tiny_httpd/src/core/response.mli
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(** Responses
Responses are what a http server, such as {!Tiny_httpd}, send back to
the client to answer a {!Request.t}*)
type body =
[ `String of string | `Stream of IO.Input.t | `Writer of IO.Writer.t | `Void ]
(** Body of a response, either as a simple string,
or a stream of bytes, or nothing (for server-sent events notably).
- [`String str] replies with a body set to this string, and a known content-length.
- [`Stream str] replies with a body made from this string, using chunked encoding.
- [`Void] replies with no body.
- [`Writer w] replies with a body created by the writer [w], using
a chunked encoding.
It is available since 0.14.
*)
type t = private {
code: Response_code.t; (** HTTP response code. See {!Response_code}. *)
headers: Headers.t;
(** Headers of the reply. Some will be set by [Tiny_httpd] automatically. *)
body: body; (** Body of the response. Can be empty. *)
}
(** A response to send back to a client. *)
val set_body : body -> t -> t
(** Set the body of the response.
@since 0.11 *)
val set_header : string -> string -> t -> t
(** Set a header.
@since 0.11 *)
val update_headers : (Headers.t -> Headers.t) -> t -> t
(** Modify headers.
@since 0.11 *)
val remove_header : string -> t -> t
(** Remove one instance of this header.
@since 0.17 *)
val set_headers : Headers.t -> t -> t
(** Set all headers.
@since 0.11 *)
val set_code : Response_code.t -> t -> t
(** Set the response code.
@since 0.11 *)
val make_raw : ?headers:Headers.t -> code:Response_code.t -> string -> t
(** Make a response from its raw components, with a string body.
Use [""] to not send a body at all. *)
val make_raw_stream :
?headers:Headers.t -> code:Response_code.t -> IO.Input.t -> t
(** Same as {!make_raw} but with a stream body. The body will be sent with
the chunked transfer-encoding. *)
val make_void : ?headers:Headers.t -> code:int -> unit -> t
(** Return a response without a body at all.
@since 0.13 *)
val make :
?headers:Headers.t ->
?code:int ->
(body, Response_code.t * string) result ->
t
(** [make r] turns a result into a response.
- [make (Ok body)] replies with [200] and the body.
- [make (Error (code,msg))] replies with the given error code
and message as body.
*)
val make_string :
?headers:Headers.t ->
?code:int ->
(string, Response_code.t * string) result ->
t
(** Same as {!make} but with a string body. *)
val make_writer :
?headers:Headers.t ->
?code:int ->
(IO.Writer.t, Response_code.t * string) result ->
t
(** Same as {!make} but with a writer body. *)
val make_stream :
?headers:Headers.t ->
?code:int ->
(IO.Input.t, Response_code.t * string) result ->
t
(** Same as {!make} but with a stream body. *)
val fail : ?headers:Headers.t -> code:int -> ('a, unit, string, t) format4 -> 'a
(** Make the current request fail with the given code and message.
Example: [fail ~code:404 "oh noes, %s not found" "waldo"].
*)
exception Bad_req of int * string
(** Exception raised by {!fail_raise} with the HTTP code and body *)
val fail_raise : code:int -> ('a, unit, string, 'b) format4 -> 'a
(** Similar to {!fail} but raises an exception that exits the current handler.
This should not be used outside of a (path) handler.
Example: [fail_raise ~code:404 "oh noes, %s not found" "waldo"; never_executed()]
@raise Bad_req always
*)
val pp_with :
?mask_header:(string -> bool) ->
?headers_to_mask:string list ->
?pp_body:(Format.formatter -> body -> unit) ->
unit ->
Format.formatter ->
t ->
unit
(** Pretty print the response. The exact format of this printing
is not specified.
@param mask_header function which is given each header name. If it
returns [true], the header's value is masked. The presence of
the header is still printed. Default [fun _ -> false].
@param headers_to_mask a list of headers masked by default.
Default is ["set-cookie"].
@param pp_body body printer
(default fully prints String bodies, but omits stream bodies)
@since 0.18 *)
val pp : Format.formatter -> t -> unit
(** Pretty print the response. The exact format is not specified. *)
(**/**)
module Private_ : sig
val make_void_force_ : ?headers:Headers.t -> code:int -> unit -> t
val output_ : bytes:Bytes.t -> IO.Output.t -> t -> unit
end
(**/**)