| Response |
| ======== |
| |
| Response object. This object is used to control the response that will |
| be sent to the HTTP client. A handler function will take the response |
| object and fill in various parts of the response. For example, a plain |
| text response with the body 'Some example content' could be produced as:: |
| |
| def handler(request, response): |
| response.headers.set("Content-Type", "text/plain") |
| response.content = "Some example content" |
| |
| The response object also gives access to a ResponseWriter, which |
| allows direct access to the response socket. For example, one could |
| write a similar response but with more explicit control as follows:: |
| |
| import time |
| |
| def handler(request, response): |
| response.add_required_headers = False # Don't implicitly add HTTP headers |
| response.writer.write_status(200) |
| response.writer.write_header("Content-Type", "text/plain") |
| response.writer.write_header("Content-Length", len("Some example content")) |
| response.writer.end_headers() |
| response.writer.write("Some ") |
| time.sleep(1) |
| response.writer.write("example content") |
| |
| Note that when writing the response directly like this it is always |
| necessary to either set the Content-Length header or set |
| `response.close_connection = True`. Without one of these, the client |
| will not be able to determine where the response body ends and will |
| continue to load indefinitely. |
| |
| .. _response.Interface: |
| |
| :mod:`Interface <response>` |
| --------------------------- |
| |
| .. automodule:: wptserve.response |
| :members: |
