Class luci.http
Functions
| build_querystring (table) | Create a querystring out of a table of key - value pairs. |
| close () | Close the HTTP-Connection. |
| content () | Return the request content if the request was of unknown type. |
| formvalue (name, noparse) | Get a certain HTTP input value or a table of all input values. |
| formvaluetable (prefix) | Get a table of all HTTP input values with a certain prefix. |
| getcookie (name) | Get the value of a certain HTTP-Cookie. |
| getenv (name) | Get the value of a certain HTTP environment variable or the environment table itself. |
| header (key, value) | Send a HTTP-Header. |
| prepare_content (mime) | Set the mime type of following content data. |
| redirect (url) | Redirects the client to a new URL and closes the connection. |
| setfilehandler (callback) | Set a handler function for incoming user file uploads. |
| source () | Get the RAW HTTP input source |
| splice (fp, size) | Splice data from a filedescriptor to the client. |
| status (code, message) | Set the HTTP status code and status message. |
| write (content, src_err) | Send a chunk of content data to the client. |
| write_json (data) | Send the given data as JSON encoded string. |
Functions
- build_querystring (table)
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Create a querystring out of a table of key - value pairs.
Parameters
- table: Query string source table
Return value:
Encoded HTTP query string - close ()
- Close the HTTP-Connection.
- content ()
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Return the request content if the request was of unknown type.
Return values:
- HTTP request body
- HTTP request body length
- formvalue (name, noparse)
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Get a certain HTTP input value or a table of all input values.
Parameters
- name: Name of the GET or POST variable to fetch
- noparse: Don't parse POST data before getting the value
Return value:
HTTP input value or table of all input value - formvaluetable (prefix)
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Get a table of all HTTP input values with a certain prefix.
Parameters
- prefix: Prefix
Return value:
Table of all HTTP input values with given prefix - getcookie (name)
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Get the value of a certain HTTP-Cookie.
Parameters
- name: Cookie Name
Return value:
String containing cookie data - getenv (name)
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Get the value of a certain HTTP environment variable
or the environment table itself.
Parameters
- name: Environment variable
Return value:
HTTP environment value or environment table - header (key, value)
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Send a HTTP-Header.
Parameters
- key: Header key
- value: Header value
- prepare_content (mime)
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Set the mime type of following content data.
Parameters
- mime: Mimetype of following content
- redirect (url)
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Redirects the client to a new URL and closes the connection.
Parameters
- url: Target URL
- setfilehandler (callback)
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Set a handler function for incoming user file uploads.
Parameters
- callback: Handler function
- source ()
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Get the RAW HTTP input source
Return value:
HTTP LTN12 source - splice (fp, size)
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Splice data from a filedescriptor to the client.
Parameters
- fp: File descriptor
- size: Bytes to splice (optional)
- status (code, message)
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Set the HTTP status code and status message.
Parameters
- code: Status code
- message: Status message
- write (content, src_err)
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Send a chunk of content data to the client.
This function is as a valid LTN12 sink.
If the content chunk is nil this function will automatically invoke close.
Parameters
- content: Content chunk
- src_err: Error object from source (optional)
See also:
- write_json (data)
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Send the given data as JSON encoded string.
Parameters
- data: Data to send