1 --[[--

2 request.set_status(

3 str -- string containing a HTTP status code, e.g. "404 Not Found"

4 )

5

6 Calling this function causes a HTTP status different from 200 OK (or in case of error different from 500 Internal Server Error) to be sent to the browser.

7

8 --]]--

9

10 function request.set_status(str)

11 if str then

12 local t = type(str)

13 if type(str) == "number" then

14 str = tostring(str)

15 elseif type(str) ~= "string" then

16 error("request.set_status(...) must be called with a string as parameter.")

17 end

18 request._status = str

19 else

20 request._status = nil

21 end

22 end