1.1 --- a/moonbridge_http.lua	Wed Jan 14 12:32:11 2015 +0100
     1.2 +++ b/moonbridge_http.lua	Thu Jan 29 01:33:00 2015 +0100
     1.3 @@ -753,6 +753,20 @@
     1.4              read_body_bytes(request_body_content_length, callback)
     1.5            end
     1.6            input_state = "finished"
     1.7 +        end,
     1.8 +        -- helper function to send simple status responses,
     1.9 +        -- e.g. to send errors for malformed requests, etc.:
    1.10 +        send_text_status_response = function(status, text)
    1.11 +          request:send_status(status)
    1.12 +          request:send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
    1.13 +          if not connection_close_responded then
    1.14 +            request:send_header("Connection", "close")
    1.15 +          end
    1.16 +          request:send_data(status, "\n")
    1.17 +          if text then
    1.18 +            request:send_data("\n", text, "\n")
    1.19 +          end
    1.20 +          request:finish()
    1.21          end
    1.22        }
    1.23        -- initialize tables for GET params in request object:
    1.24 @@ -776,18 +790,11 @@
    1.25            end
    1.26          end
    1.27        })
    1.28 -      -- low level HTTP error response (for malformed requests, etc.):
    1.29 -      local function error_response(status, text)
    1.30 -        request:send_status(status)
    1.31 -        request:send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
    1.32 -        if not connection_close_responded then
    1.33 -          request:send_header("Connection", "close")
    1.34 -        end
    1.35 -        request:send_data(status, "\n")
    1.36 -        if text then
    1.37 -          request:send_data("\n", text, "\n")
    1.38 -        end
    1.39 -        request:finish()
    1.40 +      -- wrapper for request:send_text_status_response(...) method to
    1.41 +      -- send an error status for malformed requests, etc., and to
    1.42 +      -- return the boolean value of the "survive" variable:
    1.43 +      local function error_response(...)
    1.44 +        request:send_text_status_response(...)
    1.45          return survive
    1.46        end
    1.47        -- read and parse request line: