# class WEBrick::HTTPRequest

An HTTP request. This is consumed by service and do_* methods in WEBrick servlets

### Attributes

addr[R]

The socket address of the server

attributes[R]

Hash of request attributes

cipher[R]

HTTP request SSL cipher

client_cert[R]

HTTP request client certificate

keep_alive[R]

Is this a keep-alive connection?

peeraddr[R]

The socket address of the client

request_time[R]

The local time this request was received

server_cert[R]

HTTP request server certificate

user[RW]

The remote user (CGI variable)

### Public Class Methods

new(config) click to toggle source

Creates a new HTTP request. WEBrick::Config::HTTP is the default configuration.

    # File lib/webrick/httprequest.rb, line 151
    def initialize(config)
      @config = config
      @buffer_size = @config[:InputBufferSize]
      @logger = config[:Logger]

      @request_line = @request_method =
        @unparsed_uri = @http_version = nil

      @request_uri = @host = @port = @path = nil
      @script_name = @path_info = nil
      @query_string = nil
      @query = nil
      @form_data = nil

      @raw_header = Array.new
      @header = nil
      @cookies = []
      @accept = []
      @accept_charset = []
      @accept_encoding = []
      @accept_language = []
      @body = ""

      @addr = @peeraddr = nil
      @attributes = {}
      @user = nil
      @keep_alive = false
      @request_time = nil

      @remaining_size = nil
      @socket = nil

      @forwarded_proto = @forwarded_host = @forwarded_port =
        @forwarded_server = @forwarded_for = nil
    end

### Public Instance Methods

[](header_name) click to toggle source

Retrieves `header_name`

    # File lib/webrick/httprequest.rb, line 286
    def [](header_name)
      if @header
        value = @header[header_name.downcase]
        value.empty? ? nil : value.join(", ")
      end
    end

body() { |body_chunk| ... } click to toggle source

Returns the request body.

    # File lib/webrick/httprequest.rb, line 253
    def body(&block) # :yields: body_chunk
      block ||= Proc.new{|chunk| @body << chunk }
      read_body(@socket, block)
      @body.empty? ? nil : @body
    end

content_length() click to toggle source

The content-length header

    # File lib/webrick/httprequest.rb, line 272
    def content_length
      return Integer(self['content-length'])
    end

content_type() click to toggle source

The content-type header

    # File lib/webrick/httprequest.rb, line 279
    def content_type
      return self['content-type']
    end

each() { |k, empty? ? nil : join(", ")| ... } click to toggle source

Iterates over the request headers

    # File lib/webrick/httprequest.rb, line 296
    def each
      if @header
        @header.each{|k, v|
          value = @header[k]
          yield(k, value.empty? ? nil : value.join(", "))
        }
      end
    end

host() click to toggle source

The host this request is for

    # File lib/webrick/httprequest.rb, line 308
    def host
      return @forwarded_host || @host
    end

keep_alive?() click to toggle source

Should the connection this request was made on be kept alive?

    # File lib/webrick/httprequest.rb, line 343
    def keep_alive?
      @keep_alive
    end

meta_vars() click to toggle source

This method provides the metavariables defined by the revision 3 of “The WWW Common Gateway Interface Version 1.1” To browse the current document of CGI Version 1.1, see below: tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3875

    # File lib/webrick/httprequest.rb, line 375
    def meta_vars
      meta = Hash.new

      cl = self["Content-Length"]
      ct = self["Content-Type"]
      meta["CONTENT_LENGTH"]    = cl if cl.to_i > 0
      meta["CONTENT_TYPE"]      = ct.dup if ct
      meta["GATEWAY_INTERFACE"] = "CGI/1.1"
      meta["PATH_INFO"]         = @path_info ? @path_info.dup : ""
     #meta["PATH_TRANSLATED"]   = nil      # no plan to be provided
      meta["QUERY_STRING"]      = @query_string ? @query_string.dup : ""
      meta["REMOTE_ADDR"]       = @peeraddr[3]
      meta["REMOTE_HOST"]       = @peeraddr[2]
     #meta["REMOTE_IDENT"]      = nil      # no plan to be provided
      meta["REMOTE_USER"]       = @user
      meta["REQUEST_METHOD"]    = @request_method.dup
      meta["REQUEST_URI"]       = @request_uri.to_s
      meta["SCRIPT_NAME"]       = @script_name.dup
      meta["SERVER_NAME"]       = @host
      meta["SERVER_PORT"]       = @port.to_s
      meta["SERVER_PROTOCOL"]   = "HTTP/" + @config[:HTTPVersion].to_s
      meta["SERVER_SOFTWARE"]   = @config[:ServerSoftware].dup

      self.each{|key, val|
        next if /^content-type$/i =~ key
        next if /^content-length$/i =~ key
        name = "HTTP_" + key
        name.gsub!(/-/o, "_")
        name.upcase!
        meta[name] = val
      }

      meta
    end

parse(socket=nil) click to toggle source

Parses a request from `socket`. This is called internally by WEBrick::HTTPServer.

    # File lib/webrick/httprequest.rb, line 191
    def parse(socket=nil)
      @socket = socket
      begin
        @peeraddr = socket.respond_to?(:peeraddr) ? socket.peeraddr : []
        @addr = socket.respond_to?(:addr) ? socket.addr : []
      rescue Errno::ENOTCONN
        raise HTTPStatus::EOFError
      end

      read_request_line(socket)
      if @http_version.major > 0
        read_header(socket)
        @header['cookie'].each{|cookie|
          @cookies += Cookie::parse(cookie)
        }
        @accept = HTTPUtils.parse_qvalues(self['accept'])
        @accept_charset = HTTPUtils.parse_qvalues(self['accept-charset'])
        @accept_encoding = HTTPUtils.parse_qvalues(self['accept-encoding'])
        @accept_language = HTTPUtils.parse_qvalues(self['accept-language'])
      end
      return if @request_method == "CONNECT"
      return if @unparsed_uri == "*"

      begin
        setup_forwarded_info
        @request_uri = parse_uri(@unparsed_uri)
        @path = HTTPUtils::unescape(@request_uri.path)
        @path = HTTPUtils::normalize_path(@path)
        @host = @request_uri.host
        @port = @request_uri.port
        @query_string = @request_uri.query
        @script_name = ""
        @path_info = @path.dup
      rescue
        raise HTTPStatus::BadRequest, "bad URI `#{@unparsed_uri}'."
      end

      if /\Aclose\z/io =~ self["connection"]
        @keep_alive = false
      elsif /\Akeep-alive\z/io =~ self["connection"]
        @keep_alive = true
      elsif @http_version < "1.1"
        @keep_alive = false
      else
        @keep_alive = true
      end
    end

port() click to toggle source

The port this request is for

    # File lib/webrick/httprequest.rb, line 315
    def port
      return @forwarded_port || @port
    end

query() click to toggle source

Request query as a Hash

    # File lib/webrick/httprequest.rb, line 262
    def query
      unless @query
        parse_query()
      end
      @query
    end

remote_ip() click to toggle source

The client's IP address

    # File lib/webrick/httprequest.rb, line 329
    def remote_ip
      return self["client-ip"] || @forwarded_for || @peeraddr[3]
    end

server_name() click to toggle source

The server name this request is for

    # File lib/webrick/httprequest.rb, line 322
    def server_name
      return @forwarded_server || @config[:ServerName]
    end

ssl?() click to toggle source

Is this an SSL request?

    # File lib/webrick/httprequest.rb, line 336
    def ssl?
      return @request_uri.scheme == "https"
    end

## Header and entity body

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### Attributes

accept[R]

The Accept header value

accept_charset[R]

The Accept-Charset header value

accept_encoding[R]

The Accept-Encoding header value

accept_language[R]

The Accept-Language header value

cookies[R]

The parsed request cookies

header[R]

The parsed header of the request

raw_header[R]

The raw header of the request

## Request line

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### Attributes

http_version[R]

The HTTP version of the request

request_line[R]

The complete request line such as:

    GET / HTTP/1.1

request_method[R]

The request method, GET, POST, PUT, etc.

unparsed_uri[R]

The unparsed URI of the request

## Request-URI

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### Attributes

path[R]

The request path

path_info[RW]

The path info (CGI variable)

query_string[RW]

The query from the URI of the request

request_uri[R]

The parsed URI of the request

script_name[RW]

The script name (CGI variable)