I implemented a chunked transfer encoding to handle ESI in pages... Each fragment is sent as a chunk... Since, I can't determine ahead of time what the content-length would be as the individual ESI fragments are of unknown length until the page is assembled... I can see where a mobile device might want to do this because of memory constraints, however.... if the device has what's it's sending stored somewhere one would hope it can measure that something's length, ahead of time - writing the Content-length first... Then connect the write end of the socket to the read end of the file... and away it goes never storing more then the OS decides to keep in memory...
This page might be helpful... http://www.jmarshall.com/easy/http/#http1.1c2 On Feb 18, 2008 7:39 AM, Zachary Roetemeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The upload is coming from a mobile device with J2ME, and it does this > by default with anything over 2K, and apparently there's no way to > turn it off. > > On Feb 17, 2008, at 8:18 PM, Zed A. Shaw wrote: > > > On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:35:04 -0600 > > Zachary Roetemeyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> I'm working with someone who is having issues with a Transfer- > >> Encoding: Chunked upload. With out a content-length set in the > >> request, everything is treating the content length as 0 and the file > >> is more or less getting sent to the bit bucket. Does anyone have any > >> experience with this kind of issue? We started proxying with > >> nginx(returned a HTTP Error 411), then we tried to directly expose a > >> mongrel and ended up getting strange results, and errors in the > >> mongrel logs. The client is uploading with a mobile phone using > >> J2ME. > > > > Uh, you aren't allowed to set a Content-Length AND use CE in the same > > request. That would let the two contradict so it's an RFC violation. > > Actually, WebLogic makes this mistake and we had to school them about > > it until they told us to turn it off. (WebLogic is such a piece of > > shit). > > > > My RFC knowledge on CE is rusty since I banished that shitty part of > > HTTP from my mind when I implemented it in RFuzz, but my thoughts are: > > > > 1) CE wasn't designed for clients to upload, since no browser does it. > > 2) It's originally for a server to send periodic parts of a request > > without having to know it's total final size. > > 3) Anyone doing a CE as a client is seriously screwing with the RFC > > and > > really exercising the corners of it for no apparent reason since CE > > isn't needed by a client (the client knows the size, or better). > > 4) This puts a burden on the server to process the CE as it comes > > over, which has the same problems as mime boundaries but with a more > > horribly designed part of the RFC. > > 5) My recommendation is that you just don't do this. The value add > > for > > a client (or even modern servers really) is quite minimal. > > > > Now, how you go about implementing it: > > > > A) Read up on how to write a Mongrel handler. > > B) Register it at the front of your web app or create a separate > > server > > that runs just mongrel (probably your best if you want any kind of > > performance). > > C) Your handler would detect the CE via the normal headers and such, > > and then process the final request body as it comes in for each chunk. > > D) This might involve subclassing the Http processing parts that > > handle > > the body and doing a bit of other hacking, and it's seriously fucking > > dumb because after that you've gotta process mime boundaries and other > > stuff, which will punish your server heavily. > > > > Enjoy! > > > > -- > > Zed A. Shaw > > - Hate: http://savingtheinternetwithhate.com/ > > - Good: http://www.zedshaw.com/ > > - Evil: http://yearofevil.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > Mongrel-users mailing list > > Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org > > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users > > Zachary Roetemeyer > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mongrel-users mailing list > Mongrel-users@rubyforge.org > http://rubyforge.org/mailman/listinfo/mongrel-users >
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