t.w.i.IOldRequest(Interface) : interface documentation

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Known implementations: twisted.web2.compat.OldRequestAdapter

An old HTTP request.

Subclasses should override the process() method to determine how the request will be processed.
Attribute method The HTTP method that was used.
Attribute uri The full URI that was requested (includes arguments).
Attribute path The path only (arguments not included).
Attribute args All of the arguments, including URL and POST arguments.
Attribute received_headers All received headers
Method getHeader Get a header that was sent from the network.
Method getCookie Get a cookie that was sent from the network.
Method getAllHeaders Return dictionary of all headers the request received.
Method getRequestHostname Get the hostname that the user passed in to the request.
Method getHost Get my originally requesting transport's host.
Method getClientIP Undocumented
Method getClient Undocumented
Method getUser Undocumented
Method getPassword Undocumented
Method isSecure Undocumented
Method getSession Undocumented
Method URLPath Undocumented
Method prePathURL Undocumented
Method rememberRootURL Remember the currently-processed part of the URL for later recalling.
Method getRootURL Get a previously-remembered URL.
Method finish We are finished writing data.
Method write Write some data as a result of an HTTP request. The first time this is called, it writes out response data.
Method addCookie Set an outgoing HTTP cookie.
Method setResponseCode Set the HTTP response code.
Method setHeader Set an outgoing HTTP header.
Method redirect Utility function that does a redirect.
Method setLastModified Set the Last-Modified time for the response to this request.
Method setETag Set an entity tag for the outgoing response.
Method setHost Change the host and port the request thinks it's using.
method =
The HTTP method that was used.
uri =
The full URI that was requested (includes arguments).
path =
The path only (arguments not included).
args =
All of the arguments, including URL and POST arguments.
received_headers =
All received headers
def getHeader(key): (source)
Get a header that was sent from the network.
def getCookie(key): (source)
Get a cookie that was sent from the network.
def getAllHeaders(): (source)
Return dictionary of all headers the request received.
def getRequestHostname(): (source)

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(): (source)

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(): (source)
Undocumented
def getClient(): (source)
Undocumented
def getUser(): (source)
Undocumented
def getPassword(): (source)
Undocumented
def isSecure(): (source)
Undocumented
def getSession(sessionInterface=None): (source)
Undocumented
def URLPath(): (source)
Undocumented
def prePathURL(): (source)
Undocumented
def rememberRootURL(): (source)
Remember the currently-processed part of the URL for later recalling.
def getRootURL(): (source)
Get a previously-remembered URL.
def finish(): (source)
We are finished writing data.
def write(data): (source)
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): (source)

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): (source)
Set the HTTP response code.
def setHeader(k, v): (source)
Set an outgoing HTTP header.
def redirect(url): (source)

Utility function that does a redirect.

The request should have finish() called after this.
def setLastModified(when): (source)

Set the 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 NOT_MODIFIED if appropriate for the time given.
ParameterswhenThe last time the resource being returned was modified, in seconds since the epoch. (type: number )
ReturnsIf I am a If-Modified-Since conditional request and the time given is not newer than the condition, I return http.CACHED to indicate that you should write no body. Otherwise, I return a false value.
def setETag(etag): (source)

Set an entity tag for the outgoing response.

That's "entity tag" as in the HTTP/1.1 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 NOT_MODIFIED or PRECONDITION_FAILED, if appropriate for the tag given.
ParametersetagThe entity tag for the resource being returned. (type: string )
ReturnsIf I am a If-None-Match conditional request and the tag matches one in the request, I return http.CACHED to indicate that you should write no body. Otherwise, I return a false value.
def setHost(host, port, ssl=0): (source)

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.
API Documentation for Twisted, generated by pydoctor at 2011-10-27 16:02:37.