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Nginx Maillist: quick start on writing a module?
by on Jun.17, 2010, under Server Maintenance
I’d like to convert an apache module I’ve written to work
under nginx. can somebody loan me a clue for getting started?
Background
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The logic is pretty simple:
1. based on the input URI, determine what file will be
sent. this will possibly involved a (cached) db lookup.
2a. set these headers:
Content-disposition:
ETag:
X-mod_asset-version: (my custom header)
2b. set mime type.
3. allow nginx to send the bytes of the file. Hopefully
it will handle these headers:
Last-Modified:
Content-Length:
Accept-Ranges:
Content-Range:
Content-Length:
Questions
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For 2b, this is the proper way?
r->headers_out.content_type.len = sizeof(“image/gif”) – 1;
r->headers_out.content_type.data = (u_char *) “image/gif”;
is there a special way to malloc the .data so that it
will be freed automatically when the request is complete?
For 3, should I be using X-Accel-Redirect?
add_header(“X-Accel-Redirect: /protected/iso.img”);
If so, then I can simply set my headers and pass along to the next
phase?
Any simple example modules I can use as a starting point?
Many TIA!!
Mark
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Mark Harrison
Pixar Animation Studios
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