<div class="section">
<h2><a name="functions" id="functions">Built in functions</a></h2>
-
<p>The request_rec object has (at least) the following methods:</p>
+<p>The request_rec object has (at least) the following methods:</p>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:flush() -- flushes the output buffer
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:flush() -- flushes the output buffer:
+while we_have_stuff_to_send do
+ r:puts("Bla bla bla\n") -- print something to client
+ r:flush() -- flush the buffer (send to client)
+ r:sleep(0.5) -- fake processing time and repeat
+end
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:addoutputfilter(name|function) -- add an output filter
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:addoutputfilter(name|function) -- add an output filter:
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:sendfile(filename) -- sends an entire file to the client, using sendfile if supported by the current platform
- </pre>
+r:addoutputfilter("fooFilter") -- add the fooFilter to the output stream
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:parseargs() -- returns a Lua table containing the request's query string arguments
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:sendfile(filename) -- sends an entire file to the client, using sendfile if supported by the current platform:
+if use_sendfile_thing then
+ r:sendfile("/var/www/large_file.img")
+end
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:parsebody([sizeLimit]) -- parse the request body as a POST and return a lua table.
- -- An optional number may be passed to specify the maximum number
- -- of bytes to parse. Default is 8192 bytes.
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:parseargs() -- returns a Lua table containing the request's query string arguments:
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:puts("hello", " world", "!") -- print to response body
- </pre>
+local GET = r:parseargs()
+r:puts("Your name is: " .. GET['name'] or "Unknown")
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:write("a single string") -- print to response body
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:parsebody([sizeLimit]) -- parse the request body as a POST and return a lua table.
+ -- An optional number may be passed to specify the maximum number
+ -- of bytes to parse. Default is 8192 bytes:
+
+local POST = r:parsebody(1024*1024)
+r:puts("Your name is: " .. POST['name'] or "Unknown")
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:escape_html("<html>test</html>") -- Escapes HTML code and returns the escaped result
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:puts("hello", " world", "!") -- print to response body, self explanatory
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:base64_encode(string) -- Encodes a string using the Base64 encoding standard
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:write("a single string") -- print to response body, self explanatory
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:base64_decode(string) -- Decodes a Base64-encoded string
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:escape_html("<html>test</html>") -- Escapes HTML code and returns the escaped result
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:md5(string) -- Calculates and returns the MD5 digest of a string (binary safe)
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:base64_encode(string) -- Encodes a string using the Base64 encoding standard:
+local encoded = r:base64_encode("This is a test") -- returns VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:sha1(string) -- Calculates and returns the SHA1 digest of a string (binary safe)
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:base64_decode(string) -- Decodes a Base64-encoded string:
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:escape(string) -- URL-Escapes a string
- </pre>
+local decoded = r:base64_decode("VGhpcyBpcyBhIHRlc3Q=") -- returns 'This is a test'
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:unescape(string) -- Unescapes an URL-escaped string
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:md5(string) -- Calculates and returns the MD5 digest of a string (binary safe):
+local hash = r:md5("This is a test") -- returns ce114e4501d2f4e2dcea3e17b546f339
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:banner() -- Returns the current server banner
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:sha1(string) -- Calculates and returns the SHA1 digest of a string (binary safe):
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:port() -- Returns the current server port used for the request
- </pre>
+local hash = r:sha1("This is a test") -- returns a54d88e06612d820bc3be72877c74f257b561b19
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:mpm_query(number) -- Queries the server for MPM information using ap_mpm_query
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:escape(string) -- URL-Escapes a string:
+local url = "http://foo.bar/1 2 3 & 4 + 5"
+local escaped = r:escape(url) -- returns 'http%3a%2f%2ffoo.bar%2f1+2+3+%26+4+%2b+5'
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:expr(string) -- Evaluates an <a href="../expr.html">expr</a> string.
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:unescape(string) -- Unescapes an URL-escaped string:
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:scoreboard_process(a) -- Queries the server for information about the process at position <code>a</code>
- </pre>
+local url = "http%3a%2f%2ffoo.bar%2f1+2+3+%26+4+%2b+5"
+local unescaped = r:escape(url) -- returns 'http://foo.bar/1 2 3 & 4 + 5'
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:scoreboard_worker(a, b) -- Queries for information about the worker thread, <code>b</code>, in process <code>a</code>
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:banner() -- Returns the current server banner, self explanatory
+</pre>
+
+
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:port() -- Returns the current server port used for the request, self explanatory
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:started() -- Returns the time of the last server (re)start
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:mpm_query(number) -- Queries the server for MPM information using ap_mpm_query:
+
+local mpm = r.mpm_query(14)
+if mpm == 1 then
+ r:puts("This server uses the Event MPM")
+end
+</pre>
+
+
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:expr(string) -- Evaluates an <a href="../expr.html">expr</a> string.
+
+if r:expr("%{HTTP_HOST} =~ /^www/") then
+ r:puts("This host name starts with www")
+end
+</pre>
+
+
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:scoreboard_process(a) -- Queries the server for information about the process at position <code>a</code>:
+
+local process = r:scoreboard_process(1)
+r:puts("Server 1 has PID " .. process.pid)
+</pre>
+
+
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:scoreboard_worker(a, b) -- Queries for information about the worker thread, <code>b</code>, in process <code>a</code>:
+
+local thread = r:scoreboard_worker(1, 1)
+r:puts("Server 1's thread 1 has thread ID " .. thread.tid .. " and is in " .. thread.status .. " status")
+</pre>
+
+
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:started() -- Returns the time of the last server (re)start
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:clock() -- Returns the current time with microsecond precision
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:clock() -- Returns the current time with microsecond precision
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
r:requestbody(filename) -- Reads and returns the request body of a request.
- -- If 'filename' is specified, it instead saves the
- -- contents to that file.
- </pre>
+ -- If 'filename' is specified, it instead saves the
+ -- contents to that file:
+
+local input = r:requestbody()
+r:puts("You sent the following request body to me:\n")
+r:puts(input)
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:add_input_filter(filter_name) -- Adds 'filter_name' as an input filter
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:add_input_filter(filter_name) -- Adds 'filter_name' as an input filter
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:module_info(module_name) -- Queries the server for information about a module
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r.module_info(module_name) -- Queries the server for information about a module
+
+local mod = r.module_info("mod_lua.c")
+if mod then
+ for k, v in pairs(mod.commands) do
+ r:puts( ("%s: %s\n"):format(k,v)) -- print out all directives accepted by this module
+ end
+end
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:loaded_modules() -- Returns a list of modules loaded by httpd
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:loaded_modules() -- Returns a list of modules loaded by httpd:
+
+for k, module in pairs(r:loaded_modules()) do
+ r:puts("I have loaded module " .. module .. "\n")
+end
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
r:runtime_dir_relative(filename) -- Compute the name of a run-time file (e.g., shared memory "file")
- -- relative to the appropriate run-time directory.
- </pre>
+ -- relative to the appropriate run-time directory.
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:server_info() -- Returns a table containing server information, such as
- -- the name of the httpd executable file, mpm used etc.
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:server_info() -- Returns a table containing server information, such as
+ -- the name of the httpd executable file, mpm used etc.
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:set_document_root(file_path) -- Sets the document root for the request to file_path
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:set_document_root(file_path) -- Sets the document root for the request to file_path
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:add_version_component(component_string) -- Adds a component to the server banner.
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:add_version_component(component_string) -- Adds a component to the server banner.
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:set_context_info(prefix, docroot) -- Sets the context prefix and context document root for a request
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:set_context_info(prefix, docroot) -- Sets the context prefix and context document root for a request
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:os_escape_path(file_path) -- Converts an OS path to a URL in an OS dependant way
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:os_escape_path(file_path) -- Converts an OS path to a URL in an OS dependant way
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:escape_logitem(string) -- Escapes a string for logging
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:escape_logitem(string) -- Escapes a string for logging
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
-r:strcmp_match(string, pattern) -- Checks if 'string' matches 'pattern' using strcmp_match (GLOBs).
- -- fx. whether 'www.example.com' matches '*.example.com'
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:strcmp_match(string, pattern) -- Checks if 'string' matches 'pattern' using strcmp_match (globs).
+ -- fx. whether 'www.example.com' matches '*.example.com':
+
+local match = r:strcmp_match("foobar.com", "foo*.com")
+if match then
+ r:puts("foobar.com matches foo*.com")
+end
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:set_keepalive() -- Sets the keepalive status for a request. Returns true if possible, false otherwise.
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:set_keepalive() -- Sets the keepalive status for a request. Returns true if possible, false otherwise.
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:make_etag() -- Constructs and returns the etag for the current request.
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:make_etag() -- Constructs and returns the etag for the current request.
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
r:send_interim_response(clear) -- Sends an interim (1xx) response to the client.
- -- if 'clear' is true, available headers will be sent and cleared.
- </pre>
+ -- if 'clear' is true, available headers will be sent and cleared.
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
r:custom_response(status_code, string) -- Construct and set a custom response for a given status code.
- -- This works much like the ErrorDocument directive.
- </pre>
+ -- This works much like the ErrorDocument directive:
+
+r:custom_response(404, "Baleted!")
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:exists_config_define(string) -- Checks whether a configuration definition exists or not.
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:exists_config_define(string) -- Checks whether a configuration definition exists or not:
+if r:exists_config_define("FOO") then
+ r:puts("httpd was probably run with -DFOO, or it was defined in the configuration")
+end
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:state_query(string) -- Queries the server for state information
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:state_query(string) -- Queries the server for state information
+</pre>
+
+
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:stat(filename) -- Runs stat() on a file, and returns a table with file information:
+
+local info = r:stat("/var/www/foo.txt")
+if info then
+ r:puts("This file exists and was last modified at: " .. info.modified)
+end
+</pre>
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:stat(filename) -- Runs stat() on a file, and returns a table with file information
- </pre>
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+r:regex(string, pattern) -- Runs a regular expression match on a string, returning captures if matched:
- <pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
- r:regex(string, pattern) -- Runs a regular expression match on a string, returning captures if matched.
- </pre>
+local matches = r:regex("foo bar baz", "foo (%w+) (%S*)")
+if matches then
+ r:puts("The regex matched, and the last word captured ($2) was: " .. matches[2])
+end
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
r:sleep(number_of_seconds) -- Puts the script to sleep for a given number of seconds.
- -- This can be a floating point number like 1.25 for extra accuracy.
- </pre>
+ -- This can be a floating point number like 1.25 for extra accuracy.
+</pre>
-
<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
+<pre class="prettyprint lang-lua">
r:dbacquire(dbType[, dbParams]) -- Acquires a connection to a database and returns a database class.
-
-- See '<a href="#databases">Database connectivity</a>' for details.
- </pre>
+ -- See '<a href="#databases">Database connectivity</a>' for details.
+</pre>
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