Interface HttpServerResponse

  • All Superinterfaces:
    StreamBase, WriteStream<Buffer>

    public interface HttpServerResponse
    extends WriteStream<Buffer>
    Represents a server-side HTTP response.

    An instance of this is created and associated to every instance of HttpServerRequest that.

    It allows the developer to control the HTTP response that is sent back to the client for a particular HTTP request.

    It contains methods that allow HTTP headers and trailers to be set, and for a body to be written out to the response.

    It also allows files to be streamed by the kernel directly from disk to the outgoing HTTP connection, bypassing user space altogether (where supported by the underlying operating system). This is a very efficient way of serving files from the server since buffers do not have to be read one by one from the file and written to the outgoing socket.

    It implements WriteStream so it can be used with Pipe to pipe data with flow control.

    Author:
    Tim Fox
    • Method Detail

      • setWriteQueueMaxSize

        HttpServerResponse setWriteQueueMaxSize​(int maxSize)
        Description copied from interface: WriteStream
        Set the maximum size of the write queue to maxSize. You will still be able to write to the stream even if there is more than maxSize items in the write queue. This is used as an indicator by classes such as Pipe to provide flow control.

        The value is defined by the implementation of the stream, e.g in bytes for a NetSocket, etc...

        Specified by:
        setWriteQueueMaxSize in interface WriteStream<Buffer>
        Parameters:
        maxSize - the max size of the write stream
        Returns:
        a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
      • drainHandler

        HttpServerResponse drainHandler​(Handler<Void> handler)
        Description copied from interface: WriteStream
        Set a drain handler on the stream. If the write queue is full, then the handler will be called when the write queue is ready to accept buffers again. See Pipe for an example of this being used.

        The stream implementation defines when the drain handler, for example it could be when the queue size has been reduced to maxSize / 2.

        Specified by:
        drainHandler in interface WriteStream<Buffer>
        Parameters:
        handler - the handler
        Returns:
        a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
      • getStatusCode

        int getStatusCode()
        Returns:
        the HTTP status code of the response. The default is 200 representing OK.
      • setStatusCode

        HttpServerResponse setStatusCode​(int statusCode)
        Set the status code. If the status message hasn't been explicitly set, a default status message corresponding to the code will be looked-up and used.
        Returns:
        a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
      • getStatusMessage

        String getStatusMessage()
        Returns:
        the HTTP status message of the response. If this is not specified a default value will be used depending on what setStatusCode(int) has been set to.
      • setStatusMessage

        HttpServerResponse setStatusMessage​(String statusMessage)
        Set the status message
        Returns:
        a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
      • setChunked

        HttpServerResponse setChunked​(boolean chunked)
        If chunked is true, this response will use HTTP chunked encoding, and each call to write to the body will correspond to a new HTTP chunk sent on the wire.

        If chunked encoding is used the HTTP header Transfer-Encoding with a value of Chunked will be automatically inserted in the response.

        If chunked is false, this response will not use HTTP chunked encoding, and therefore the total size of any data that is written in the respone body must be set in the Content-Length header before any data is written out.

        An HTTP chunked response is typically used when you do not know the total size of the request body up front.

        Returns:
        a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
      • isChunked

        boolean isChunked()
        Returns:
        is the response chunked?
      • headers

        MultiMap headers()
        Returns:
        The HTTP headers
      • putHeader

        HttpServerResponse putHeader​(String name,
                                     String value)
        Put an HTTP header
        Parameters:
        name - the header name
        value - the header value.
        Returns:
        a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
      • trailers

        MultiMap trailers()
        Returns:
        The HTTP trailers
      • putTrailer

        HttpServerResponse putTrailer​(String name,
                                      String value)
        Put an HTTP trailer
        Parameters:
        name - the trailer name
        value - the trailer value
        Returns:
        a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
      • closeHandler

        HttpServerResponse closeHandler​(Handler<Void> handler)
        Set a close handler for the response, this is called when the underlying connection is closed and the response was still using the connection.

        For HTTP/1.x it is called when the connection is closed before end() is called, therefore it is not guaranteed to be called.

        For HTTP/2 it is called when the related stream is closed, and therefore it will be always be called.

        Parameters:
        handler - the handler
        Returns:
        a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
      • endHandler

        HttpServerResponse endHandler​(Handler<Void> handler)
        Set an end handler for the response. This will be called when the response is disposed to allow consistent cleanup of the response.
        Parameters:
        handler - the handler
        Returns:
        a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
      • write

        Future<Void> write​(String chunk,
                           String enc)
        Write a String to the response body, encoded using the encoding enc.
        Parameters:
        chunk - the string to write
        enc - the encoding to use
        Returns:
        a future completed with the body result
      • write

        Future<Void> write​(String chunk)
        Write a String to the response body, encoded in UTF-8.
        Parameters:
        chunk - the string to write
        Returns:
        a future completed with the body result
      • writeContinue

        Future<Void> writeContinue()
        Used to write an interim 100 Continue response to signify that the client should send the rest of the request. Must only be used if the request contains an "Expect:100-Continue" header
        Returns:
        a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
      • writeEarlyHints

        Future<Void> writeEarlyHints​(MultiMap headers)
        Used to write an interim 103 Early Hints response to return some HTTP headers before the final HTTP message.
        Parameters:
        headers - headers to write
        Returns:
        a future
      • end

        Future<Void> end​(String chunk)
        Same as end(Buffer) but writes a String in UTF-8 encoding before ending the response.
        Parameters:
        chunk - the string to write before ending the response
        Returns:
        a future completed with the body result
      • end

        Future<Void> end​(String chunk,
                         String enc)
        Same as end(Buffer) but writes a String with the specified encoding before ending the response.
        Parameters:
        chunk - the string to write before ending the response
        enc - the encoding to use
        Returns:
        a future completed with the body result
      • end

        Future<Void> end​(Buffer chunk)
        Same as end() but writes some data to the response body before ending. If the response is not chunked and no other data has been written then the @code{Content-Length} header will be automatically set.
        Specified by:
        end in interface WriteStream<Buffer>
        Parameters:
        chunk - the buffer to write before ending the response
        Returns:
        a future completed with the body result
      • end

        Future<Void> end()
        Ends the response. If no data has been written to the response body, the actual response won't get written until this method gets called.

        Once the response has ended, it cannot be used any more.

        Specified by:
        end in interface WriteStream<Buffer>
        Returns:
        a future completed with the body result
      • send

        default Future<Void> send()
        Send the request with an empty body.
        Returns:
        a future notified when the response has been written
      • send

        default Future<Void> send​(String body)
        Send the request with a string body.
        Returns:
        a future notified when the response has been written
      • send

        default Future<Void> send​(Buffer body)
        Send the request with a buffer body.
        Returns:
        a future notified when the response has been written
      • sendFile

        default Future<Void> sendFile​(String filename,
                                      long offset)
        Same as sendFile(String, long, long) using length @code{Long.MAX_VALUE} which means until the end of the file.
        Parameters:
        filename - path to the file to serve
        offset - offset to start serving from
        Returns:
        a future completed with the body result
      • sendFile

        Future<Void> sendFile​(String filename,
                              long offset,
                              long length)
        Ask the OS to stream a file as specified by filename directly from disk to the outgoing connection, bypassing userspace altogether (where supported by the underlying operating system. This is a very efficient way to serve files.

        The actual serve is asynchronous and may not complete until some time after this method has returned.

        Parameters:
        filename - path to the file to serve
        offset - offset to start serving from
        length - the number of bytes to send
        Returns:
        a future completed with the body result
      • ended

        boolean ended()
        Returns:
        has the response already ended?
      • closed

        boolean closed()
        Returns:
        has the underlying TCP connection corresponding to the request already been closed?
      • headWritten

        boolean headWritten()
        Returns:
        have the headers for the response already been written?
      • headersEndHandler

        HttpServerResponse headersEndHandler​(Handler<Void> handler)
        Provide a handler that will be called just before the headers are written to the wire.

        This provides a hook allowing you to add any more headers or do any more operations before this occurs.

        Parameters:
        handler - the handler
        Returns:
        a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
      • bodyEndHandler

        HttpServerResponse bodyEndHandler​(Handler<Void> handler)
        Provides a handler that will be called after the last part of the body is written to the wire. The handler is called asynchronously of when the response has been received by the client. This provides a hook allowing you to do more operations once the request has been sent over the wire such as resource cleanup.
        Parameters:
        handler - the handler
        Returns:
        a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
      • bytesWritten

        long bytesWritten()
        Returns:
        the total number of bytes written for the body of the response.
      • streamId

        int streamId()
        Returns:
        the id of the stream of this response, -1 for HTTP/1.x
      • push

        Future<HttpServerResponse> push​(HttpMethod method,
                                        HostAndPort authority,
                                        String path,
                                        MultiMap headers)
        Push a response to the client.

        The handler will be notified with a success when the push can be sent and with a failure when the client has disabled push or reset the push before it has been sent.

        The handler may be queued if the client has reduced the maximum number of streams the server can push concurrently.

        Push can be sent only for peer initiated streams and if the response is not ended.

        Parameters:
        method - the method of the promised request
        authority - the authority of the promised request
        path - the path of the promised request
        headers - the headers of the promised request
        Returns:
        a future notified when the response can be written
      • push

        @Deprecated
        Future<HttpServerResponse> push​(HttpMethod method,
                                        String host,
                                        String path,
                                        MultiMap headers)
        Push a response to the client.

        The handler will be notified with a success when the push can be sent and with a failure when the client has disabled push or reset the push before it has been sent.

        The handler may be queued if the client has reduced the maximum number of streams the server can push concurrently.

        Push can be sent only for peer initiated streams and if the response is not ended.

        Parameters:
        method - the method of the promised request
        host - the host of the promised request
        path - the path of the promised request
        headers - the headers of the promised request
        Returns:
        a future notified when the response can be written
      • reset

        default boolean reset()
        Reset this HTTP/2 stream with the error code 0.
      • reset

        boolean reset​(long code)
        Reset this response:

        • for HTTP/2, send an HTTP/2 reset frame with the specified error code
        • for HTTP/1.x, close the connection when the current response has not yet been sent

        When the response has already been sent nothing happens and false is returned as indicator.

        Parameters:
        code - the error code
        Returns:
        true when reset has been performed
      • writeCustomFrame

        Future<Void> writeCustomFrame​(int type,
                                      int flags,
                                      Buffer payload)
        Write an HTTP/2 frame to the response, allowing to extend the HTTP/2 protocol.

        The frame is sent immediatly and is not subject to flow control.

        Parameters:
        type - the 8-bit frame type
        flags - the 8-bit frame flags
        payload - the frame payload
        Returns:
        a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
      • setStreamPriority

        default HttpServerResponse setStreamPriority​(StreamPriority streamPriority)
        Sets the priority of the associated stream

        This is not implemented for HTTP/1.x.

        Parameters:
        streamPriority - the priority for this request's stream
      • addCookie

        HttpServerResponse addCookie​(Cookie cookie)
        Add a cookie. This will be sent back to the client in the response.
        Parameters:
        cookie - the cookie
        Returns:
        a reference to this, so the API can be used fluently
      • removeCookie

        default Cookie removeCookie​(String name)
        Expire a cookie, notifying a User Agent to remove it from its cookie jar. NOTE: This method will only remove the first occurrence of the given name. Users probably may want to use: removeCookies(String)
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the cookie
        Returns:
        the cookie, if it existed, or null
      • removeCookie

        Cookie removeCookie​(String name,
                            boolean invalidate)
        Remove a cookie from the cookie set. If invalidate is true then it will expire a cookie, notifying a User Agent to remove it from its cookie jar. NOTE: This method will only expire the first occurrence of the given name. Users probably may want to use: removeCookies(String,boolean)
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the cookie
        Returns:
        the cookie, if it existed, or null
      • removeCookies

        default Set<Cookie> removeCookies​(String name)
        Expire all cookies, notifying a User Agent to remove it from its cookie jar. NOTE: the returned Set is read-only. This means any attempt to modify (add or remove to the set), will throw UnsupportedOperationException.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the cookie
        Returns:
        a read only set of affected cookies, if they existed, or an empty set.
      • removeCookies

        Set<Cookie> removeCookies​(String name,
                                  boolean invalidate)
        Remove all cookies from the cookie set. If invalidate is true then it will expire a cookie, notifying a User Agent to remove it from its cookie jar. NOTE: the returned Set is read-only. This means any attempt to modify (add or remove to the set), will throw UnsupportedOperationException.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the cookie
        invalidate - invalidate from the user agent
        Returns:
        a read only set of affected cookies, if they existed, or an empty set.
      • removeCookie

        default Cookie removeCookie​(String name,
                                    String domain,
                                    String path)
        Expires a cookie from the cookie set. This will notify a User Agent to remove it from its cookie jar.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the cookie
        domain - the domain of the cookie
        path - the path of the cookie
        Returns:
        the cookie, if it existed, or null
      • removeCookie

        Cookie removeCookie​(String name,
                            String domain,
                            String path,
                            boolean invalidate)
        Remove a cookie from the cookie set. If invalidate is true then it will expire a cookie, notifying a User Agent to remove it from its cookie jar.
        Parameters:
        name - the name of the cookie
        domain - the domain of the cookie
        path - the path of the cookie
        Returns:
        the cookie, if it existed, or null