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2014-06-02Add request body reading optionsLoïc Hoguin
The options were added to allow developers to fix timeout issues when reading large bodies. It is also a cleaner and easier to extend interface. This commit deprecates the functions init_stream, stream_body and skip_body which are no longer needed. They will be removed in 1.0. The body function can now take an additional argument that is a list of options. The body_qs, part and part_body functions can too and simply pass this argument down to the body call. There are options for disabling the automatic continue reply, setting a maximum length to be returned (soft limit), setting the read length and read timeout, and setting the transfer and content decode functions. The return value of the body and body_qs have changed slightly. The body function now works similarly to the part_body function, in that it returns either an ok or a more tuple depending on whether there is additional data to be read. The body_qs function can return a badlength tuple if the body is too big. The default size has been increased from 16KB to 64KB. The default read length and timeout have been tweaked and vary depending on the function called. The body function will now adequately process chunked bodies, which means that the body_qs function will too. But this means that the behavior has changed slightly and your code should be tested properly when updating your code. The body and body_qs still accept a length as first argument for compatibility purpose with older code. Note that this form is deprecated and will be removed in 1.0. The part and part_body function, being new and never having been in a release yet, have this form completely removed in this commit. Again, while most code should work as-is, you should make sure that it actually does before pushing this to production.
2014-04-26Change wording in the guide to remove ambiguityLoïc Hoguin
2013-09-23Greatly expand on the Req objectLoïc Hoguin
Cut in four different chapters: request, request body, response and cookies.
2013-05-16Make the HTTP version type more practicalLoïc Hoguin
Now instead of {1, 1} we have 'HTTP/1.1', and instead of {1, 0} we have 'HTTP/1.0'. This is more efficient, easier to read in crash logs, and clearer in the code.
2013-05-15Remove cowboy_req:fragment/1Loïc Hoguin
Clients do not send it. We skip the value if we receive it now, as it shouldn't happen, and won't for all the mainstream clients.
2013-04-11Remove cowboy_req:peer_addr/1Loïc Hoguin
This kind of function is highly dependent on the proxy used, therefore parsing was added for x-forwarded-for instead and we just let users write the function that works for them. The code can be easily extracted if anyone was using the function.
2013-04-02Replace init_stream/5 with stream_body/2Loïc Hoguin
This allows us to change the max chunk length on a per chunk basis instead of for the whole stream. It's also much easier to use this way even if we don't want to change the chunk size.
2013-03-06Check the length before reading the body in body/1 and body_qs/1rambocoder
2013-03-05Make streamed chunk size configurableLoïc Hoguin
Defaults to a maximum of 1000000 bytes. Also standardize the te_identity and te_chunked decoding functions. Now they both try to read as much as possible (up to the limit), making body reading much faster when not using chunked encoding.
2013-01-29Add a section about closing the connection in the guideLoïc Hoguin
2013-01-20First draft done for the request object guide chapterLoïc Hoguin
2013-01-19More request object documentation in the guideLoïc Hoguin
2013-01-18Beginning of request object chapter in the guideLoïc Hoguin
2013-01-01Add a skeleton of the guide to ease user contributionsLoïc Hoguin
Has some stuff that aren't in master yet, and lacks a lot more that is already in master.