Name
    lua-nginx-module - embed power of Lua into NginX

Status
    This module is at its very early phase of development and
    consideredehighly experimental. But you're encouraged to
    test it out on your side and report any quirks that you
    experience.

    We need your help! If you find this module useful and/or
    interesting, please consider joining the development!
    Commit bit can be freely delivered at your request ;)

Synopsis

   server {
        location /inline_concat {
            set $a "hello";
            set $b "world";
            # inline lua script
            set_by_lua $res "return ngx.arg[1]..ngx.arg[2]" $a $b;
            echo $res;
        }

        location /rel_file_concat {
            set $a "foo";
            set $b "bar";
            # script path relative to nginx prefix
            # $ngx_prefix/conf/concat.lua contents:
            #
            #    return ngx.arg[1]..ngx.arg[2]
            #
            set_by_lua_file $res conf/concat.lua $a $b;
            echo $res;
        }

        location /abs_file_concat {
            set $a "fee";
            set $b "baz";
            # absolute script path not modified
            set_by_lua_file $res /usr/nginx/conf/concat.lua $a $b;
            echo $res;
        }

        location /lua_content {
            # note extra backslash before newline escape sequence, it's
            # necessary as nginx will unescape string first before passing to lua.
            content_by_lua "ngx.echo('Hello,world!\\n')"
        }

        location /nginx_var {
            # try access /nginx_var?a=hello,world
            content_by_lua "ngx.echo(ngx.var['arg_a'], '\\n')";
        }

        ...
    }

Description

Installation
    Grab the nginx source code from nginx.net (<http://nginx.net/>), for
    example, the version 0.8.30 (see nginx compatibility), and then build
    the source with this module:

        $ wget 'http://sysoev.ru/nginx/nginx-0.8.30.tar.gz'
        $ tar -xzvf nginx-0.8.30.tar.gz
        $ cd nginx-0.8.30/

        # Here we assume you would install you nginx under /opt/nginx/.
        $ ./configure --prefix=/opt/nginx \
            --add-module=/path/to/ndk_devel_kit \
            --add-module=/path/to/echo-nginx-module \
            --add-module=/path/to/lua-nginx-module

        $ make -j2
        $ make install

    Download the latest version of the release tarball of this module from
    lua-nginx-module file list
    (<http://github.com/chaoslawful/lua-nginx-module/downloads>).

Compatibility
    The following versions of Nginx should work with this module:

    *   0.8.x (last tested version is 0.8.40)

    *   0.7.x >= 0.7.46 (last tested version is 0.7.66)

    Earlier versions of Nginx like 0.6.x and 0.5.x will *not* work.

    If you find that any particular version of Nginx above 0.7.44 does not
    work with this module, please consider reporting a bug.

TODO

Known Issues

See Also

    * ngx_devel_kit ( http://github.com/simpl-it/ngx_devel_kit )
    * echo-nginx-module ( http://github.com/agentzh/echo-nginx-module )

Author
    chaoslawful (王晓哲) <chaoslawful at gmail dot com>

Copyright & License
    This module is licenced under the BSD license.

    Copyright (c) 2009, Taobao Inc., Alibaba Group ( http://www.taobao.com ).

    Copyright (C) 2009 by chaoslawful <chaoslawful@gmail.com>.

    All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
    are met:

        * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
        notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

        * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
        notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
        documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

        * Neither the name of the Taobao Inc. nor the names of its
        contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
        this software without specific prior written permission.

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