});
});
+There are a few special headers that should be noted.
+
+* The 'Host' header is not added by Node, and is usually required by
+ website.
+
+* Sending a 'Connection: keep-alive' will notify Node that the connection to
+ the server should be persisted until the next request.
+
+* Sending a 'Content-length' header will disable the default chunked encoding.
+
### Event: 'upgrade'
if (connectionExpression.test(field)) {
sentConnectionHeader = true;
- if (closeExpression.test(value)) this._last = true;
+ if (closeExpression.test(value)) {
+ this._last = true;
+ } else {
+ this.shouldKeepAlive = true;
+ }
} else if (transferEncodingExpression.test(field)) {
sentTransferEncodingHeader = true;
// For the moment we reconnect for every request. FIXME!
// All that should be required for keep-alive is to not reconnect,
// but outgoingFlush instead.
- self.end();
+ if (req.shouldKeepAlive) {
+ outgoingFlush(self)
+ self._outgoing.shift()
+ outgoingFlush(self)
+ } else {
+ self.end();
+ }
});
req.emit("response", res);
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+common = require("../common");
+assert = common.assert
+
+assert = require("assert");
+http = require("http");
+sys = require("sys");
+
+body = "hello world\n";
+headers = {'connection':'keep-alive'}
+
+server = http.createServer(function (req, res) {
+ res.writeHead(200, {"Content-Length": body.length});
+ res.write(body);
+ res.end();
+});
+
+connectCount = 0;
+
+server.listen(common.PORT, function () {
+ var client = http.createClient(common.PORT);
+
+ client.addListener("connect", function () {
+ common.error("CONNECTED")
+ connectCount++;
+ })
+
+ var request = client.request("GET", "/", headers);
+ request.end();
+ request.addListener('response', function (response) {
+ common.error('response start');
+
+
+ response.addListener("end", function () {
+ common.error('response end');
+ var req = client.request("GET", "/", headers);
+ req.addListener('response', function (response) {
+ response.addListener("end", function () {
+ client.end();
+ server.close();
+ })
+ })
+ req.end();
+ });
+ });
+});
+
+process.addListener('exit', function () {
+ assert.equal(1, connectCount);
+});