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Code cleanup, renamed functions, added documentation for HTTP module
author jbe
date Fri Jun 19 18:24:58 2015 +0200 (2015-06-19)
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jbe@0 1
jbe@0 2 Moonbridge reference
jbe@0 3 ====================
jbe@0 4
jbe@0 5
jbe@0 6
jbe@52 7 Global function listen{...}
jbe@0 8 ---------------------------
jbe@0 9
jbe@0 10 This function initializes the Moonbridge Network Server. It may be called
jbe@0 11 multiple times. However, it is not allowed to register additional listeners by
jbe@0 12 calling listen(...) from a "prepare", "connect", or "finish" handler.
jbe@0 13
jbe@0 14 See file "example.lua" for parametrization of the listen(...) function.
jbe@0 15
jbe@0 16 Warning: Moonbridge will fork the Lua environment to handle parallel requests.
jbe@0 17 Functions provided as "prepare", "connect", and "finish" handlers may access
jbe@0 18 global variables, but for every child process these global variables will not
jbe@0 19 be shared! If you require a global state, a DBMS, cache server, or similar is
jbe@0 20 necessary.
jbe@0 21
jbe@0 22
jbe@0 23
jbe@50 24 Global function timeout(...)
jbe@50 25 ----------------------------
jbe@50 26
jbe@50 27 Calling this function with a positive number (time in seconds) sets a timer
jbe@50 28 that kills the current process after the selected time runs out. The remaining
jbe@50 29 time can be queried by calling this function without arguments.
jbe@50 30
jbe@50 31 Calling this function with a single argument that is the number zero will
jbe@50 32 disable the timeout.
jbe@50 33
jbe@50 34 Another mode of operation is selected by passing two arguments: a time (in
jbe@50 35 seconds) as first argument and a function as second argument. In this case, a
jbe@50 36 sub-timer will be used to limit the execution time of the function. In case of
jbe@50 37 timeout, the process will be killed (and the timeout function does not return).
jbe@50 38 If the time for the sub-timer is longer than a previously set timeout (using
jbe@50 39 the timeout(...) function with one argument), the shorter timeout (of the
jbe@50 40 previous call of timeout(...)) will have precedence.
jbe@50 41
jbe@52 42 Timers are also automatically reset (disabled) when a handler (prepare handler
jbe@52 43 or connect handler) returns. To shutdown processes after a certain time waiting
jbe@52 44 for a new request, use the idle_time parameter of the listen function.
jbe@52 45
jbe@50 46
jbe@50 47
jbe@0 48 Socket object passed to "connect" handler
jbe@0 49 -----------------------------------------
jbe@0 50
jbe@0 51 For every incoming connection, the registered "connect" handler is called with
jbe@0 52 a single socket object as argument, which is described below:
jbe@0 53
jbe@0 54
jbe@94 55 ### socket:close()
jbe@0 56
jbe@0 57 Closes the socket connection (input and output stream) by flushing all data and
jbe@94 58 sending a TCP FIN packet.
jbe@91 59
jbe@91 60 Returns true on success, or nil plus error message in case of an I/O error.
jbe@91 61 Using this method on sockets that have already been closed (or reset) will
jbe@91 62 throw an error.
jbe@0 63
jbe@0 64 Warning: Pending data on the input stream may cause connection aborts (TCP RST)
jbe@94 65 when network connections are used. All pending input data should have been read
jbe@94 66 (or drained) before calling socket:close(). Use socket:finish() to send a
jbe@94 67 TCP FIN packet to the peer before waiting for EOF from the peer.
jbe@91 68
jbe@91 69
jbe@91 70 ### socket:drain(maxlen, terminator)
jbe@0 71
jbe@91 72 Same as socket:read(maxlen, terminator), but discards the input and returns the
jbe@143 73 number of discarded bytes (as first return value) and the status code ("term",
jbe@143 74 "maxlen", "eof" as second return value).
jbe@91 75
jbe@91 76 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
jbe@114 77 second return value) are returned.
jbe@0 78
jbe@0 79
jbe@144 80 ### socket:drain_call(waitfunc, maxlen, terminator)
jbe@144 81
jbe@144 82 Same as socket:drain(maxlen, terminator), but calls waitfunc(socket, "r") (in
jbe@144 83 an infinite loop) as long as the reading is blocked.
jbe@144 84
jbe@144 85
jbe@91 86 ### socket:drain_nb(maxlen, terminator)
jbe@0 87
jbe@143 88 Same as socket:drain(maxlen, terminator), but non-blocking. The status code
jbe@143 89 (which is returned as second return value) may therefore be "term", "maxlen",
jbe@143 90 "eof", or "block".
jbe@91 91
jbe@91 92 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
jbe@114 93 second return value) are returned.
jbe@91 94
jbe@0 95
jbe@144 96 ### socket:drain_yield(maxlen, terminator)
jbe@144 97
jbe@144 98 Alias for socket:drain_call(coroutine.yield, maxlen, terminator)
jbe@144 99
jbe@144 100
jbe@94 101 ### socket:finish()
jbe@94 102
jbe@94 103 Sends a TCP FIN packet to indicate EOF on write stream. Subsequent reads are
jbe@94 104 still possible. When there is no more input data to be read, the connection
jbe@94 105 should finally be closed with socket:close().
jbe@94 106
jbe@94 107 In case of local sockets (Unix Domain Sockets), socket:finish() simply closes
jbe@94 108 the underlying socket and emulates EOF on subsequent reads. Also in this case,
jbe@94 109 the connection should be finally closed with socket:close().
jbe@94 110
jbe@94 111
jbe@91 112 ### socket:flush(...)
jbe@91 113
jbe@91 114 Same as socket:write(...) but additionally flushes the socket (i.e. all pending
jbe@91 115 data is passed to the operating system).
jbe@91 116
jbe@91 117 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
jbe@114 118 second return value) are returned. On success, the socket userdata object is
jbe@91 119 returned.
jbe@91 120
jbe@0 121
jbe@145 122 ### socket:flush_call(waitfunc, ...)
jbe@145 123
jbe@152 124 Same as socket:flush(...), but calls waitfunc() (in an infinite loop) as long
jbe@152 125 as the writing is blocked.
jbe@145 126
jbe@145 127
jbe@91 128 ### socket:flush_nb(...)
jbe@91 129
jbe@91 130 Same as socket:write_nb(...) but additionally flushes the socket (i.e. all
jbe@91 131 pending data is passed to the operating system). The total number of bytes that
jbe@91 132 could not be passed yet to the operating system is returned. Zero is returned
jbe@91 133 if all data could be flushed out.
jbe@91 134
jbe@91 135 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
jbe@114 136 second return value) are returned.
jbe@0 137
jbe@0 138
jbe@145 139 ### socket:flush_yield(...)
jbe@145 140
jbe@145 141 Alias for socket:flush_call(coroutine.yield, ...)
jbe@145 142
jbe@145 143
jbe@0 144 ### socket.interval
jbe@0 145
jbe@0 146 Set to the name of an interval timer if the "connect" handler was called due to
jbe@0 147 an elapsed interval timer. Otherwise nil.
jbe@0 148
jbe@0 149
jbe@0 150 ### socket.local_ip4
jbe@0 151
jbe@0 152 Local IPv4 address used for the connection. Encoded as 4 raw bytes in form of a
jbe@0 153 string.
jbe@0 154
jbe@0 155
jbe@0 156 ### socket.local_ip6
jbe@0 157
jbe@0 158 Local IPv6 address used for the connection. Encoded as 16 raw bytes in form of
jbe@0 159 a string.
jbe@0 160
jbe@0 161
jbe@0 162 ### socket.local_tcpport
jbe@0 163
jbe@0 164 Local TCP port used for the connection.
jbe@0 165
jbe@0 166
jbe@91 167 ### socket:read(maxlen, terminator)
jbe@0 168
jbe@143 169 Reads up to maxlen bytes or until an optional termination character is
jbe@91 170 encountered (which is included in the result). The maxlen value may be nil, in
jbe@91 171 which case there is no limit on the number of bytes read.
jbe@0 172
jbe@91 173 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
jbe@114 174 second return value) are returned.
jbe@0 175
jbe@143 176 In all other cases (including EOF), the following two values are returned:
jbe@143 177
jbe@143 178 - a string containing the bytes read (first return value, may be empty string)
jbe@143 179 - a status code equal to "term", "maxlen", or "eof" (second return value)
jbe@143 180
jbe@143 181 If an EOF is encountered before all data could be read, then "eof" is returned
jbe@143 182 as second return value. If maxlen bytes have been read and no termination
jbe@143 183 character has been read, then "maxlen" is returned as second return value. If
jbe@143 184 the termination character is the last character of the read string, the second
jbe@143 185 return value will be "term".
jbe@143 186
jbe@0 187
jbe@140 188 ### socket:read_call(waitfunc, maxlen, terminator)
jbe@140 189
jbe@152 190 Same as socket:read(maxlen, terminator), but calls waitfunc() (in an infinite
jbe@152 191 loop) as long as the reading is blocked.
jbe@140 192
jbe@140 193
jbe@91 194 ### socket:read_nb(maxlen, terminator)
jbe@91 195
jbe@143 196 Same as socket:read(maxlen, terminator), but does not block.
jbe@91 197
jbe@91 198 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
jbe@114 199 second return value) are returned.
jbe@78 200
jbe@143 201 In all other cases (including EOF), the following two values are returned:
jbe@143 202
jbe@143 203 - a string containing the bytes read (first return value, may be empty string)
jbe@143 204 - a status code equal to "term", "maxlen", "eof", "block" (second return value)
jbe@143 205
jbe@143 206 The status code "block" as second return value is used if the function returned
jbe@143 207 prematurely because it would block otherwise. In this case, the first return
jbe@143 208 value is a string that contains the bytes that could be read without blocking.
jbe@143 209
jbe@78 210
jbe@140 211 ### socket:read_yield(maxlen, terminator)
jbe@140 212
jbe@140 213 Alias for socket:read_call(coroutine.yield, maxlen, terminator)
jbe@140 214
jbe@140 215
jbe@0 216 ### socket.remote_ip4
jbe@0 217
jbe@0 218 Remote IPv4 address used for the connection. Encoded as 4 raw bytes in form of
jbe@0 219 a string.
jbe@0 220
jbe@0 221
jbe@0 222 ### socket.remote_ip6
jbe@0 223
jbe@0 224 Remote IPv6 address used for the connection. Encoded as 16 raw bytes in form of
jbe@0 225 a string.
jbe@0 226
jbe@0 227
jbe@0 228 ### socket.remote_tcpport
jbe@0 229
jbe@0 230 Remote TCP port used for the connection.
jbe@0 231
jbe@0 232
jbe@91 233 ### socket:reset()
jbe@91 234
jbe@91 235 Alias for socket:close(0). Closes the socket connection by sending a TCP RST
jbe@91 236 packet if possible to indicate error condition.
jbe@91 237
jbe@114 238 Returns true on success, or nil (as first return value) plus error message (as
jbe@114 239 second return value) in case of an I/O error. Using this method on sockets that
jbe@91 240 have already been closed (or reset) will throw an error.
jbe@91 241
jbe@91 242 Warning: Previously sent (and flushed) data may be lost during transmission.
jbe@91 243
jbe@91 244
jbe@0 245 ### socket:write(...)
jbe@0 246
jbe@91 247 Takes a variable number of strings and sends them to the peer. The operation is
jbe@91 248 buffered, so to actually send out the data, it is necessary to eventually call
jbe@91 249 socket:flush(), socket:finish(), or socket:close().
jbe@91 250
jbe@91 251 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
jbe@114 252 second return value) are returned. On success, the socket userdata object is
jbe@91 253 returned.
jbe@91 254
jbe@91 255
jbe@145 256 ### socket:write_call(waitfunc, ...)
jbe@145 257
jbe@152 258 Same as socket:write(...), but calls waitfunc() (in an infinite loop) as long
jbe@152 259 as the writing is blocked.
jbe@145 260
jbe@145 261
jbe@91 262 ### socket:write_nb(...)
jbe@91 263
jbe@91 264 Takes a variable number of strings and sends them to the peer. The operation is
jbe@91 265 buffered, so to actually send out the data, it is necessary to eventually call
jbe@91 266 socket:flush_nb(), socket:flush(), socket:finish(), or socket:close().
jbe@91 267
jbe@91 268 This function always returns immediately (i.e. it does not block). If all data
jbe@91 269 (but a small buffered portion) could be sent out, then zero is returned.
jbe@91 270 Otherwise, all arguments that could not be sent are stored in a buffer of
jbe@91 271 unlimited size (up to memory capabilities) and an integer is returned that
jbe@91 272 indicates the number of bytes currently in the buffer.
jbe@91 273
jbe@91 274 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
jbe@114 275 second return value) are returned.
jbe@0 276
jbe@0 277
jbe@145 278 ### socket:write_yield(...)
jbe@145 279
jbe@145 280 Alias for socket:write_call(coroutine.yield, ...)
jbe@145 281
jbe@145 282
jbe@0 283
jbe@98 284 I/O library
jbe@98 285 -----------
jbe@98 286
jbe@98 287 The Moonbridge Network Server for Lua Applications comes with its own I/O
jbe@98 288 library to support blocking as well as nonblocking I/O operations.
jbe@98 289
jbe@114 290 All methods on an I/O handle (e.g. socket) are described in the previous
jbe@114 291 section regarding the "socket" object. All other functions of the library are
jbe@114 292 listed below.
jbe@114 293
jbe@114 294
jbe@114 295 ### moonbridge_io.localconnect(path)
jbe@114 296
jbe@114 297 Tries to connect to a local socket (also known as Unix Domain Socket). Returns
jbe@114 298 a socket object on success, or nil (as first return value) plus an error
jbe@114 299 message (as second return value) in case of error.
jbe@114 300
jbe@114 301
jbe@114 302 ### moonbridge_io.localconnect_nb(path)
jbe@114 303
jbe@114 304 Tries to connect to a local socket (also known as Unix Domain Socket). Returns
jbe@114 305 a socket object on success, or nil (as first return value) plus an error
jbe@114 306 message (as second return value) in case of error.
jbe@114 307
jbe@114 308 Same as moonbridge_io.localconnect(path), except that this function does not
jbe@114 309 block and immediately returns a socket object.
jbe@114 310
jbe@114 311 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
jbe@114 312 second return value) may be returned. However, connection errors may also be
jbe@114 313 reported on first read or write on the socket.
jbe@114 314
jbe@114 315
jbe@114 316 ### moonbridge_io.locallisten(path)
jbe@114 317
jbe@114 318 Attempts to create a local socket (also known as Unix Domain Socket) to accept
jbe@118 319 incoming connections. If the file does already exist and is a socket, then it
jbe@118 320 is deleted automatically before being re-created.
jbe@114 321
jbe@114 322 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
jbe@114 323 second return value) may be returned.On success, a listener object is returned
jbe@114 324 which supports the methods :accept(), :accept_nb(), and :close().
jbe@114 325
jbe@114 326 The method :accept() blocks until a new incoming connection is available in
jbe@114 327 which case a socket object is returned.
jbe@114 328
jbe@114 329 The method :accept_nb() works like :accept(), except that the call is
jbe@114 330 nonblocking and returns false (plus a notice as second return value) in case no
jbe@114 331 incoming connection is available. It is possible to wait for an incoming
jbe@114 332 connection by including the listener object in the input_set of the
jbe@114 333 moonbridge_io.poll(...) call.
jbe@114 334
jbe@114 335 The method :close() will close the listening socket. In case of local sockets
jbe@114 336 (Unix Domain Sockets), the socket will not be unlinked in the file system.
jbe@114 337
jbe@114 338 I/O errors by the methods of the listener object are also reported by returning
jbe@114 339 nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as second return value).
jbe@114 340
jbe@98 341
jbe@106 342 ### moonbridge_io.poll(input_set, output_set, timeout)
jbe@106 343
jbe@106 344 This function waits for at least one of the given file descriptors and/or
jbe@106 345 I/O handles to be ready for input or output. The two sets of file descriptors
jbe@106 346 and/or handles must contain the file descriptor or handle as a key, and a value
jbe@106 347 which does evaluate to true. If a set is nil, it is treated as being empty.
jbe@106 348
jbe@106 349 Returns true when at least one file descriptor or handle is ready for reading
jbe@106 350 or writing respectively. Returns false (as first return value) plus a status
jbe@106 351 message (as second return value) in case of timeout or when a signal was
jbe@106 352 received.
jbe@106 353
jbe@106 354
jbe@98 355 ### moonbridge_io.tcpconnect(hostname, port)
jbe@98 356
jbe@98 357 Tries to open a TCP connection with the given host and TCP port number. Returns
jbe@114 358 a socket object on success, or nil (as first return value) plus an error
jbe@114 359 message (as second return value) in case of error.
jbe@98 360
jbe@98 361
jbe@99 362 ### moonbridge_io.tcpconnect_nb(hostname, port)
jbe@99 363
jbe@99 364 Same as moonbridge_io.tcpconnect(hostname, port), except that this function
jbe@99 365 does not block and immediately returns a socket object.
jbe@99 366
jbe@102 367 Note: The current implementation still blocks during the DNS lookup. Use a
jbe@102 368 numeric IP address as hostname to be truly nonblocking.
jbe@102 369
jbe@99 370 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
jbe@114 371 second return value) may be returned. However, connection errors may also be
jbe@99 372 reported on first read or write on the socket.
jbe@99 373
jbe@99 374
jbe@114 375 ### moonbridge_io.tcplisten(hostname, port)
jbe@114 376
jbe@114 377 Attempts to open a TCP port for listening. To listen on the loopback interface,
jbe@114 378 use "::1" as hostname if IPv6 shall be used, or use "127.0.0.1" as hostname if
jbe@114 379 IPv4 shall be used. To listen on all available interfaces, use "::" (IPv6) or
jbe@114 380 "0.0.0.0" (IPv4) respectively.
jbe@114 381
jbe@114 382 In case of an I/O error, nil (as first return value) plus an error message (as
jbe@114 383 second return value) may be returned. On success, a listener object is returned
jbe@114 384 which supports the methods :accept(), :accept_nb(), and :close(). See reference
jbe@114 385 for moonbridge.io_locallisten(...).
jbe@114 386
jbe@114 387
jbe@98 388
jbe@0 389 HTTP module
jbe@0 390 -----------
jbe@0 391
jbe@0 392 The http module exports the function http.generate_handler(callback) that
jbe@0 393 converts an HTTP handler to a "connect" handler. See file "example.lua" for an
jbe@0 394 example of invocation. A table with options may be passed either as a second
jbe@0 395 argument, or as a first argument preceeding the callback function (whichever is
jbe@0 396 more convenient).
jbe@0 397
jbe@0 398 The following options are supported:
jbe@0 399
jbe@0 400 - request_body_size_limit: maximum size of payload of HTTP request body
jbe@0 401 (transfer encoding is allowed to add a limited amount of extra data)
jbe@0 402 - chunk_size: optional default value for maximum_input_chunk_size and
jbe@0 403 minimum_output_chunk_size
jbe@0 404 - request_header_size_limit: maximum size of HTTP request headers
jbe@0 405 - maximum_input_chunk_size: maximum chunk size when streaming a request body or
jbe@0 406 certain POST fields (bigger chunks will be fragmented automatically)
jbe@0 407 - minimum_output_chunk_size: minimum size for a chunk when sending a response
jbe@0 408 body (smaller chunks will be buffered and concatenated with future data;
jbe@0 409 ignored when request:flush() is called)
jbe@0 410 - static_headers: a set of headers to be included in every HTTP response
jbe@0 411 (may be a string, a table or strings, or a table of key-value pairs)
jbe@0 412
jbe@0 413 The callback function receives a single request object as argument, which is
jbe@0 414 described below.
jbe@0 415
jbe@0 416
jbe@0 417 ### request.body
jbe@0 418
jbe@0 419 The request body (without headers) as a string. Accessing this value makes
jbe@0 420 further access to request.post_params and request.post_params_list, or
jbe@0 421 invocation of request:stream_request_body(...) impossible.
jbe@0 422
jbe@0 423
jbe@60 424 ### request:close_after_finish()
jbe@60 425
jbe@60 426 Closes the connection after answering the request.
jbe@60 427
jbe@60 428 This method can only be called before the HTTP response header section has been
jbe@60 429 finished (i.e. before request:finish_headers(), request:send_data(...), or
jbe@60 430 request:finish() were called), but it may be called before a status code has
jbe@60 431 been sent using request:send_status(...).
jbe@60 432
jbe@60 433 A corresponding "Connection: close" header is automatically sent.
jbe@60 434
jbe@184 435 See also request:monologue().
jbe@184 436
jbe@184 437
jbe@184 438 ### request:consume_input()
jbe@184 439
jbe@184 440 Starts processing the request body (if existent) to set the values
jbe@184 441 request.post_params, request.post_params_list, request.post_metadata, and
jbe@184 442 and request.post_metadata_list and/or to call POST field stream handlers that
jbe@184 443 have been previously registered with request:stream_post_param(...) or
jbe@184 444 request:stream_post_params(...), or to call a previously registered request
jbe@184 445 body stream handler that was set with request:set_request_body_streamer().
jbe@184 446
jbe@184 447 This method gets invoked automatically when the POST param tables
jbe@184 448 (request.post_params, etc.) are accessed or if request.body is accessed.
jbe@184 449
jbe@60 450
jbe@0 451 ### request.cookies
jbe@0 452
jbe@0 453 A table with all cookies sent by the client.
jbe@0 454
jbe@0 455
jbe@50 456 ### request.faulty
jbe@50 457
jbe@184 458 Normally set to false. In case of a write error on the client connection or
jbe@184 459 certain other unexpected errors, this value is set to true before a Lua error
jbe@184 460 is raised.
jbe@50 461
jbe@50 462 A faulty request handle must not be used, or another Lua error will be raised.
jbe@50 463
jbe@50 464
jbe@0 465 ### request:finish()
jbe@0 466
jbe@0 467 Finishes and flushes a HTTP response. May be called multiple times. An
jbe@0 468 HTTP status, all headers, and the response body (if applicable) must have been
jbe@0 469 previously sent. After calling this method, no further data may be written.
jbe@0 470
jbe@0 471
jbe@0 472 ### request:finish_headers()
jbe@0 473
jbe@0 474 Finishes and flushes the HTTP response header section. May be called multiple
jbe@0 475 times, as long as the request is not finished completely. This method is
jbe@0 476 automatically invoked if the application is beginning to send a response body.
jbe@0 477 After calling this method, no further headers may be sent.
jbe@0 478
jbe@0 479
jbe@0 480 ### request:flush()
jbe@0 481
jbe@0 482 Flushes any pending output data. Note: In order to mark the end of a response
jbe@0 483 body, it is required to call request:finish().
jbe@0 484
jbe@0 485
jbe@184 486 ### request.fresh
jbe@184 487
jbe@184 488 Set to false whenever the request object has been used (e.g. data has been read
jbe@184 489 or sent out, or a stream handler was installed); true otherwise.
jbe@184 490
jbe@184 491
jbe@0 492 ### request.get_params
jbe@0 493
jbe@0 494 A table that maps field names to their corresponding GET value. If there are
jbe@0 495 several GET values with the given field name, then the first value is used.
jbe@0 496
jbe@35 497 Note: May be implemented through metamethods, but does support iteration
jbe@35 498 through pairs(...).
jbe@35 499
jbe@0 500
jbe@0 501 ### request.get_params_list
jbe@0 502
jbe@0 503 A table that maps field names to a sequence of their corresponding GET values.
jbe@0 504
jbe@35 505 Note: May be implemented through metamethods, but does support iteration
jbe@35 506 through pairs(...).
jbe@35 507
jbe@0 508
jbe@0 509 ### request.headers
jbe@0 510
jbe@0 511 A table that maps (case-insensitively) a HTTP header field name to a sequence
jbe@0 512 of values. One entry is created for every occurrence of a header line with the
jbe@0 513 given field name).
jbe@0 514
jbe@0 515
jbe@0 516 ### request.headers_csv_string
jbe@0 517
jbe@0 518 A table that maps (case-insensitively) a HTTP header field name to a comma
jbe@0 519 separated string. Multiple occurrences of the header with the given field name
jbe@0 520 are automatically merged into the comma separated string.
jbe@0 521
jbe@0 522
jbe@0 523 ### request.headers_csv_table
jbe@0 524
jbe@0 525 A table that maps (case-insensitively) a HTTP header field name to a sequence
jbe@0 526 of values. One entry is created for every comma separated value of each header
jbe@0 527 with the given field name.
jbe@0 528
jbe@0 529
jbe@0 530 ### request.headers_flags
jbe@0 531
jbe@0 532 A table that maps (case-insensitively) a HTTP header field name to another
jbe@0 533 table which (again case-insensitively) maps a string to a boolean, depending on
jbe@0 534 whether this string occurred in the list of comma separated values of one
jbe@0 535 header line with the given field name that was the key in the first table.
jbe@0 536
jbe@0 537
jbe@0 538 ### request.headers_value
jbe@0 539
jbe@0 540 A table that maps (case-insensitively) a HTTP header field name to a value. If
jbe@0 541 multiple header lines with the given field name have been received, false is
jbe@0 542 used as value.
jbe@0 543
jbe@0 544
jbe@0 545 ### request.method
jbe@0 546
jbe@0 547 The HTTP request method, e.g. "HEAD", "GET", or "POST".
jbe@0 548
jbe@0 549
jbe@184 550 ### request:monologue()
jbe@184 551
jbe@184 552 Same as request:close_after_finish() but additionally discards all input data
jbe@184 553 immediately.
jbe@184 554
jbe@184 555
jbe@0 556 ### request.path
jbe@0 557
jbe@10 558 The requested path without a leading slash and without the query part (e.g.
jbe@10 559 "index.html" if "/index.html?a=b&c=d" has been requested). For the query part,
jbe@10 560 see request.query.
jbe@10 561
jbe@10 562 This value will be nil if (and only if) the request method is "OPTIONS" with a
jbe@10 563 request target equal to "*" (see also asterisk-form of request-target in
jbe@10 564 section 5.3.4 in RFC 7230).
jbe@0 565
jbe@0 566
jbe@0 567 ### request.post_metadata
jbe@0 568
jbe@0 569 Only set for multipart/form-data POST requests. A table that maps field names
jbe@0 570 to their corresponding POST metadata table which contains two entries:
jbe@0 571 "file_name" and "content_type". If there are several POST values with the given
jbe@0 572 field name, then the first value/file is used.
jbe@0 573
jbe@0 574
jbe@0 575 ### request.post_metadata_list
jbe@0 576
jbe@0 577 Only set for multipart/form-data POST requests. A table that maps field names
jbe@0 578 to a sequence with their corresponding POST metadata tables. Needed if multiple
jbe@0 579 files are uploaded with the same field name.
jbe@0 580
jbe@0 581
jbe@0 582 ### request.post_params
jbe@0 583
jbe@0 584 A table that maps field names to their corresponding POST value. If there are
jbe@0 585 several POST values with the given field name, then the first value is used.
jbe@0 586
jbe@35 587 Note: May be implemented through metamethods, but does support iteration
jbe@35 588 through pairs(...).
jbe@35 589
jbe@0 590
jbe@0 591 ### request.post_params_list
jbe@0 592
jbe@0 593 A table that maps field names to a sequence of their corresponding POST values.
jbe@0 594
jbe@35 595 Note: May be implemented through metamethods, but does support iteration
jbe@35 596 through pairs(...).
jbe@35 597
jbe@0 598
jbe@0 599 ### request.query
jbe@0 600
jbe@12 601 Query part of the request target including the leading question mark, e.g.
jbe@12 602 "?a=b&c=d" if the requested target is "/index.html?a=b&c=d". The data is
jbe@10 603 automatically parsed and made available through request.get_params and
jbe@10 604 request.get_params_list.
jbe@10 605
jbe@10 606 If there is no query part given in the request target, then this string is
jbe@10 607 the empty string. This value will be nil if (and only if) the request method
jbe@10 608 is "OPTIONS" with a request target equal to "*" (see also asterisk-form of
jbe@10 609 request-target in section 5.3.4 in RFC 7230).
jbe@0 610
jbe@0 611
jbe@0 612 ### request:send_data(...)
jbe@0 613
jbe@0 614 Sends data as response body. All arguments are converted via tostring(...) and
jbe@0 615 concatenated. May be called multiple times until the request has been finished
jbe@0 616 by calling request:finish().
jbe@0 617
jbe@0 618 If the request method (see request.method) is "HEAD", then calls to
jbe@0 619 request:send_data(...) are automatically ignored.
jbe@0 620
jbe@0 621
jbe@0 622 ### request:send_header(key, value)
jbe@0 623
jbe@0 624 Sends a HTTP response header that consists of the given key and the given
jbe@0 625 value. Note: Key and value must be provided as separate arguments. Before any
jbe@0 626 headers can be sent, a HTTP status must have been set with
jbe@0 627 request:send_status(status_string).
jbe@0 628
jbe@0 629
jbe@0 630 ### request:send_status(status_string)
jbe@0 631
jbe@0 632 Sends a HTTP response status that is given as a string consisting of a 3-digit
jbe@0 633 number and an explanatory string, e.g. "200 OK" or "404 Not Found". This
jbe@0 634 function must be called once before any headers or response body data may be
jbe@0 635 sent.
jbe@0 636
jbe@0 637
jbe@0 638 ### request.socket
jbe@0 639
jbe@0 640 The underlaying socket. Can be used to force a TCP RST, etc.
jbe@0 641
jbe@0 642
jbe@0 643 ### request:stream_post_param(field_name, callback)
jbe@0 644
jbe@0 645 Registers a stream handler for the given POST parameter. The callback function
jbe@0 646 will be called in the following manner:
jbe@0 647
jbe@0 648 - For the initial chunk, the first chunk gets passed as first argument while a
jbe@0 649 table with metadata ("field_name" and "content_type") gets passed as second
jbe@0 650 argument. In case of an immediate EOF (i.e. an empty file), the passed
jbe@0 651 chunk is the empty string. In all other cases the chunk has a length greater
jbe@0 652 than zero.
jbe@0 653 - For any remaining chunks, the respective chunk gets passed as first and only
jbe@0 654 argument (no metadata). Here, the chunk has always a length greater than
jbe@0 655 zero.
jbe@0 656 - To indicate the end of the stream, the callback function is called without
jbe@0 657 arguments. This also happens in case of an immediate EOF (see above).
jbe@0 658
jbe@0 659 In case of an immediate EOF (i.e. an empty file), the callback function is thus
jbe@0 660 called as follows:
jbe@0 661
jbe@0 662 - The first time with an empty string as first argument, and with the metadata
jbe@0 663 as second argument.
jbe@0 664 - The second time without any arguments.
jbe@0 665
jbe@184 666 Note that request:consume_input() needs to be called to enforce streaming to
jbe@184 667 finish.
jbe@184 668
jbe@0 669
jbe@0 670 ### request:stream_post_params(pattern, callback)
jbe@0 671
jbe@0 672 Same as request:stream_post_param(...) but providing a string pattern to match
jbe@0 673 multiple field names (e.g. "^file_[0-9]+$").
jbe@0 674
jbe@0 675
jbe@0 676 ### request:stream_request_body(callback)
jbe@0 677
jbe@184 678 Registeres a stream handler for the whole request body. For each chunk of the
jbe@184 679 request body, the callback function is called with the corresponding chunk. End
jbe@184 680 of data is indicated by passing a nil value to the callback functuion.
jbe@0 681
jbe@184 682 Note that request:consume_input() needs to be called to enforce streaming to
jbe@184 683 finish.
jbe@0 684
jbe@44 685
jbe@184 686 ### request:stream_request_body_now(callback)
jbe@184 687
jbe@184 688 Start streaming of request body immediately. On EOF the function returns and
jbe@184 689 the callback function is *not* called with nil as argument.
jbe@184 690
jbe@184 691 Note that request:consume_input() needs to be called to enforce streaming to
jbe@184 692 finish.
jbe@184 693
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