# HG changeset patch
# User jbe
# Date 1427158267 -3600
# Node ID 14ef90c46e165cc8a88199e0d4e263143c6050f9
# Parent  fd0fe0adb2035d7970b73df169e98cc8cfcba3cf
New method request:close_after_finish()

diff -r fd0fe0adb203 -r 14ef90c46e16 moonbridge_http.lua
--- a/moonbridge_http.lua	Tue Mar 24 00:51:13 2015 +0100
+++ b/moonbridge_http.lua	Tue Mar 24 01:51:07 2015 +0100
@@ -254,9 +254,9 @@
         then
           local error_response_status, errmsg2 = pcall(function()
             request:defer_reading()  -- don't read request body (because of possibly invalid state)
+            request:close_after_finish()  -- send "Connection: close" header
             request:send_status(status)
             request:send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
-            request:send_header("Connection", "close")
             request:send_data(status, "\n")
             if text then
               request:send_data("\n", text, "\n")
@@ -444,6 +444,17 @@
           end
           assert_output(socket:write(key, ": ", value, "\r\n"))
         end,
+        -- method to announce (and enforce) connection close after sending the response:
+        close_after_finish = function()
+          assert_not_faulty()
+          if
+            output_state == "headers_sent" or
+            output_state == "finished"
+          then
+            error("All HTTP headers have already been sent")
+          end
+          connection_close_requested = true
+        end,
         -- method to finish and flush headers:
         finish_headers = function()
           assert_not_faulty()
diff -r fd0fe0adb203 -r 14ef90c46e16 reference.txt
--- a/reference.txt	Tue Mar 24 00:51:13 2015 +0100
+++ b/reference.txt	Tue Mar 24 01:51:07 2015 +0100
@@ -199,6 +199,18 @@
 invocation of request:stream_request_body(...) impossible.
 
 
+### request:close_after_finish()
+
+Closes the connection after answering the request.
+
+This method can only be called before the HTTP response header section has been
+finished (i.e. before request:finish_headers(), request:send_data(...), or
+request:finish() were called), but it may be called before a status code has
+been sent using request:send_status(...).
+
+A corresponding "Connection: close" header is automatically sent.
+
+
 ### request.cookies
 
 A table with all cookies sent by the client.