class IRequest(IComponentized): """A HTTP request. Subclasses should override the process() method to determine how the request will be processed. @ivar method: The HTTP method that was used. @ivar uri: The full URI that was requested (includes arguments). @ivar path: The path only (arguments not included). @ivar args: All of the arguments, including URL and POST arguments. @type args: A mapping of strings (the argument names) to lists of values. i.e., ?foo=bar&foo=baz&quux=spam results in {'foo': ['bar', 'baz'], 'quux': ['spam']}. @ivar received_headers: All received headers. """ method = Attribute("The HTTP method that was used.") uri = Attribute("The full URI that was requested (includes arguments).") path = Attribute("The path only (arguments not included).") prepath = Attribute("Path segments that have already been handled.") postpath = Attribute("Path segments still to be handled.") args = Attribute("All of the arguments, including URL and POST arguments.") received_headers = Attribute("All received headers.") deferred = Attribute("Fired once request processing is finished.") client = Attribute("The client that sent this request.") content = Attribute("File-like object containing the request body.") # Methods for received request def getHeader(key): """Get a header that was sent from the network. Return C{None} if the header is not present. """ def getCookie(key): """Get a cookie that was sent from the network. """ def getAllHeaders(): """Return dictionary of all headers the request received.""" def getRequestHostname(): """Get the hostname that the user passed in to the request. This will either use the Host: header (if it is available) or the host we are listening on if the header is unavailable. """ def getHost(): """Get my originally requesting transport's host. Don't rely on the 'transport' attribute, since Request objects may be copied remotely. For information on this method's return value, see twisted.internet.tcp.Port. """ def getClientIP(): pass def getClient(): pass def getUser(): pass def getPassword(): pass def isSecure(): pass def getSession(sessionInterface = None): pass def URLPath(): pass def prePathURL(): pass def rememberRootURL(): """ Remember the currently-processed part of the URL for later recalling. """ def getRootURL(): """ Get a previously-remembered URL. """ # Methods for outgoing request def finish(): """We are finished writing data.""" def write(data): """ Write some data as a result of an HTTP request. The first time this is called, it writes out response data. """ def addCookie(k, v, expires=None, domain=None, path=None, max_age=None, comment=None, secure=None): """Set an outgoing HTTP cookie. In general, you should consider using sessions instead of cookies, see twisted.web.server.Request.getSession and the twisted.web.server.Session class for details. """ def setResponseCode(code, message=None): """Set the HTTP response code. """ def setHeader(k, v): """Set an outgoing HTTP header. """ def redirect(url): """Utility function that does a redirect. The request should have finish() called after this. """ def setLastModified(when): """Set the X{Last-Modified} time for the response to this request. If I am called more than once, I ignore attempts to set Last-Modified earlier, only replacing the Last-Modified time if it is to a later value. If I am a conditional request, I may modify my response code to L{NOT_MODIFIED} if appropriate for the time given. @param when: The last time the resource being returned was modified, in seconds since the epoch. @type when: number @return: If I am a X{If-Modified-Since} conditional request and the time given is not newer than the condition, I return L{http.CACHED} to indicate that you should write no body. Otherwise, I return a false value. """ def setETag(etag): """Set an X{entity tag} for the outgoing response. That's \"entity tag\" as in the HTTP/1.1 X{ETag} header, \"used for comparing two or more entities from the same requested resource.\" If I am a conditional request, I may modify my response code to L{NOT_MODIFIED} or L{PRECONDITION_FAILED}, if appropriate for the tag given. @param etag: The entity tag for the resource being returned. @type etag: string @return: If I am a X{If-None-Match} conditional request and the tag matches one in the request, I return L{CACHED} to indicate that you should write no body. Otherwise, I return a false value. """ def setHost(host, port, ssl=0): """Change the host and port the request thinks it's using. This method is useful for working with reverse HTTP proxies (e.g. both Squid and Apache's mod_proxy can do this), when the address the HTTP client is using is different than the one we're listening on. For example, Apache may be listening on https://www.example.com, and then forwarding requests to http://localhost:8080, but we don't want HTML produced by Twisted to say 'http://localhost:8080', they should say 'https://www.example.com', so we do: >>> request.setHost('www.example.com', 443, ssl=1) This method is experimental. """ def notifyFinish(success): """ Return a deferred that fires when the request is finished. The deferred will fire with C{None} if the request finished successfully, or with the error that caused it to be unsuccessful. """ class IRequest(IComponentized): """A HTTP request. Subclasses should override the process() method to determine how the request will be processed. @ivar method: The HTTP method that was used. @ivar uri: The full URI that was requested (includes arguments). @ivar path: The path only (arguments not included). @ivar args: All of the arguments, including URL and POST arguments. @type args: A mapping of strings (the argument names) to lists of values. i.e., ?foo=bar&foo=baz&quux=spam results in {'foo': ['bar', 'baz'], 'quux': ['spam']}. @ivar received_headers: All received headers. """ method = Attribute("The HTTP method that was used.") uri = Attribute("The full URI that was requested (includes arguments).") path = Attribute("The path only (arguments not included).") prepath = Attribute("Path segments that have already been handled.") postpath = Attribute("Path segments still to be handled.") args = Attribute("All of the arguments, including URL and POST arguments.") received_headers = Attribute("All received headers.") deferred = Attribute("Fired once request processing is finished.") client = Attribute("The client that sent this request.") content = Attribute("File-like object containing the request body.") # Methods for received request def getHeader(key): """Get a header that was sent from the network. Return C{None} if the header is not present. """ def getCookie(key): """Get a cookie that was sent from the network. """ def getAllHeaders(): """Return dictionary of all headers the request received.""" def getRequestHostname(): """Get the hostname that the user passed in to the request. This will either use the Host: header (if it is available) or the host we are listening on if the header is unavailable. """ def getHost(): """Get my originally requesting transport's host. Don't rely on the 'transport' attribute, since Request objects may be copied remotely. For information on this method's return value, see twisted.internet.tcp.Port. """ def getClientIP(): pass def getClient(): pass def getUser(): pass def getPassword(): pass def isSecure(): pass def getSession(sessionInterface = None): pass def URLPath(): pass def prePathURL(): pass def rememberRootURL(): """ Remember the currently-processed part of the URL for later recalling. """ def getRootURL(): """ Get a previously-remembered URL. """ # Methods for outgoing request def finish(): """We are finished writing data.""" def write(data): """ Write some data as a result of an HTTP request. The first time this is called, it writes out response data. """ def addCookie(k, v, expires=None, domain=None, path=None, max_age=None, comment=None, secure=None): """Set an outgoing HTTP cookie. In general, you should consider using sessions instead of cookies, see twisted.web.server.Request.getSession and the twisted.web.server.Session class for details. """ def setResponseCode(code, message=None): """Set the HTTP response code. """ def setHeader(k, v): """Set an outgoing HTTP header. """ def redirect(url): """Utility function that does a redirect. The request should have finish() called after this. """ def setLastModified(when): """Set the X{Last-Modified} time for the response to this request. If I am called more than once, I ignore attempts to set Last-Modified earlier, only replacing the Last-Modified time if it is to a later value. If I am a conditional request, I may modify my response code to L{NOT_MODIFIED} if appropriate for the time given. @param when: The last time the resource being returned was modified, in seconds since the epoch. @type when: number @return: If I am a X{If-Modified-Since} conditional request and the time given is not newer than the condition, I return L{http.CACHED} to indicate that you should write no body. Otherwise, I return a false value. """ def setETag(etag): """Set an X{entity tag} for the outgoing response. That's \"entity tag\" as in the HTTP/1.1 X{ETag} header, \"used for comparing two or more entities from the same requested resource.\" If I am a conditional request, I may modify my response code to L{NOT_MODIFIED} or L{PRECONDITION_FAILED}, if appropriate for the tag given. @param etag: The entity tag for the resource being returned. @type etag: string @return: If I am a X{If-None-Match} conditional request and the tag matches one in the request, I return L{CACHED} to indicate that you should write no body. Otherwise, I return a false value. """ def setHost(host, port, ssl=0): """Change the host and port the request thinks it's using. This method is useful for working with reverse HTTP proxies (e.g. both Squid and Apache's mod_proxy can do this), when the address the HTTP client is using is different than the one we're listening on. For example, Apache may be listening on https://www.example.com, and then forwarding requests to http://localhost:8080, but we don't want HTML produced by Twisted to say 'http://localhost:8080', they should say 'https://www.example.com', so we do: >>> request.setHost('www.example.com', 443, ssl=1) This method is experimental. """ def notifyFinish(success): """ Return a deferred that fires when the request is finished. The deferred will fire with C{None} if the request finished successfully, or with the error that caused it to be unsuccessful. """