cppcms::http::response Class Reference

this class represents all HTTP/CGI response related API, generation of output content and HTTP headers. More...

`#include <cppcms/http_response.h>`

Inheritance diagram for cppcms::http::response:

## Public Types

enum

status_type {
continue_transfer = 100, switching_protocol = 101, ok = 200, created = 201,
accepted = 202, non_authoritative_information = 203, no_content = 204, reset_content = 205,
partial_content = 206, multiple_choices = 300, moved_permanently = 301, found = 302,
see_other = 303, not_modified = 304, use_proxy = 305, temporary_redirect = 307,
bad_request = 400, unauthorized = 401, payment_required = 402, forbidden = 403,
not_found = 404, method_not_allowed = 405, not_acceptable = 406, proxy_authentication_required = 407,
request_time_out = 408, conflict = 409, gone = 410, precondition_failed = 412,
request_entity_too_large = 413, request_uri_too_large = 414, unsupported_media_type = 415, requested_range_not_satisfiable = 416,
expectation_failed = 417, internal_server_error = 500, not_implemented = 501, bad_gateway = 502,
service_unavailable = 503, gateway_timeout = 504, http_version_not_supported = 505
}

enum | io_mode_type { normal, nogzip, raw, asynchronous, asynchronous_raw }

## Public Member Functions

void | accept_ranges (std::string const &)
void | age (unsigned seconds)
void | allow (std::string const &)
void | cache_control (std::string const &)
void | content_encoding (std::string const &)
void | content_language (std::string const &)
void | content_length (unsigned long long len)
void | content_location (std::string const &)
void | content_md5 (std::string const &)
void | content_range (std::string const &)
void | content_type (std::string const &)
void | date (time_t)
void | etag (std::string const &)
void | expires (time_t t)
void | last_modified (time_t t)
void | location (std::string const &)
void | pragma (std::string const &)
void | proxy_authenticate (std::string const &)
void | retry_after (std::string const &)
void | retry_after (unsigned)
void | status (int code)
void | status (int code, std::string const &message)
void | trailer (std::string const &)
void | transfer_encoding (std::string const &)
void | vary (std::string const &)
void | via (std::string const &)
void | warning (std::string const &)
void | www_authenticate (std::string const &)
void | set_header (std::string const &name, std::string const &value)
std::string | get_header (std::string const &name)
void | erase_header (std::string const &h)
void | set_content_header (std::string const &content_type)
void | set_html_header ()
void | set_xhtml_header ()
void | set_plain_text_header ()
void | set_redirect_header (std::string const &location, int status=found)
void | set_cookie (cookie const &)
void | make_error_response (int stat, std::string const &msg=std::string())
io_mode_type | io_mode ()
void | io_mode (io_mode_type)
std::ostream & | out ()
bool | some_output_was_written ()
void | finalize ()

## Static Public Member Functions

static std::string | make_http_time (time_t)
static char const * | status_to_string (int status)

## Friends

class | impl::cgi::connection
class | ::cppcms::cache_interface

## Detailed Description

this class represents all HTTP/CGI response related API, generation of output content and HTTP headers.

## Member Enumeration Documentation

enum cppcms::http::response::io_mode_type

This enum represents different types of IO modes giving fine grained control over HTTP output.

These modes are set via io_mode member function

Enumerator
normal | Synchronous IO. Write the request, it is buffered and possible compressed using gzip.
nogzip | Same as normal but disable gzip compression.
raw | User has full control over the output, it is also fully responsible for generation of HTTP headers, no-session management given.
asynchronous | In this mode the data is buffered and never transferred unless it is requested by async_flush_output, or async_complete_response member functions of http::context explicitly.
asynchronous_raw | Same as asynchronous but the user is responsible for generation of its own HTTP headers.

enum cppcms::http::response::status_type

This type represent the enum of HTTP Status type as of RFC 2616 sec. 6.1.1

## Member Function Documentation

void cppcms::http::response::accept_ranges | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Accept-Ranges

void cppcms::http::response::age | ( | unsigned | seconds | ) |

Set HTTP Header Age

void cppcms::http::response::allow | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Allow

void cppcms::http::response::cache_control | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Cache-Control

void cppcms::http::response::content_encoding | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Content-Encoding.

Note: if you set this header manually, gzip compression will be automatically disabled.

void cppcms::http::response::content_language | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Content-Language

void cppcms::http::response::content_length | ( | unsigned long long | len | ) |

Set HTTP Header Content-Length

void cppcms::http::response::content_location | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Content-Location

void cppcms::http::response::content_md5 | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Content-Md5

void cppcms::http::response::content_range | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Content-Range

void cppcms::http::response::content_type | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Content-Type

void cppcms::http::response::date | ( | time_t |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Date

void cppcms::http::response::erase_header | ( | std::string const & | h | ) |

Erase specific header h

void cppcms::http::response::etag | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Etag

void cppcms::http::response::expires | ( | time_t | t | ) |

Set HTTP Header Expires, it is formatted as HTTP Date-Time from the POSIX time t

void cppcms::http::response::finalize | ( |  | ) |

Finalize an output request. Generally this function is called automatically for synchronous application, however when working with asynchronous requests you should call this function before calling async_complete_response.

std::string cppcms::http::response::get_header | ( | std::string const & | name | ) |

Get output header value, returns empty string if it is not set

io_mode_type cppcms::http::response::io_mode | ( |  | ) |

Get current io_mode, see a description for io_mode_type.

void cppcms::http::response::io_mode | ( | io_mode_type |  | ) |

Set current io_mode, see a description for io_mode_type.

Note: you can't change it after requesting for output stream, i.e. calling out() member function.

void cppcms::http::response::last_modified | ( | time_t | t | ) |

Set HTTP Header Last-Modified, it is formatted as HTTP Date-Time from the POSIX time t

void cppcms::http::response::location | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Location

void cppcms::http::response::make_error_response | ( | int | stat,
|  | std::string const & | msg = `std::string()`
| ) |  |

This creates a default HTTP response (including HTML body) with a status stat a message msg.

Note: if msg is empty default message for HTTP Status code stat is used.

static std::string cppcms::http::response::make_http_time | ( | time_t |  | ) |

static

Create an HTTP time string from POSIX time as of RFC 2616

std::ostream& cppcms::http::response::out | ( |  | ) |

Request an output stream to write the body of HTTP response after writing headers.

Note:

- it triggers saving changes in the session, so further changes will have no effect.
- it triggers writing all headers to output stream, such that changing any header or adding cookies will have no effect.
- it is impossible to change an io_mode after calling this function.

void cppcms::http::response::pragma | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Pragma

void cppcms::http::response::proxy_authenticate | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Proxy-Authenticate

void cppcms::http::response::retry_after | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Retry-After

void cppcms::http::response::retry_after | ( | unsigned |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Retry-After

void cppcms::http::response::set_content_header | ( | std::string const & | content_type | ) |

This function set HTTP Content-Type header, but unlike contet_type function it also adds current locale charset encoding (unless localization.disable_charset_in_content_type set to true in configuration)

void cppcms::http::response::set_cookie | ( | cookie const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Cookie

void cppcms::http::response::set_header | ( | std::string const & | name,
|  | std::string const & | value
| ) |  |

Set Generic HTTP header "name: value"

void cppcms::http::response::set_html_header | ( |  | ) |

Shortcut to set_content_header("text/html") - this is the default content-type header

void cppcms::http::response::set_plain_text_header | ( |  | ) |

Shortcut to set_content_header("text/plain")

void cppcms::http::response::set_redirect_header | ( | std::string const & | location,
|  | int | status = `found`
| ) |  |

Redirect to other location by setting HTTP Location header and a Status header with a status status

void cppcms::http::response::set_xhtml_header | ( |  | ) |

Shortcut to set_content_header("text/xhtml")

bool cppcms::http::response::some_output_was_written | ( |  | ) |

Check if out() member function was called, (so it is impossible to do some tasks like changing HTTP headers. See out description for more details

void cppcms::http::response::status | ( | int | code | ) |

Set GCI Status Header, the message is created according to the code automatically

void cppcms::http::response::status | ( | int | code,
|  | std::string const & | message
| ) |  |

Set HTTP Header Status with the status code code and a custom message

static char const* cppcms::http::response::status_to_string | ( | int | status | ) |

static

Return a string that represents a message for HTTP status code status

void cppcms::http::response::trailer | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Trailer

void cppcms::http::response::transfer_encoding | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Transfer-Encoding, note

void cppcms::http::response::vary | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Vary

void cppcms::http::response::via | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Via

void cppcms::http::response::warning | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header Warning

void cppcms::http::response::www_authenticate | ( | std::string const & |  | ) |

Set HTTP Header WWW-Authenticate

The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

- cppcms/http_response.h