Just introspection. I am happy to let it go along its way in both 
directions, as long as I can peek in and see what data passes.

On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 10:42:59 PM UTC+2, greelgorke wrote:
>
> it's not clear how/what for you want to utilize the response. 
> introspection? manipulation? 
>
> Am Mittwoch, 20. Februar 2013 21:05:35 UTC+1 schrieb deitch:
>>
>> Yeah, I should have been more clear, shouldn't I?
>>
>> Adding handling to node-http-proxy. It takes as its input the 
>> (request,response) pair from an http server callback handler. I want to 
>> wrap it so I can cache as well as some other processing.
>>
>> Normal http operation looks like this: 
>>
>> Client ----> Node
>>
>> Proxy operation looks like this
>>
>> Client ----> Node (running node-http-proxy) ----> Remote service
>>
>> What I am trying to do:
>>
>>
>> Client ----> Node (running my handler, passes to node-http-proxy) ----> 
>> Remote service
>>
>> It is easier to get in front of the request; I want to be able to 
>> instrument the response.
>>
>> Is that clearer?
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, February 20, 2013 9:24:21 PM UTC+2, greelgorke wrote:
>>>
>>> what exactly are you trying to do? of course you can always wrap 
>>> anything and observe actions etc., but it's not the problem you're trying 
>>> to solve in first place, right?
>>>
>>> Am Mittwoch, 20. Februar 2013 16:46:31 UTC+1 schrieb deitch:
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way to wrap http.serverResponse?
>>>>
>>>> E.g. I am using a module that takes as its input http.serverRequest and 
>>>> http.serverResponse. I want to be able to transparently catch any actions 
>>>> that the module performs on http.serverResponse so I can cache the 
>>>> statusCode, header and response.
>>>>
>>>> Do I have to override each and every major function - write, writeHead, 
>>>> end, setHeader, removeHeader - to do so? Is there a simpler way? I thought 
>>>> about looking for some 'end' type event, but that would miss all of the 
>>>> streaming data.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>

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