Request Handler Interface¶

To make your service work you have to write and install request handlers. A request handler is a LUA function with the following signature:

handler(request, response)¶

Parameters:	request (table) – The request object response (table) – The response object
Returns:	(table) - The response object

Example:

function myhandler(request, response)
    -- debug the incoming request
    print(LOG_DEBUG, request)

    response.content = "<html><body>the path was: " .. request.path .. "</body></html>"
    response.headers["content-type"] = "text/html"

    return response
end

Request Object¶

Member	Description
path	Path of the request
method	HTTP method (GET / POST)
proto	Either http or https
host	HTTP host header
timestamp	Request timestamp
headers	Table of HTTP headers
cookies	Table of cookies
content	Content body of a POST request
remote_addr_str	Client IP address
remote_addr_ip_ver	Client IP version (4 or 6)

Response Object¶

Member	Description
status	HTTP response status code
content	Response content
headers	Table of HTTP headers