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NAME
Apache2::Response - Perl API for Apache HTTP request response methods
Synopsis
use Apache2::Response ();
$r->custom_response(Apache2::Const::FORBIDDEN, "No Entry today");
$etag = $r->make_etag($force_weak);
$r->set_etag();
$status = $r->meets_conditions();
$mtime_rat = $r->rationalize_mtime($mtime);
$r->set_last_modified($mtime);
$r->update_mtime($mtime);
$r->send_cgi_header($buffer);
$r->set_content_length($length);
$ret = $r->set_keepalive();
Description
"Apache2::Response" provides the Apache request object utilities API for dealing with HTTP
response generation process.
API
"Apache2::Response" provides the following functions and/or methods:
"custom_response"
Install a custom response handler for a given status
$r->custom_response($status, $string);
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
The current request
arg1: $status ( "Apache2::Const constant" )
The status for which the custom response should be used (e.g.
"Apache2::Const::AUTH_REQUIRED")
arg2: $string (string)
The custom response to use. This can be a static string, or a URL, full or just the
uri path (/foo/bar.txt).
ret: no return value
since: 2.0.00
"custom_response()" doesn't alter the response code, but is used to replace the standard
response body. For example, here is how to change the response body for the access handler
failure:
package MyApache2::MyShop;
use Apache2::Response ();
use Apache2::Const -compile => qw(FORBIDDEN OK);
sub access {
my $r = shift;
if (MyApache2::MyShop::tired_squirrels()) {
$r->custom_response(Apache2::Const::FORBIDDEN,
"It's siesta time, please try later");
return Apache2::Const::FORBIDDEN;
}
return Apache2::Const::OK;
}
...
# httpd.conf
PerlModule MyApache2::MyShop
<Location /TestAPI__custom_response>
AuthName dummy
AuthType none
PerlAccessHandler MyApache2::MyShop::access
PerlResponseHandler MyApache2::MyShop::response
</Location>
When squirrels can't run any more, the handler will return 403, with the custom message:
It's siesta time, please try later
"make_etag"
Construct an entity tag from the resource information. If it's a real file, build in some
of the file characteristics.
$etag = $r->make_etag($force_weak);
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
The current request
arg1: $force_weak (number)
Force the entity tag to be weak - it could be modified again in as short an interval.
ret: $etag (string)
The entity tag
since: 2.0.00
"meets_conditions"
Implements condition "GET" rules for HTTP/1.1 specification. This function inspects the
client headers and determines if the response fulfills the specified requirements.
$status = $r->meets_conditions();
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
The current request
ret: $status ( "Apache2::Const status constant" )
"Apache2::Const::OK" if the response fulfills the condition GET rules. Otherwise some
other status code (which should be returned to Apache).
since: 2.0.00
Refer to the Generating Correct HTTP Headers document for an indepth discussion of this
method.
"rationalize_mtime"
Return the latest rational time from a request/mtime pair.
$mtime_rat = $r->rationalize_mtime($mtime);
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
The current request
arg1: $mtime ( time in seconds )
The last modified time
ret: $mtime_rat ( time in seconds )
the latest rational time from a request/mtime pair. Mtime is returned unless it's in
the future, in which case we return the current time.
since: 2.0.00
"send_cgi_header"
Parse the header
$r->send_cgi_header($buffer);
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
arg1: $buffer (string)
headers and optionally a response body
ret: no return value
since: 2.0.00
This method is really for back-compatibility with mod_perl 1.0. It's very inefficient to
send headers this way, because of the parsing overhead.
If there is a response body following the headers it'll be handled too (as if it was sent
via "print()").
Notice that if only HTTP headers are included they won't be sent until some body is sent
(again the "send" part is retained from the mod_perl 1.0 method).
"set_content_length"
Set the content length for this request.
$r->set_content_length($length);
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
The current request
arg1: $length (integer)
The new content length
ret: no return value
since: 2.0.00
"set_etag"
Set the E-tag outgoing header
$r->set_etag();
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
ret: no return value
since: 2.0.00
"set_keepalive"
Set the keepalive status for this request
$ret = $r->set_keepalive();
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
The current request
ret: $ret ( boolean )
true if keepalive can be set, false otherwise
since: 2.0.00
It's called by "ap_http_header_filter()". For the complete complicated logic implemented
by this method see httpd-2.0/server/http_protocol.c.
"set_last_modified"
sets the "Last-Modified" response header field to the value of the mtime field in the
request structure -- rationalized to keep it from being in the future.
$r->set_last_modified($mtime);
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
opt arg1: $mtime ( time in seconds )
if the $mtime argument is passed, $r->update_mtime will be first run with that
argument.
ret: no return value
since: 2.0.00
"update_mtime"
Set the "$r->mtime" field to the specified value if it's later than what's already there.
$r->update_mtime($mtime);
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
The current request
arg1: $mtime ( time in seconds )
ret: no return value
since: 2.0.00
See also: $r->set_last_modified.
Unsupported API
"Apache2::Response" also provides auto-generated Perl interface for a few other methods
which aren't tested at the moment and therefore their API is a subject to change. These
methods will be finalized later as a need arises. If you want to rely on any of the
following methods please contact the the mod_perl development mailing list so we can help
each other take the steps necessary to shift the method to an officially supported API.
"send_error_response"
Send an "error" response back to client. It is used for any response that can be generated
by the server from the request record. This includes all 204 (no content), 3xx
(redirect), 4xx (client error), and 5xx (server error) messages that have not been
redirected to another handler via the ErrorDocument feature.
$r->send_error_response($recursive_error);
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
The current request
arg1: $recursive_error ( boolean )
the error status in case we get an error in the process of trying to deal with an
"ErrorDocument" to handle some other error. In that case, we print the default report
for the first thing that went wrong, and more briefly report on the problem with the
"ErrorDocument".
ret: no return value
since: 2.0.00
META: it's really an internal Apache method, I'm not quite sure how can it be used
externally.
"send_mmap"
META: Autogenerated - needs to be reviewed/completed
Send an MMAP'ed file to the client
$ret = $r->send_mmap($mm, $offset, $length);
obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
The current request
arg1: $mm ("APR::Mmap")
The MMAP'ed file to send
arg2: $offset (number)
The offset into the MMAP to start sending
arg3: $length (integer)
The amount of data to send
ret: $ret (integer)
The number of bytes sent
since: 2.0.00
META: requires a working APR::Mmap, which is not supported at the moment.
See Also
mod_perl 2.0 documentation.
Copyright
mod_perl 2.0 and its core modules are copyrighted under The Apache Software License,
Version 2.0.
Authors
The mod_perl development team and numerous contributors.
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