Changed receive function. Now uniform with all other functions. Returns nil

on error, return partial result in the end.

http.lua rewritten.
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Diego Nehab 2004-03-21 07:50:15 +00:00
parent 2a14ac4fe4
commit 4919a83d22
9 changed files with 316 additions and 651 deletions

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@ -39,321 +39,146 @@ local function third(a, b, c)
return c
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Tries to get a pattern from the server and closes socket on error
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- pattern: pattern to receive
-- Returns
-- received pattern on success
-- nil followed by error message on error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function try_receiving(sock, pattern)
local data, err = sock:receive(pattern)
if not data then sock:close() end
--print(data)
return data, err
local function shift(a, b, c, d)
return c, d
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Tries to send data to the server and closes socket on error
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- ...: data to send
-- Returns
-- err: error message if any, nil if successfull
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function try_sending(sock, ...)
local sent, err = sock:send(unpack(arg))
if not sent then sock:close() end
--io.write(unpack(arg))
return err
end
-- resquest_p forward declaration
local request_p
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Receive server reply messages, parsing for status code
-- Input
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- Returns
-- code: server status code or nil if error
-- line: full HTTP status line
-- err: error message if any
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function receive_status(sock)
local line, err = try_receiving(sock)
if not err then
local code = third(string.find(line, "HTTP/%d*%.%d* (%d%d%d)"))
return tonumber(code), line
else return nil, nil, err end
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Receive and parse response header fields
-- Input
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- headers: a table that might already contain headers
-- Returns
-- headers: a table with all headers fields in the form
-- {name_1 = "value_1", name_2 = "value_2" ... name_n = "value_n"}
-- all name_i are lowercase
-- nil and error message in case of error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function receive_headers(sock, headers)
local line, err
local name, value, _
headers = headers or {}
local line, name, value
-- get first line
line, err = try_receiving(sock)
if err then return nil, err end
line = socket.try(sock:receive())
-- headers go until a blank line is found
while line ~= "" do
-- get field-name and value
_,_, name, value = string.find(line, "^(.-):%s*(.*)")
if not name or not value then
sock:close()
return nil, "malformed reponse headers"
end
name, value = shift(string.find(line, "^(.-):%s*(.*)"))
assert(name and value, "malformed reponse headers")
name = string.lower(name)
-- get next line (value might be folded)
line, err = try_receiving(sock)
if err then return nil, err end
line = socket.try(sock:receive())
-- unfold any folded values
while not err and string.find(line, "^%s") do
while string.find(line, "^%s") do
value = value .. line
line, err = try_receiving(sock)
if err then return nil, err end
line = socket.try(sock:receive())
end
-- save pair in table
if headers[name] then headers[name] = headers[name] .. ", " .. value
else headers[name] = value end
end
return headers
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Aborts a sink with an error message
-- Input
-- cb: callback function
-- err: error message to pass to callback
-- Returns
-- callback return or if nil err
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function abort(cb, err)
local go, cb_err = cb(nil, err)
return cb_err or err
error(cb_err or err)
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Receives a chunked message body
-- Input
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- headers: header set in which to include trailer headers
-- sink: response message body sink
-- Returns
-- nil if successfull or an error message in case of error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function receive_body_bychunks(sock, headers, sink)
local chunk, size, line, err, go
local function hand(cb, chunk)
local go, cb_err = cb(chunk)
assert(go, cb_err or "aborted by callback")
end
local function receive_body_bychunks(sock, sink)
while 1 do
-- get chunk size, skip extention
line, err = try_receiving(sock)
if err then return abort(sink, err) end
size = tonumber(string.gsub(line, ";.*", ""), 16)
if not size then return abort(sink, "invalid chunk size") end
local line, err = sock:receive()
if err then abort(sink, err) end
local size = tonumber(string.gsub(line, ";.*", ""), 16)
if not size then abort(sink, "invalid chunk size") end
-- was it the last chunk?
if size <= 0 then break end
-- get chunk
chunk, err = try_receiving(sock, size)
if err then return abort(sink, err) end
local chunk, err = sock:receive(size)
if err then abort(sink, err) end
-- pass chunk to callback
go, err = sink(chunk)
-- see if callback aborted
if not go then return err or "aborted by callback" end
hand(sink, chunk)
-- skip CRLF on end of chunk
err = second(try_receiving(sock))
if err then return abort(sink, err) end
err = second(sock:receive())
if err then abort(sink, err) end
end
-- servers shouldn't send trailer headers, but who trusts them?
err = second(receive_headers(sock, headers))
if err then return abort(sink, err) end
-- let callback know we are done
return second(sink(nil))
hand(sink, nil)
-- servers shouldn't send trailer headers, but who trusts them?
receive_headers(sock, {})
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Receives a message body by content-length
-- Input
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- length: message body length
-- sink: response message body sink
-- Returns
-- nil if successfull or an error message in case of error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function receive_body_bylength(sock, length, sink)
while length > 0 do
local size = math.min(BLOCKSIZE, length)
local chunk, err = sock:receive(size)
local go, cb_err = sink(chunk)
if err then abort(sink, err) end
length = length - string.len(chunk)
-- see if callback aborted
if not go then return cb_err or "aborted by callback" end
-- see if there was an error
if err and length > 0 then return abort(sink, err) end
hand(sink, chunk)
end
return second(sink(nil))
-- let callback know we are done
hand(sink, nil)
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Receives a message body until the conection is closed
-- Input
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- sink: response message body sink
-- Returns
-- nil if successfull or an error message in case of error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function receive_body_untilclosed(sock, sink)
while 1 do
local chunk, err = sock:receive(BLOCKSIZE)
local go, cb_err = sink(chunk)
-- see if callback aborted
if not go then return cb_err or "aborted by callback" end
while true do
local chunk, err, partial = sock:receive(BLOCKSIZE)
-- see if we are done
if err == "closed" then return chunk and second(sink(nil)) end
if err == "closed" then
hand(sink, partial)
break
end
hand(sink, chunk)
-- see if there was an error
if err then return abort(sink, err) end
if err then abort(sink, err) end
end
-- let callback know we are done
hand(sink, nil)
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Receives the HTTP response body
-- Input
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- headers: response header fields
-- sink: response message body sink
-- Returns
-- nil if successfull or an error message in case of error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function receive_body(sock, headers, sink)
-- make sure sink is not fancy
sink = ltn12.sink.simplify(sink)
local function receive_body(reqt, respt)
local sink = reqt.sink or ltn12.sink.null()
local headers = respt.headers
local sock = respt.tmp.sock
local te = headers["transfer-encoding"]
if te and te ~= "identity" then
-- get by chunked transfer-coding of message body
return receive_body_bychunks(sock, headers, sink)
receive_body_bychunks(sock, sink)
elseif tonumber(headers["content-length"]) then
-- get by content-length
local length = tonumber(headers["content-length"])
return receive_body_bylength(sock, length, sink)
receive_body_bylength(sock, length, sink)
else
-- get it all until connection closes
return receive_body_untilclosed(sock, sink)
receive_body_untilclosed(sock, sink)
end
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Sends the HTTP request message body in chunks
-- Input
-- data: data connection
-- source: request message body source
-- Returns
-- nil if successfull, or an error message in case of error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function send_body_bychunks(data, source)
while 1 do
local chunk, cb_err = source()
-- check if callback aborted
if not chunk then return cb_err or "aborted by callback" end
-- if we are done, send last-chunk
if chunk == "" then return try_sending(data, "0\r\n\r\n") end
-- else send middle chunk
local err = try_sending(data,
string.format("%X\r\n", string.len(chunk)),
chunk,
"\r\n"
)
if err then return err end
while true do
local chunk, err = source()
assert(chunk or not err, err)
if not chunk then break end
socket.try(data:send(string.format("%X\r\n", string.len(chunk))))
socket.try(data:send(chunk, "\r\n"))
end
socket.try(data:send("0\r\n\r\n"))
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Sends the HTTP request message body
-- Input
-- data: data connection
-- source: request message body source
-- Returns
-- nil if successfull, or an error message in case of error
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function send_body(data, source)
while 1 do
local chunk, cb_err = source()
-- check if callback is done
if not chunk then return cb_err end
-- send data
local err = try_sending(data, chunk)
if err then return err end
while true do
local chunk, err = source()
assert(chunk or not err, err)
if not chunk then break end
socket.try(data:send(chunk))
end
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Sends request headers
-- Input
-- sock: server socket
-- headers: table with headers to be sent
-- Returns
-- err: error message if any
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function send_headers(sock, headers)
local err
headers = headers or {}
-- send request headers
for i, v in headers do
err = try_sending(sock, i .. ": " .. v .. "\r\n")
if err then return err end
for i, v in pairs(headers) do
socket.try(sock:send(i .. ": " .. v .. "\r\n"))
end
-- mark end of request headers
return try_sending(sock, "\r\n")
socket.try(sock:send("\r\n"))
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Sends a HTTP request message through socket
-- Input
-- sock: socket connected to the server
-- method: request method to be used
-- uri: request uri
-- headers: request headers to be sent
-- source: request message body source
-- Returns
-- err: nil in case of success, error message otherwise
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function send_request(sock, method, uri, headers, source)
local chunk, size, done, err
-- send request line
err = try_sending(sock, method .. " " .. uri .. " HTTP/1.1\r\n")
if err then return err end
if source and not headers["content-length"] then
headers["transfer-encoding"] = "chunked"
end
-- send request headers
err = send_headers(sock, headers)
if err then return err end
-- send request message body, if any
if source then
-- make sure source is not fancy
source = ltn12.source.simplify(source)
if headers["content-length"] then
return send_body(sock, source)
else
return send_body_bychunks(sock, source)
end
end
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Determines if we should read a message body from the server response
-- Input
-- reqt: a table with the original request information
-- respt: a table with the server response information
-- Returns
-- 1 if a message body should be processed, nil otherwise
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function should_receive_body(reqt, respt)
if reqt.method == "HEAD" then return nil end
if respt.code == 204 or respt.code == 304 then return nil end
@ -361,125 +186,17 @@ local function should_receive_body(reqt, respt)
return 1
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Converts field names to lowercase and adds a few needed headers
-- Input
-- headers: request header fields
-- parsed: parsed request URL
-- Returns
-- lower: a table with the same headers, but with lowercase field names
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function fill_headers(headers, parsed)
local lower = {}
headers = headers or {}
-- set default headers
lower["user-agent"] = USERAGENT
-- override with user values
for i,v in headers do
lower[string.lower(i)] = v
end
lower["host"] = parsed.host
-- this cannot be overriden
lower["connection"] = "close"
return lower
local function receive_status(reqt, respt)
local sock = respt.tmp.sock
local status = socket.try(sock:receive())
local code = third(string.find(status, "HTTP/%d*%.%d* (%d%d%d)"))
-- store results
respt.code, respt.status = tonumber(code), status
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Decides wether we should follow retry with authorization formation
-- Input
-- reqt: a table with the original request information
-- parsed: parsed request URL
-- respt: a table with the server response information
-- Returns
-- 1 if we should retry, nil otherwise
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function should_authorize(reqt, parsed, respt)
-- if there has been an authorization attempt, it must have failed
if reqt.headers["authorization"] then return nil end
-- if we don't have authorization information, we can't retry
if parsed.user and parsed.password then return 1
else return nil end
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Returns the result of retrying a request with authorization information
-- Input
-- reqt: a table with the original request information
-- parsed: parsed request URL
-- Returns
-- respt: result of target authorization
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function authorize(reqt, parsed)
reqt.headers["authorization"] = "Basic " ..
(mime.b64(parsed.user .. ":" .. parsed.password))
local autht = {
nredirects = reqt.nredirects,
method = reqt.method,
url = reqt.url,
source = reqt.source,
sink = reqt.sink,
headers = reqt.headers,
timeout = reqt.timeout,
proxy = reqt.proxy,
}
return request_cb(autht)
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Decides wether we should follow a server redirect message
-- Input
-- reqt: a table with the original request information
-- respt: a table with the server response information
-- Returns
-- 1 if we should redirect, nil otherwise
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function should_redirect(reqt, respt)
return (reqt.redirect ~= false) and
(respt.code == 301 or respt.code == 302) and
(reqt.method == "GET" or reqt.method == "HEAD") and
not (reqt.nredirects and reqt.nredirects >= 5)
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Returns the result of a request following a server redirect message.
-- Input
-- reqt: a table with the original request information
-- respt: response table of previous attempt
-- Returns
-- respt: result of target redirection
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function redirect(reqt, respt)
local nredirects = reqt.nredirects or 0
nredirects = nredirects + 1
local redirt = {
nredirects = nredirects,
method = reqt.method,
-- the RFC says the redirect URL has to be absolute, but some
-- servers do not respect that
url = socket.url.absolute(reqt.url, respt.headers["location"]),
source = reqt.source,
sink = reqt.sink,
headers = reqt.headers,
timeout = reqt.timeout,
proxy = reqt.proxy
}
respt = request_cb(redirt)
-- we pass the location header as a clue we tried to redirect
if respt.headers then respt.headers.location = redirt.url end
return respt
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Computes the request URI from the parsed request URL
-- If we are using a proxy, we use the absoluteURI format.
-- Otherwise, we use the abs_path format.
-- Input
-- parsed: parsed URL
-- Returns
-- uri: request URI for parsed URL
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function request_uri(reqt, parsed)
local function request_uri(reqt, respt)
local url
local parsed = respt.tmp.parsed
if not reqt.proxy then
url = {
path = parsed.path,
@ -487,219 +204,187 @@ local function request_uri(reqt, parsed)
query = parsed.query,
fragment = parsed.fragment
}
else url = parsed end
else url = respt.tmp.parsed end
return socket.url.build(url)
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Builds a request table from a URL or request table
-- Input
-- url_or_request: target url or request table (a table with the fields:
-- url: the target URL
-- user: account user name
-- password: account password)
-- Returns
-- reqt: request table
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function build_request(data)
local reqt = {}
if type(data) == "table" then
for i, v in data
do reqt[i] = v
end
else reqt.url = data end
return reqt
local function send_request(reqt, respt)
local uri = request_uri(reqt, respt)
local sock = respt.tmp.sock
local headers = respt.tmp.headers
-- send request line
socket.try(sock:send((reqt.method or "GET")
.. " " .. uri .. " HTTP/1.1\r\n"))
-- send request headers headeres
if reqt.source and not headers["content-length"] then
headers["transfer-encoding"] = "chunked"
end
send_headers(sock, headers)
-- send request message body, if any
if reqt.source then
if headers["content-length"] then send_body(sock, reqt.source)
else send_body_bychunks(sock, reqt.source) end
end
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Connects to a server, be it a proxy or not
-- Input
-- reqt: the request table
-- parsed: the parsed request url
-- Returns
-- sock: connection socket, or nil in case of error
-- err: error message
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
local function try_connect(reqt, parsed)
reqt.proxy = reqt.proxy or PROXY
local function open(reqt, respt)
local parsed = respt.tmp.parsed
local proxy = reqt.proxy or PROXY
local host, port
if reqt.proxy then
local pproxy = socket.url.parse(reqt.proxy)
if not pproxy.port or not pproxy.host then
return nil, "invalid proxy"
end
if proxy then
local pproxy = socket.url.parse(proxy)
assert(pproxy.port and pproxy.host, "invalid proxy")
host, port = pproxy.host, pproxy.port
else
host, port = parsed.host, parsed.port
end
local sock, ret, err
sock, err = socket.tcp()
if not sock then return nil, err end
local sock = socket.try(socket.tcp())
-- store results
respt.tmp.sock = sock
sock:settimeout(reqt.timeout or TIMEOUT)
ret, err = sock:connect(host, port)
if not ret then
sock:close()
return nil, err
end
return sock
socket.try(sock:connect(host, port))
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Sends a HTTP request and retrieves the server reply using callbacks to
-- send the request body and receive the response body
-- Input
-- reqt: a table with the following fields
-- method: "GET", "PUT", "POST" etc (defaults to "GET")
-- url: target uniform resource locator
-- user, password: authentication information
-- headers: request headers to send, or nil if none
-- source: request message body source, or nil if none
-- sink: response message body sink
-- redirect: should we refrain from following a server redirect message?
-- Returns
-- respt: a table with the following fields:
-- headers: response header fields received, or nil if failed
-- status: server response status line, or nil if failed
-- code: server status code, or nil if failed
-- error: error message, or nil if successfull
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function request_cb(reqt)
local sock, ret
function adjust_headers(reqt, respt)
local lower = {}
local headers = reqt.headers or {}
-- set default headers
lower["user-agent"] = USERAGENT
-- override with user values
for i,v in headers do
lower[string.lower(i)] = v
end
lower["host"] = respt.tmp.parsed.host
-- this cannot be overriden
lower["connection"] = "close"
-- store results
respt.tmp.headers = lower
end
function parse_url(reqt, respt)
-- parse url with default fields
local parsed = socket.url.parse(reqt.url, {
host = "",
port = PORT,
path ="/",
scheme = "http"
})
local respt = {}
-- scheme has to be http
if parsed.scheme ~= "http" then
respt.error = string.format("unknown scheme '%s'", parsed.scheme)
return respt
end
error(string.format("unknown scheme '%s'", parsed.scheme))
end
-- explicit authentication info overrides that given by the URL
parsed.user = reqt.user or parsed.user
parsed.password = reqt.password or parsed.password
-- default method
reqt.method = reqt.method or "GET"
-- fill default headers
reqt.headers = fill_headers(reqt.headers, parsed)
-- try to connect to server
sock, respt.error = try_connect(reqt, parsed)
if not sock then return respt end
-- send request message
respt.error = send_request(sock, reqt.method,
request_uri(reqt, parsed), reqt.headers, reqt.source)
if respt.error then
sock:close()
return respt
-- store results
respt.tmp.parsed = parsed
end
local function should_authorize(reqt, respt)
-- if there has been an authorization attempt, it must have failed
if reqt.headers and reqt.headers["authorization"] then return nil end
-- if we don't have authorization information, we can't retry
return respt.tmp.parsed.user and respt.tmp.parsed.password
end
local function clone(headers)
if not headers then return nil end
local copy = {}
for i,v in pairs(headers) do
copy[i] = v
end
-- get server response message
respt.code, respt.status, respt.error = receive_status(sock)
if respt.error then return respt end
-- deal with continue 100
-- servers should not send them, but some do!
if respt.code == 100 then
respt.headers, respt.error = receive_headers(sock, {})
if respt.error then return respt end
respt.code, respt.status, respt.error = receive_status(sock)
if respt.error then return respt end
end
-- receive all headers
respt.headers, respt.error = receive_headers(sock, {})
if respt.error then return respt end
-- decide what to do based on request and response parameters
return copy
end
local function authorize(reqt, respt)
local headers = clone(reqt.headers) or {}
local parsed = respt.tmp.parsed
headers["authorization"] = "Basic " ..
(mime.b64(parsed.user .. ":" .. parsed.password))
local autht = {
method = reqt.method,
url = reqt.url,
source = reqt.source,
sink = reqt.sink,
headers = headers,
timeout = reqt.timeout,
proxy = reqt.proxy,
}
request_p(autht, respt)
end
local function should_redirect(reqt, respt)
return (reqt.redirect ~= false) and
(respt.code == 301 or respt.code == 302) and
(not reqt.method or reqt.method == "GET" or reqt.method == "HEAD")
and (not respt.tmp.nredirects or respt.tmp.nredirects < 5)
end
local function redirect(reqt, respt)
respt.tmp.nredirects = (respt.tmp.nredirects or 0) + 1
local redirt = {
method = reqt.method,
-- the RFC says the redirect URL has to be absolute, but some
-- servers do not respect that
url = socket.url.absolute(reqt.url, respt.headers["location"]),
source = reqt.source,
sink = reqt.sink,
headers = reqt.headers,
timeout = reqt.timeout,
proxy = reqt.proxy
}
request_p(redirt, respt)
-- we pass the location header as a clue we redirected
if respt.headers then respt.headers.location = redirt.url end
end
function request_p(reqt, respt)
parse_url(reqt, respt)
adjust_headers(reqt, respt)
open(reqt, respt)
send_request(reqt, respt)
receive_status(reqt, respt)
respt.headers = {}
receive_headers(respt.tmp.sock, respt.headers)
if should_redirect(reqt, respt) then
-- drop the body
receive_body(sock, respt.headers, ltn12.sink.null())
-- we are done with this connection
sock:close()
return redirect(reqt, respt)
elseif should_authorize(reqt, parsed, respt) then
-- drop the body
receive_body(sock, respt.headers, ltn12.sink.null())
-- we are done with this connection
sock:close()
return authorize(reqt, parsed, respt)
respt.tmp.sock:close()
redirect(reqt, respt)
elseif should_authorize(reqt, respt) then
respt.tmp.sock:close()
authorize(reqt, respt)
elseif should_receive_body(reqt, respt) then
respt.error = receive_body(sock, respt.headers, reqt.sink)
if respt.error then return respt end
sock:close()
return respt
receive_body(reqt, respt)
end
sock:close()
return respt
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Sends a HTTP request and retrieves the server reply
-- Input
-- reqt: a table with the following fields
-- method: "GET", "PUT", "POST" etc (defaults to "GET")
-- url: request URL, i.e. the document to be retrieved
-- user, password: authentication information
-- headers: request header fields, or nil if none
-- body: request message body as a string, or nil if none
-- redirect: should we refrain from following a server redirect message?
-- Returns
-- respt: a table with the following fields:
-- body: response message body, or nil if failed
-- headers: response header fields, or nil if failed
-- status: server response status line, or nil if failed
-- code: server response status code, or nil if failed
-- error: error message if any
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function request(reqt)
reqt.source = reqt.body and ltn12.source.string(reqt.body)
local t = {}
reqt.sink = ltn12.sink.table(t)
local respt = request_cb(reqt)
if table.getn(t) > 0 then respt.body = table.concat(t) end
local respt = { tmp = {} }
local s, e = pcall(request_p, reqt, respt)
if not s then respt.error = e end
if respt.tmp.sock then respt.tmp.sock:close() end
respt.tmp = nil
return respt
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Retrieves a URL by the method "GET"
-- Input
-- url_or_request: target url or request table (a table with the fields:
-- url: the target URL
-- user: account user name
-- password: account password)
-- Returns
-- body: response message body, or nil if failed
-- headers: response header fields received, or nil if failed
-- code: server response status code, or nil if failed
-- error: error message if any
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function get(url_or_request)
local reqt = build_request(url_or_request)
reqt.method = "GET"
local respt = request(reqt)
return respt.body, respt.headers, respt.code, respt.error
function get(url)
local t = {}
respt = request {
url = url,
sink = ltn12.sink.table(t)
}
return table.getn(t) > 0 and table.concat(t), respt.headers,
respt.code, respt.error
end
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- Retrieves a URL by the method "POST"
-- Input
-- url_or_request: target url or request table (a table with the fields:
-- url: the target URL
-- body: request message body
-- user: account user name
-- password: account password)
-- body: request message body, or nil if none
-- Returns
-- body: response message body, or nil if failed
-- headers: response header fields received, or nil if failed
-- code: server response status code, or nil if failed
-- error: error message, or nil if successfull
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
function post(url_or_request, body)
local reqt = build_request(url_or_request)
reqt.method = "POST"
reqt.body = reqt.body or body
reqt.headers = reqt.headers or
{ ["content-length"] = string.len(reqt.body) }
local respt = request(reqt)
return respt.body, respt.headers, respt.code, respt.error
function post(url, body)
local t = {}
respt = request {
url = url,
method = "POST",
source = ltn12.source.string(body),
sink = ltn12.sink.table(t),
headers = { ["content-length"] = string.len(body) }
}
return table.getn(t) > 0 and table.concat(t),
respt.headers, respt.code, respt.error
end
return socket.http