NGINX perl module to server files

[Maxim Dounin]

Hello!

On Sun, Sep 01, 2013 at 04:29:46PM -0500, Jorge Sanchez wrote:

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> So from above it turns out that there were no headers sent and thus the
> status code probably defaulted to "000" on NGINX.
> 
> Adding the send_http_header before the $r->sendfile() solves the issue.
> $r->send_http_header();

Glad to see you've solved your problem with perl code.

BTW, there are some examples at 
http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_perl_module.html which may 
help.

> Now I have the correct HTTP status code, anyway the content type defaults
> to "application/octet-stream" which is configured as default content type
> on nginx. Well, is there a way to have NGINX correctly set the Content-Type
> after handling the request on perl content handler or should I make my own
> mapping and set the content-type myself in send_http_header ?

The Content-Type nginx set by itself is based on an extension as 
seen in URI.  As there is no extension in URIs you use, it uses 
default type.  If a default type isn't what you want - you should 
either set response type explicitly, or reconsider URIs used.

In your particular case, I would recommend you to use 
$r->internal_redirect() to an internal location instead of trying 
to send files yourself.  (Or, alternatively, perl_set + rewrite 
should also work.) It should be much easier than trying to send 
files yourself from perl.

See here for more details:

http://nginx.org/en/docs/http/ngx_http_perl_module.html

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Maxim Dounin
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