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Graham Dumpleton commented on MODPYTHON-153: -------------------------------------------- Here is the prototype and documentation: /** * In HTTP/1.1, any method can have a body. However, most GET handlers * wouldn't know what to do with a request body if they received one. * This helper routine tests for and reads any message body in the request, * simply discarding whatever it receives. We need to do this because * failing to read the request body would cause it to be interpreted * as the next request on a persistent connection. * @param r The current request * @return error status if request is malformed, OK otherwise */ AP_DECLARE(int) ap_discard_request_body(request_rec *r); Note that by rights, mod_python.publisher and mod_python.psp should both call this method for GET requests. As pointed out in documentation above, if it didn't and GET request contained content then not discarding it can stuff up a following request if a persistent connection is used and multiple requests are pipelined. > Add req.discard_request_body(). > ------------------------------- > > Key: MODPYTHON-153 > URL: http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MODPYTHON-153 > Project: mod_python > Type: New Feature > Components: core > Reporter: Graham Dumpleton > Assignee: Graham Dumpleton > > In HTTP/1.1 any method may include a request body, whereas in HTTP/1.0 only > POST and PUT were allowed to. To avoid any potential problems if a handler > were trying to emulate in part the default Apache handler for requests, in > would be appropriate for a handler to ensure that any request body is > discarded. Apache provides a function specifically for this purpose which is > called ap_discard_request_body(). For completeness this function should be > available in the request object API as req.discard_request_body(). -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - If you think it was sent incorrectly contact one of the administrators: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Administrators.jspa - For more information on JIRA, see: http://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
