4.5.3.2 Request Members

connection

A connection object associated with this request. See Connection Object below for details. (Read-Only)

server

A server object associate with this request. See Server Object below for details. (Read-Only)

next

If this is an internal redirect, the request object we redirect to. (Read-Only)

prev

If this is an internal redirect, the request object we redirect from. (Read-Only)

main

If this is a sub-request, pointer to the main request. (Read-Only)

the_request

String containing the first line of the request. (Read-Only)

assbackwards

Is this an HTTP/0.9 "simple" request? (Read-Only)

proxyreq

A proxy request: one of apache.PROXYREQ_* values. (Read-Only)

header_only

A boolean value indicating HEAD request, as opposed to GET. (Read-Only)

protocol

Protocol, as given by the client, or "HTTP/0.9". Same as CGI SERVER_PROTOCOL. (Read-Only)

proto_num

Integer. Number version of protocol; 1.1 = 1001 (Read-Only)

hostname

String. Host, as set by full URI or Host: header. (Read-Only)

request_time

A long integer. When request started. (Read-Only)

status_line

Status line. E.g. "200 OK". (Read-Only)

status

Status. One of apache.HTTP_* values.

method

A string containing the method - 'GET', 'HEAD', 'POST', etc. Same as CGI REQUEST_METHOD. (Read-Only)

method_number

Integer containg the method number. (Read-Only)

allowed

Integer. A bitvector of the allowed methods. Used to construct the Allowed: header when responding with HTTP_METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED or HTTP_NOT_IMPLEMENTED. This field is for Apache's internal use, to set the Allowed: methods use req.allow_methods() method, described in section 4.5.3. (Read-Only)

allowed_xmethods

Tuple. Allowed extension methods. (Read-Only)

allowed_methods

Tuple. List of allowed methods. Used in relation with METHOD_NOT_ALLOWED. This member can be modified via req.allow_methods() described in section 4.5.3. (Read-Only)

sent_bodyct

Integer. Byte count in stream is for body. (?) (Read-Only)

bytes_sent

Long integer. Number of bytes sent. (Read-Only)

mtime

Long integer. Time the resource was last modified. (Read-Only)

chunked

Boolean value indicating when sending chunked transfer-coding. (Read-Only)

range

String. The Range: header. (Read-Only)

clength

Long integer. The "real" content length. (Read-Only)

remaining

Long integer. Bytes left to read. (Only makes sense inside a read operation.) (Read-Only)

read_length

Long integer. Number of bytes read. (Read-Only)

read_body

Integer. How the request body should be read. (Read-Only)

read_chunked

Boolean. Read chunked transfer coding. (Read-Only)

expecting_100

Boolean. Is client waiting for a 100 (HTTP_CONTINUE) response. (Read-Only)

headers_in

A table object containing headers sent by the client.

headers_out

A table object representing the headers to be sent to the client.

err_headers_out

These headers get send with the error response, instead of headers_out.

subprocess_env

A table object containing environment information typically usable for CGI. You may have to call req.add_common_vars() first to fill in the information you need.

notes

A table object that could be used to store miscellaneous general purpose info that lives for as long as the request lives. If you need to pass data between handlers, it's better to simply add members to the request object than to use notes.

phase

The phase currently being being processed, e.g. "PythonHandler". (Read-Only)

interpreter

The name of the subinterpreter under which we're running. (Read-Only)

content_type

String. The content type. Mod_python maintains an internal flag (req._content_type_set) to keep track of whether content_type was set manually from within Python. The publisher handler uses this flag in the following way: when content_type isn't explicitely set, it attempts to guess the content type by examining the first few bytes of the output.

handler

The name of the handler currently being processed. This is the handler set by mod_mime, not the mod_python handler. In most cases it will be "python-program". (Read-Only)

content_encoding

String. Content encoding. (Read-Only)

vlist_validator

Integer. Variant list validator (if negotiated). (Read-Only)

user

If an authentication check is made, this will hold the user name. Same as CGI REMOTE_USER. (Read-Only)

ap_auth_type

Authentication type. Same as CGI AUTH_TYPE. (Read-Only)

no_cache

Boolean. No cache if true. (Read-Only)

no_local_copy

Boolean. No local copy exists. (Read-Only)

unparsed_uri

The URI without any parsing performed. (Read-Only)

uri

The path portion of the URI. (Read-Only)

filename

String. File name being requested.

canonical_filename

String. The true filename (req.filename is canonicalized if they dont match). (Read-Only)

path_info

String. What follows after the file name, but is before query args, if anything. Same as CGI PATH_INFO. (Read-Only)

args

String. Same as CGI QUERY_ARGS. (Read-Only)

finfo

Tuple. A file information structure, analogous to POSIX stat, describing the file pointed to by the URI. (mode, ino, dev, nlink, uid, gid, size, atime, mtime, ctime, fname, name). The apache module defines a set of FINFO_* constants that should be used to access elements of this tuple. Example:

fname = req.finfo[apache.FINFO_FNAME]

(Read-Only)

parsed_uri

Tuple. The URI broken down into pieces. (scheme, hostinfo, user, password, hostname, port, path, query, fragment). The apache module defines a set of URI_* constants that should be used to access elements of this tuple. Example:

fname = req.parsed_uri[apache.URI_PATH]

(Read-Only)

used_path_info

Flag to accept or reject path_info on current request. (Read-Only)

eos_sent

Boolean. EOS bucket sent. (Read-Only)