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# See design notes/apps/dispatch.txt for a full specification of this request
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"""An IVLE request object. This is presented to the IVLE apps as a way of
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interacting with the web server and the dispatcher."""
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# Special code for "everything's OK" (somehow different to 200).
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interacting with the web server and the dispatcher.
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Request object attributes:
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String. The path portion of the URI.
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String. Name of the application specified in the URL, or None.
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String. The path specified in the URL *not including* the
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application or the IVLE location prefix. eg. a URL of
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"/ivle/files/joe/myfiles" has a path of "joe/myfiles".
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Int. Response status number. Use one of the status codes defined
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String. The Content-Type (mime type) header value.
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String. Response "Location" header value. Used with HTTP redirect
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String. HTML page title. Used if write_html_head_foot is True, in
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the HTML title element text.
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write_html_head_foot (write)
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Boolean. If True, dispatch assumes that this is an XHTML page, and
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will immediately write a full HTML head, open the body element,
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and write heading contents to the page, before any bytes are
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written. It will then write footer contents and close the body and
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html elements at the end of execution.
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This value should be set to true by all applications for all HTML
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output (unless there is a good reason, eg. exec). The
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applications should therefore output HTML content assuming that
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it will be written inside the body tag. Do not write opening or
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closing <html> or <body> tags.
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# Special code for an OK response.
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# Do not use HTTP_OK; for some reason Apache produces an "OK" error
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# message if you do that.
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# HTTP status codes
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HTTP_INSUFFICIENT_STORAGE = 507
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HTTP_NOT_EXTENDED = 510
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def __init__(self, req):
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def __init__(self, req, write_html_head):
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"""Builds an IVLE request object from a mod_python request object.
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This results in an object with all of the necessary methods and
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additional fields.
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req: A mod_python request object.
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write_html_head: Function which is called when writing the automatic
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HTML header. Accepts a single argument, the IVLE request object.
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# Methods are mostly wrappers around the Apache request object
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self.apache_req = req
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self.func_write_html_head = write_html_head
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self.headers_written = False
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# Inherit values for the input members
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self.uri = req.uri
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# Split the given path into the app (top-level dir) and sub-path
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# (after first stripping away the root directory)
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(self.app, self.path) = (
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common.util.split_path(common.util.unmake_path(req.uri)))
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# Default values for the output members
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self.status = Request.OK
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self.title = None # Will be set by dispatch before passing to app
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self.write_html_head_foot = False
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def __writeheaders(self):
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"""Writes out the HTTP and HTML headers before any real data is
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self.headers_written = True
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# Prepare the HTTP and HTML headers before the first write is made
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if self.content_type != None:
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self.apache_req.content_type = self.content_type
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self.apache_req.status = self.status
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if self.location != None:
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self.apache_req.headers_out['Location'] = self.location
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if self.write_html_head_foot:
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# Write the HTML header, pass "self" (request object)
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self.func_write_html_head(self)
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def ensure_headers_written(self):
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"""Writes out the HTTP and HTML headers if they haven't already been
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if not self.headers_written:
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self.__writeheaders()
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def write(self, string, flush=1):
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"""Writes string directly to the client, then flushes the buffer,
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unless flush is 0."""
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# TODO: Prepare the IVLE HTTP and HTML headers before the first write.
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if not self.headers_written:
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self.__writeheaders()
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self.apache_req.write(string, flush)
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"""Flushes the output buffer."""
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self.apache_req.flush()
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def sendfile(self, filename):
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"""Sends the named file directly to the client."""
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if not self.headers_written:
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self.__writeheaders()
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self.apache_req.sendfile(filename)
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def read(self, len=None):
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"""Reads at most len bytes directly from the client. (See mod_python
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self.apache_req.read()
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self.apache_req.read(len)
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def throw_error(self, httpcode):
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"""Writes out an HTTP error of the specified code. Raises an exception
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which is caught by the dispatch or web server, so any code following
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this call will not be executed.
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httpcode: An HTTP response status code. Pass a constant from the
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raise mod_python.apache.SERVER_RETURN, httpcode
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def throw_redirect(self, location):
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"""Writes out an HTTP redirect to the specified URL. Raises an
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exception which is caught by the dispatch or web server, so any
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code following this call will not be executed.
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httpcode: An HTTP response status code. Pass a constant from the
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mod_python.util.redirect(self.apache_req, location)