269 ### socket:write_nb(...)
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270
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271 Takes a variable number of strings and sends them to the peer. The operation is
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272 buffered, so to actually send out the data, it is necessary to eventually call
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273 socket:flush_nb(), socket:flush(), socket:finish(), or socket:close().
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274
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275 This function always returns immediately (i.e. it does not block). If all data
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276 (but a small buffered portion) could be sent out, then zero is returned.
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277 Otherwise, all arguments that could not be sent are stored in a buffer of
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278 unlimited size (up to memory capabilities) and an integer is returned that
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279 indicates the number of bytes currently in the buffer.
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280
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281 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
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282 second return value) are returned.
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283
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284
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285 ### socket:write_yield(...)
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286
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287 Alias for socket:write_call(coroutine.yield, ...)
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291 I/O library
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292 -----------
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293
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294 The Moonbridge Network Server for Lua Applications comes with its own I/O
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295 library to support blocking as well as nonblocking I/O operations.
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296
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297 All methods on an I/O handle (e.g. socket) are described in the previous
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298 section regarding the "socket" object. All other functions of the library are
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299 listed below.
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300
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301
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302 ### moonbridge_io.exec(command, arg1, arg2, ...)
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303
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304 Executes the given command and returns a handle with three sockets named
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305 "stdin", "stdout", and "stderr" as well as the following methods:
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306
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307 - :kill(signal)
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308 - :wait()
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309 - :wait_nb()
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310 - :wait_call(waitfunc)
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311 - :wait_yield()
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312
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313 Use :kill(signal) to terminate the process with the given signal (defaults to
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314 15 for SIGTERM).
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315
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316 The :wait() method will wait for the process to terminate and return its exit
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317 code. If the process was terminated by a signal, a negative integer is returned
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318 which corresponds to the respective positive signal number.
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319
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320 The method :wait_nb() is the same as :wait(), except that it does not block but
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321 returns false (plus a notice as second return value) if the child process has
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322 not terminated yet.
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323
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324 The method :wait_call() is the same as :wait() but calls waitfunc() (in an
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325 infinite loop) as long as the process is still running.
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326
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327 The method :wait_yield() is an alias for :wait_call(coroutine.yield).
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328
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329 moonbridge_io.exec(...) returns nil (as first return value) plus an error
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330 message (as second return value) in case of error.
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331
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332
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333 ### moonbridge_io.localconnect(path)
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334
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335 Tries to connect to a local socket (also known as Unix Domain Socket). Returns
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336 a socket object on success, or nil (as first return value) plus an error
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337 message (as second return value) in case of error.
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338
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339
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340 ### moonbridge_io.localconnect_nb(path)
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341
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342 Tries to connect to a local socket (also known as Unix Domain Socket). Returns
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343 a socket object on success, or nil (as first return value) plus an error
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344 message (as second return value) in case of error.
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345
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346 Same as moonbridge_io.localconnect(path), except that this function does not
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347 block and immediately returns a socket object.
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348
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349 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
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350 second return value) may be returned. However, connection errors may also be
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351 reported on first read or write on the socket.
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352
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353
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354 ### moonbridge_io.locallisten(path)
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355
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356 Attempts to create a local socket (also known as Unix Domain Socket) to accept
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357 incoming connections. If the file does already exist and is a socket, then it
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358 is deleted automatically before being re-created.
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359
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360 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
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361 second return value) may be returned. On success, a listener object is returned
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362 which supports the methods :accept(), :accept_nb(), and :close().
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363
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364 The method :accept() blocks until a new incoming connection is available, in
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365 which case a socket object is returned.
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366
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367 The method :accept_nb() works like :accept(), except that the call is
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368 nonblocking and returns false (plus a notice as second return value) in case no
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369 incoming connection is available. It is possible to wait for an incoming
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370 connection by including the listener object in the input_set of the
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371 moonbridge_io.poll(...) call.
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372
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373 The method :close() will close the listening socket. In case of local sockets
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374 (Unix Domain Sockets), the socket will not be unlinked in the file system.
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375
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376 I/O errors by the methods of the listener object are also reported by returning
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377 nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as second return value).
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378
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379
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380 ### moonbridge_io.poll(input_set, output_set, timeout)
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381
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382 This function waits for at least one of the given file descriptors and/or
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383 I/O handles to be ready for input or output. The two sets of file descriptors
|
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384 and/or handles must contain the file descriptor or handle as a key, and a value
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385 which does evaluate to true, e.g. input_set = {[socketA] = true}. If a set is
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386 nil, it is treated as being empty.
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387
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388 Returns true when at least one file descriptor or handle is ready for reading
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389 or writing respectively, or if a signal has been received during waiting.
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390 Returns false (plus a notice as second return value) in case of timeout.
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391
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392
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393 ### moonbridge_io.signalsocket(signal, ...)
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394
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395 This function installs a signal handler for the signals with the numbers passed
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396 as arguments and returns a socket which receives a byte for each received
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397 signal.
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398
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399 Subsequent calls of this function can extend the set of signals but will always
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400 return the same socket. If the socket is closed, it is no longer possible to
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401 detect signals until the process is terminated.
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402
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403
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404 ### moonbridge_io.tcpconnect(hostname, port)
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405
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406 Tries to open a TCP connection with the given host and TCP port number. Returns
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407 a socket object on success, or nil (as first return value) plus an error
|
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408 message (as second return value) in case of error.
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409
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410
|
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411 ### moonbridge_io.tcpconnect_nb(hostname, port)
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412
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413 Same as moonbridge_io.tcpconnect(hostname, port), except that this function
|
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414 does not block and immediately returns a socket object.
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415
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416 Note: The current implementation still blocks during the DNS lookup. Use a
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417 numeric IP address as hostname to be truly nonblocking.
|
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418
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419 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
|
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420 second return value) may be returned. However, connection errors may also be
|
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421 reported on first read or write on the socket.
|
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|
422
|
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|
423
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424 ### moonbridge_io.tcplisten(hostname, port)
|
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|
425
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426 Attempts to open a TCP port for listening. To listen on the loopback interface,
|
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|
427 use "::1" as hostname if IPv6 shall be used, or use "127.0.0.1" as hostname if
|
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428 IPv4 shall be used. To listen on all available interfaces, use "::" (IPv6) or
|
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429 "0.0.0.0" (IPv4) respectively.
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430
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431 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
|
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432 second return value) may be returned. On success, a listener object is returned
|
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433 which supports the methods :accept(), :accept_nb(), and :close(). See reference
|
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434 for moonbridge.io_locallisten(...).
|
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|
435
|
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|
436
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437 ### moonbridge_io.timeref(previous)
|
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|
438
|
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439 Helper function which returns a time reference (in SI-seconds). If a value is
|
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|
440 passed as an optional argument to the function, then that value is substracted
|
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|
441 from the result. A common idiom is:
|
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442
|
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443 local starttime = moonbridge_io.timeref()
|
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|
444 [...]
|
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445 while true do
|
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|
446 [...]
|
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447 if not moonbridge_io.poll(
|
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|
448 input_set,
|
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449 output_set,
|
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450 timeout - moonbridge_io.timeref(starttime)
|
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|
451 ) then
|
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452 error("Timeout or signal received!")
|
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|
453 end
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|
454 [...]
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455 end
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|
456
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|
457
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|
458
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|
459 HTTP module
|
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460 -----------
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|
461
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462 The HTTP module exports the function moonbridge_http.generate_handler(callback)
|
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463 that converts an HTTP handler to a "connect" handler. See file "helloworld.lua"
|
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464 for a simple example or "example_application.lua" for a more complex example of
|
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465 invocation. A table with options may be passed either as a second argument, or
|
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466 as a first argument preceeding the callback function (whichever is more
|
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|
467 convenient).
|
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|
468
|
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469 The following options are supported:
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|
470
|
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471 - request_body_size_limit: maximum size of payload of HTTP request body
|
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472 (transfer encoding is allowed to add a limited amount of extra data)
|
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|
473 - chunk_size: optional default value for maximum_input_chunk_size and
|
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|
474 minimum_output_chunk_size
|
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|
475 - request_header_size_limit: maximum size of HTTP request headers
|
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|
476 - maximum_input_chunk_size: maximum chunk size when streaming a request body or
|
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|
477 certain POST fields (bigger chunks will be fragmented automatically)
|
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|
478 - minimum_output_chunk_size: minimum size for a chunk when sending a response
|
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|
479 body (smaller chunks will be buffered and concatenated with future data;
|
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480 ignored when request:flush() is called)
|
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|
481 - static_headers: a set of headers to be included in every HTTP response
|
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|
482 (may be a string, a table or strings, or a table of key-value pairs)
|
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|
483
|
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|
484 The callback function receives a single request object as argument, which is
|
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|
485 described below.
|
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|
486
|
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|
487
|
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|
488 ### request.body
|
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|
489
|
jbe@0
|
490 The request body (without headers) as a string. Accessing this value makes
|
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|
491 further access to request.post_params and request.post_params_list, or
|
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|
492 invocation of request:stream_request_body(...) impossible.
|
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|
493
|
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|
494
|
jbe@60
|
495 ### request:close_after_finish()
|
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|
496
|
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|
497 Closes the connection after answering the request.
|
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|
498
|
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|
499 This method can only be called before the HTTP response header section has been
|
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|
500 finished (i.e. before request:finish_headers(), request:send_data(...), or
|
jbe@60
|
501 request:finish() were called), but it may be called before a status code has
|
jbe@60
|
502 been sent using request:send_status(...).
|
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|
503
|
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|
504 A corresponding "Connection: close" header is automatically sent.
|
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|
505
|
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|
506 See also request:monologue().
|
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|
507
|
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|
508
|
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|
509 ### request:consume_input()
|
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|
510
|
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|
511 Starts processing the request body (if existent) to set the values
|
jbe@184
|
512 request.post_params, request.post_params_list, request.post_metadata, and
|
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|
513 and request.post_metadata_list and/or to call POST field stream handlers that
|
jbe@184
|
514 have been previously registered with request:stream_post_param(...) or
|
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|
515 request:stream_post_params(...), or to call a previously registered request
|
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|
516 body stream handler that was set with request:set_request_body_streamer().
|
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|
517
|
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|
518 This method gets invoked automatically when the POST param tables
|
jbe@184
|
519 (request.post_params, etc.) are accessed or if request.body is accessed.
|
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|
520
|
jbe@60
|
521
|
jbe@0
|
522 ### request.cookies
|
jbe@0
|
523
|
jbe@0
|
524 A table with all cookies sent by the client.
|
jbe@0
|
525
|
jbe@0
|
526
|
jbe@50
|
527 ### request.faulty
|
jbe@50
|
528
|
jbe@184
|
529 Normally set to false. In case of a write error on the client connection or
|
jbe@184
|
530 certain other unexpected errors, this value is set to true before a Lua error
|
jbe@184
|
531 is raised.
|
jbe@50
|
532
|
jbe@50
|
533 A faulty request handle must not be used, or another Lua error will be raised.
|
jbe@50
|
534
|
jbe@50
|
535
|
jbe@0
|
536 ### request:finish()
|
jbe@0
|
537
|
jbe@224
|
538 Finishes and flushes a HTTP response. An HTTP status, all headers, and the
|
jbe@224
|
539 response body (if applicable) must have been previously sent. May be called
|
jbe@224
|
540 multiple times (performs no operation if called on a finished request handle).
|
jbe@224
|
541 Gets automatically invoked when the callback handler returns. After calling
|
jbe@224
|
542 this method explicitly, no further data may be written.
|
jbe@0
|
543
|
jbe@0
|
544
|
jbe@0
|
545 ### request:finish_headers()
|
jbe@0
|
546
|
jbe@0
|
547 Finishes and flushes the HTTP response header section. May be called multiple
|
jbe@0
|
548 times, as long as the request is not finished completely. This method is
|
jbe@0
|
549 automatically invoked if the application is beginning to send a response body.
|
jbe@0
|
550 After calling this method, no further headers may be sent.
|
jbe@0
|
551
|
jbe@0
|
552
|
jbe@0
|
553 ### request:flush()
|
jbe@0
|
554
|
jbe@0
|
555 Flushes any pending output data. Note: In order to mark the end of a response
|
jbe@0
|
556 body, it is required to call request:finish().
|
jbe@0
|
557
|
jbe@0
|
558
|
jbe@184
|
559 ### request.fresh
|
jbe@184
|
560
|
jbe@184
|
561 Set to false whenever the request object has been used (e.g. data has been read
|
jbe@184
|
562 or sent out, or a stream handler was installed); true otherwise.
|
jbe@184
|
563
|
jbe@184
|
564
|
jbe@0
|
565 ### request.get_params
|
jbe@0
|
566
|
jbe@0
|
567 A table that maps field names to their corresponding GET value. If there are
|
jbe@0
|
568 several GET values with the given field name, then the first value is used.
|
jbe@0
|
569
|
jbe@35
|
570 Note: May be implemented through metamethods, but does support iteration
|
jbe@35
|
571 through pairs(...).
|
jbe@35
|
572
|
jbe@0
|
573
|
jbe@0
|
574 ### request.get_params_list
|
jbe@0
|
575
|
jbe@0
|
576 A table that maps field names to a sequence of their corresponding GET values.
|
jbe@0
|
577
|
jbe@35
|
578 Note: May be implemented through metamethods, but does support iteration
|
jbe@35
|
579 through pairs(...).
|
jbe@35
|
580
|
jbe@0
|
581
|
jbe@0
|
582 ### request.headers
|
jbe@0
|
583
|
jbe@0
|
584 A table that maps (case-insensitively) a HTTP header field name to a sequence
|
jbe@224
|
585 of values. For each occurrence of the respective header line, a string entry is
|
jbe@224
|
586 created in that sequence. Non-existent headers are mapped to an empty table.
|
jbe@0
|
587
|
jbe@0
|
588
|
jbe@0
|
589 ### request.headers_csv_string
|
jbe@0
|
590
|
jbe@0
|
591 A table that maps (case-insensitively) a HTTP header field name to a comma
|
jbe@0
|
592 separated string. Multiple occurrences of the header with the given field name
|
jbe@0
|
593 are automatically merged into the comma separated string.
|
jbe@0
|
594
|
jbe@0
|
595
|
jbe@0
|
596 ### request.headers_csv_table
|
jbe@0
|
597
|
jbe@0
|
598 A table that maps (case-insensitively) a HTTP header field name to a sequence
|
jbe@224
|
599 of values. One entry is created in that sequence for every comma separated
|
jbe@224
|
600 value of each header with the given field name.
|
jbe@0
|
601
|
jbe@0
|
602
|
jbe@0
|
603 ### request.headers_flags
|
jbe@0
|
604
|
jbe@0
|
605 A table that maps (case-insensitively) a HTTP header field name to another
|
jbe@0
|
606 table which (again case-insensitively) maps a string to a boolean, depending on
|
jbe@0
|
607 whether this string occurred in the list of comma separated values of one
|
jbe@0
|
608 header line with the given field name that was the key in the first table.
|
jbe@0
|
609
|
jbe@0
|
610
|
jbe@0
|
611 ### request.headers_value
|
jbe@0
|
612
|
jbe@0
|
613 A table that maps (case-insensitively) a HTTP header field name to a value. If
|
jbe@0
|
614 multiple header lines with the given field name have been received, false is
|
jbe@0
|
615 used as value.
|
jbe@0
|
616
|
jbe@0
|
617
|
jbe@0
|
618 ### request.method
|
jbe@0
|
619
|
jbe@0
|
620 The HTTP request method, e.g. "HEAD", "GET", or "POST".
|
jbe@0
|
621
|
jbe@0
|
622
|
jbe@184
|
623 ### request:monologue()
|
jbe@184
|
624
|
jbe@184
|
625 Same as request:close_after_finish() but additionally discards all input data
|
jbe@184
|
626 immediately.
|
jbe@184
|
627
|
jbe@184
|
628
|
jbe@0
|
629 ### request.path
|
jbe@0
|
630
|
jbe@10
|
631 The requested path without a leading slash and without the query part (e.g.
|
jbe@10
|
632 "index.html" if "/index.html?a=b&c=d" has been requested). For the query part,
|
jbe@10
|
633 see request.query.
|
jbe@10
|
634
|
jbe@10
|
635 This value will be nil if (and only if) the request method is "OPTIONS" with a
|
jbe@10
|
636 request target equal to "*" (see also asterisk-form of request-target in
|
jbe@10
|
637 section 5.3.4 in RFC 7230).
|
jbe@0
|
638
|
jbe@0
|
639
|
jbe@0
|
640 ### request.post_metadata
|
jbe@0
|
641
|
jbe@0
|
642 Only set for multipart/form-data POST requests. A table that maps field names
|
jbe@0
|
643 to their corresponding POST metadata table which contains two entries:
|
jbe@0
|
644 "file_name" and "content_type". If there are several POST values with the given
|
jbe@0
|
645 field name, then the first value/file is used.
|
jbe@0
|
646
|
jbe@224
|
647 Note: May be implemented through metamethods, but does support iteration
|
jbe@224
|
648 through pairs(...).
|
jbe@224
|
649
|
jbe@0
|
650
|
jbe@0
|
651 ### request.post_metadata_list
|
jbe@0
|
652
|
jbe@0
|
653 Only set for multipart/form-data POST requests. A table that maps field names
|
jbe@0
|
654 to a sequence with their corresponding POST metadata tables. Needed if multiple
|
jbe@0
|
655 files are uploaded with the same field name.
|
jbe@0
|
656
|
jbe@224
|
657 Note: May be implemented through metamethods, but does support iteration
|
jbe@224
|
658 through pairs(...).
|
jbe@224
|
659
|
jbe@0
|
660
|
jbe@0
|
661 ### request.post_params
|
jbe@0
|
662
|
jbe@0
|
663 A table that maps field names to their corresponding POST value. If there are
|
jbe@0
|
664 several POST values with the given field name, then the first value is used.
|
jbe@0
|
665
|
jbe@35
|
666 Note: May be implemented through metamethods, but does support iteration
|
jbe@35
|
667 through pairs(...).
|
jbe@35
|
668
|
jbe@0
|
669
|
jbe@0
|
670 ### request.post_params_list
|
jbe@0
|
671
|
jbe@0
|
672 A table that maps field names to a sequence of their corresponding POST values.
|
jbe@0
|
673
|
jbe@35
|
674 Note: May be implemented through metamethods, but does support iteration
|
jbe@35
|
675 through pairs(...).
|
jbe@35
|
676
|
jbe@0
|
677
|
jbe@0
|
678 ### request.query
|
jbe@0
|
679
|
jbe@12
|
680 Query part of the request target including the leading question mark, e.g.
|
jbe@12
|
681 "?a=b&c=d" if the requested target is "/index.html?a=b&c=d". The data is
|
jbe@10
|
682 automatically parsed and made available through request.get_params and
|
jbe@10
|
683 request.get_params_list.
|
jbe@10
|
684
|
jbe@10
|
685 If there is no query part given in the request target, then this string is
|
jbe@10
|
686 the empty string. This value will be nil if (and only if) the request method
|
jbe@10
|
687 is "OPTIONS" with a request target equal to "*" (see also asterisk-form of
|
jbe@10
|
688 request-target in section 5.3.4 in RFC 7230).
|
jbe@0
|
689
|
jbe@0
|
690
|
jbe@0
|
691 ### request:send_data(...)
|
jbe@0
|
692
|
jbe@0
|
693 Sends data as response body. All arguments are converted via tostring(...) and
|
jbe@0
|
694 concatenated. May be called multiple times until the request has been finished
|
jbe@0
|
695 by calling request:finish().
|
jbe@0
|
696
|
jbe@0
|
697 If the request method (see request.method) is "HEAD", then calls to
|
jbe@0
|
698 request:send_data(...) are automatically ignored.
|
jbe@0
|
699
|
jbe@0
|
700
|
jbe@0
|
701 ### request:send_header(key, value)
|
jbe@0
|
702
|
jbe@0
|
703 Sends a HTTP response header that consists of the given key and the given
|
jbe@0
|
704 value. Note: Key and value must be provided as separate arguments. Before any
|
jbe@0
|
705 headers can be sent, a HTTP status must have been set with
|
jbe@0
|
706 request:send_status(status_string).
|
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707
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708
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709 ### request:send_status(status_string)
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710
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711 Sends a HTTP response status that is given as a string consisting of a 3-digit
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712 number and an explanatory string, e.g. "200 OK" or "404 Not Found". This
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713 function must be called once before any headers or response body data may be
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714 sent.
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715
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716
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717 ### request.socket
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718
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719 The underlaying socket. Can be used to force a TCP RST, etc.
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720
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721
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722 ### request:stream_post_param(field_name, callback)
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723
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724 Registers a stream handler for the given POST parameter. The callback function
|
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725 will be called in the following manner:
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726
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727 - For the initial chunk, the first chunk gets passed as first argument while a
|
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728 table with metadata ("field_name" and "content_type") gets passed as second
|
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729 argument. In case of an immediate EOF (i.e. an empty file), the passed
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730 chunk is the empty string. In all other cases the chunk has a length greater
|
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731 than zero.
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732 - For any remaining chunks, the respective chunk gets passed as first and only
|
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733 argument (no metadata). Here, the chunk has always a length greater than
|
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734 zero.
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735 - To indicate the end of the stream, the callback function is called without
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736 arguments. This also happens in case of an immediate EOF (see above).
|
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|
737
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738 In case of an immediate EOF (i.e. an empty file), the callback function is thus
|
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739 called as follows:
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740
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741 - The first time with an empty string as first argument, and with the metadata
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742 as second argument.
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743 - The second time without any arguments.
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744
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745 Note that request:consume_input() needs to be called to enforce streaming to
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746 finish.
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747
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|
748
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749 ### request:stream_post_params(pattern, callback)
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|
750
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751 Same as request:stream_post_param(...) but providing a string pattern to match
|
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752 multiple field names (e.g. "^file_[0-9]+$").
|
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|
753
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754
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755 ### request:stream_request_body(callback)
|
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|
756
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|
757 Registeres a stream handler for the whole request body. For each chunk of the
|
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758 request body, the callback function is called with the corresponding chunk. End
|
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|
759 of data is indicated by passing a nil value to the callback functuion.
|
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|
760
|
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|
761 Note that request:consume_input() needs to be called to enforce streaming to
|
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|
762 finish.
|
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|
763
|
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|
764
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765 ### request:stream_request_body_now(callback)
|
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|
766
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|
767 Start streaming of request body immediately. On EOF the function returns and
|
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|
768 the callback function is *not* called with nil as argument.
|
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|
769
|
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|
770
|