/**
* sends an HTTP response with content, but not content-length provided
*
* @param request the HTTP request to respond to
* @param tcp_conn the TCP connection to send the response over
*/
void sendResponseWithContentButNoLength(HTTPRequestPtr& request,
TCPConnectionPtr& tcp_conn)
{
// make sure it will get closed when finished
tcp_conn->setLifecycle(TCPConnection::LIFECYCLE_CLOSE);
// prepare the response headers
HTTPResponse http_response(*request);
http_response.setDoNotSendContentLength();
// send the response headers
boost::system::error_code error_code;
http_response.send(*tcp_conn, error_code);
BOOST_REQUIRE(! error_code);
// send the content buffer
tcp_conn->write(boost::asio::buffer(m_big_buf, BIG_BUF_SIZE), error_code);
BOOST_REQUIRE(! error_code);
// finish (and close) the connection
tcp_conn->finish();
}
void HTTPServer::handleRequest(HTTPRequestPtr& http_request,
TCPConnectionPtr& tcp_conn)
{
if (! http_request->isValid()) {
// the request is invalid or an error occured
PION_LOG_INFO(m_logger, "Received an invalid HTTP request");
m_bad_request_handler(http_request, tcp_conn);
return;
}
PION_LOG_DEBUG(m_logger, "Received a valid HTTP request");
// strip off trailing slash if the request has one
std::string resource_requested(stripTrailingSlash(http_request->getResource()));
// apply any redirection
RedirectMap::const_iterator it = m_redirects.find(resource_requested);
unsigned int num_redirects = 0;
while (it != m_redirects.end()) {
if (++num_redirects > MAX_REDIRECTS) {
PION_LOG_ERROR(m_logger, "Maximum number of redirects (HTTPServer::MAX_REDIRECTS) exceeded for requested resource: " << http_request->getOriginalResource());
m_server_error_handler(http_request, tcp_conn, "Maximum number of redirects (HTTPServer::MAX_REDIRECTS) exceeded for requested resource");
return;
}
resource_requested = it->second;
http_request->changeResource(resource_requested);
it = m_redirects.find(resource_requested);
}
// if authentication activated, check current request
if (m_auth) {
// try to verify authentication
if (! m_auth->handleRequest(http_request, tcp_conn)) {
// the HTTP 401 message has already been sent by the authentication object
PION_LOG_DEBUG(m_logger, "Authentication required for HTTP resource: "
<< resource_requested);
if (http_request->getResource() != http_request->getOriginalResource()) {
PION_LOG_DEBUG(m_logger, "Original resource requested was: " << http_request->getOriginalResource());
}
return;
}
}
// search for a handler matching the resource requested
RequestHandler request_handler;
if (findRequestHandler(resource_requested, request_handler)) {
// try to handle the request
try {
request_handler(http_request, tcp_conn);
PION_LOG_DEBUG(m_logger, "Found request handler for HTTP resource: "
<< resource_requested);
if (http_request->getResource() != http_request->getOriginalResource()) {
PION_LOG_DEBUG(m_logger, "Original resource requested was: " << http_request->getOriginalResource());
}
} catch (HTTPResponseWriter::LostConnectionException& e) {
// the connection was lost while or before sending the response
PION_LOG_WARN(m_logger, "HTTP request handler: " << e.what());
tcp_conn->setLifecycle(TCPConnection::LIFECYCLE_CLOSE); // make sure it will get closed
tcp_conn->finish();
} catch (std::bad_alloc&) {
// propagate memory errors (FATAL)
throw;
} catch (std::exception& e) {
// recover gracefully from other exceptions thrown request handlers
PION_LOG_ERROR(m_logger, "HTTP request handler: " << e.what());
m_server_error_handler(http_request, tcp_conn, e.what());
}
} else {
// no web services found that could handle the request
PION_LOG_INFO(m_logger, "No HTTP request handlers found for resource: "
<< resource_requested);
if (http_request->getResource() != http_request->getOriginalResource()) {
PION_LOG_DEBUG(m_logger, "Original resource requested was: " << http_request->getOriginalResource());
}
m_not_found_handler(http_request, tcp_conn);
}
}