# HG changeset patch
# User jbe
# Date 1422491580 -3600
# Node ID 4d7551c962d5d3255e123d976c5475881a618602
# Parent  0449f6a4005f777f342d53320447d91cd108892b
New method request:send_text_status_response(...) that was previously only available internally as error_response(...) function

diff -r 0449f6a4005f -r 4d7551c962d5 moonbridge_http.lua
--- a/moonbridge_http.lua	Wed Jan 14 12:32:11 2015 +0100
+++ b/moonbridge_http.lua	Thu Jan 29 01:33:00 2015 +0100
@@ -753,6 +753,20 @@
             read_body_bytes(request_body_content_length, callback)
           end
           input_state = "finished"
+        end,
+        -- helper function to send simple status responses,
+        -- e.g. to send errors for malformed requests, etc.:
+        send_text_status_response = function(status, text)
+          request:send_status(status)
+          request:send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
+          if not connection_close_responded then
+            request:send_header("Connection", "close")
+          end
+          request:send_data(status, "\n")
+          if text then
+            request:send_data("\n", text, "\n")
+          end
+          request:finish()
         end
       }
       -- initialize tables for GET params in request object:
@@ -776,18 +790,11 @@
           end
         end
       })
-      -- low level HTTP error response (for malformed requests, etc.):
-      local function error_response(status, text)
-        request:send_status(status)
-        request:send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
-        if not connection_close_responded then
-          request:send_header("Connection", "close")
-        end
-        request:send_data(status, "\n")
-        if text then
-          request:send_data("\n", text, "\n")
-        end
-        request:finish()
+      -- wrapper for request:send_text_status_response(...) method to
+      -- send an error status for malformed requests, etc., and to
+      -- return the boolean value of the "survive" variable:
+      local function error_response(...)
+        request:send_text_status_response(...)
         return survive
       end
       -- read and parse request line:
diff -r 0449f6a4005f -r 4d7551c962d5 reference.txt
--- a/reference.txt	Wed Jan 14 12:32:11 2015 +0100
+++ b/reference.txt	Thu Jan 29 01:33:00 2015 +0100
@@ -393,6 +393,16 @@
 the callback without arguments).
 
 
+### request:send_text_status_response(status_string, text)
+
+Sends a HTTP status plus a response body of content-type "text/plain" and
+finishes the request using request:finish(). The status_string has to be
+provided in the same format as expected by request:send_status(...) and will
+be included in the response body as plain text. The additional second "text"
+argument will be appended to the reponse body (separated by an empty line) if
+given.
+
+
 ### request.url
 
 The requested URL. This value is automatically split up into request.path and