Fix issue3709 - BaseHTTPRequestHandler will buffer the headers and write only on end_headers call.

e4dad4f8 · Senthil Kumaran · a73dc9d5 · e4dad4f8 · e4dad4f8 · e4dad4f8
Commit e4dad4f8 authored Nov 21, 2010 by Senthil Kumaran
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Doc/library/http.server.rst Doc/library/http.server.rst +14 -7

Lib/http/server.py Lib/http/server.py +7 -2

Lib/test/test_httpservers.py Lib/test/test_httpservers.py +43 -0

Misc/NEWS Misc/NEWS +4 -0

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--- a/Doc/library/http.server.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/http.server.rst
@@ -182,22 +182,29 @@ of which this module provides three different variants:
   .. method:: send_header(keyword, value)
-      Writes a specific HTTP header to the output stream. *keyword* should
+      Stores the HTTP header to an internal buffer which will be written to the
-      specify the header keyword, with *value* specifying its value.
+      output stream when :meth:`end_headers` method is invoked.
+      *keyword* should specify the header keyword, with *value*
+      specifying its value.
+      .. versionchanged:: 3.2 Storing the headers in an internal buffer
   .. method:: send_response_only(code, message=None)
      Sends the reponse header only, used for the purposes when ``100
-      Continue`` response is sent by the server to the client. If the *message*
+      Continue`` response is sent by the server to the client. The headers not
-      is not specified, the HTTP message corresponding the response *code*  is
+      buffered and sent directly the output stream.If the *message* is not
-      sent.
+      specified, the HTTP message corresponding the response *code*  is sent.
      .. versionadded:: 3.2
   .. method:: end_headers()
-      Sends a blank line, indicating the end of the HTTP headers in the
+      Write the buffered HTTP headers to the output stream and send a blank
-      response.
+      line, indicating the end of the HTTP headers in the response.
+      .. versionchanged:: 3.2 Writing the buffered headers to the output stream.
   .. method:: log_request(code='-', size='-')

--- a/Lib/http/server.py
+++ b/Lib/http/server.py
@@ -443,7 +443,10 @@ class BaseHTTPRequestHandler(socketserver.StreamRequestHandler):
    def send_header(self, keyword, value):
        """Send a MIME header."""
        if self.request_version != 'HTTP/0.9':
-            self.wfile.write(("%s: %s\r\n" % (keyword, value)).encode('ASCII', 'strict'))
+            if not hasattr(self, '_headers_buffer'):
+                self._headers_buffer = []
+            self._headers_buffer.append(
+                ("%s: %s\r\n" % (keyword, value)).encode('ASCII', 'strict'))
        if keyword.lower() == 'connection':
            if value.lower() == 'close':
@@ -454,7 +457,9 @@ class BaseHTTPRequestHandler(socketserver.StreamRequestHandler):
    def end_headers(self):
        """Send the blank line ending the MIME headers."""
        if self.request_version != 'HTTP/0.9':
-            self.wfile.write(b"\r\n")
+            self._headers_buffer.append(b"\r\n")
+            self.wfile.write(b"".join(self._headers_buffer))
+            self._headers_buffer = []
    def log_request(self, code='-', size='-'):
        """Log an accepted request.

--- a/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_httpservers.py
@@ -511,6 +511,49 @@ class BaseHTTPRequestHandlerTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
        self.verify_get_called()
        self.assertEqual(result[-1], b'<html><body>Data</body></html>\r\n')
+    def test_header_buffering(self):
+        def _readAndReseek(f):
+            pos = f.tell()
+            f.seek(0)
+            data = f.read()
+            f.seek(pos)
+            return data
+        input = BytesIO(b'GET / HTTP/1.1\r\n\r\n')
+        output = BytesIO()
+        self.handler.rfile = input
+        self.handler.wfile = output
+        self.handler.request_version = 'HTTP/1.1'
+        self.handler.send_header('Foo', 'foo')
+        self.handler.send_header('bar', 'bar')
+        self.assertEqual(_readAndReseek(output), b'')
+        self.handler.end_headers()
+        self.assertEqual(_readAndReseek(output),
+                         b'Foo: foo\r\nbar: bar\r\n\r\n')
+    def test_header_unbuffered_when_continue(self):
+        def _readAndReseek(f):
+            pos = f.tell()
+            f.seek(0)
+            data = f.read()
+            f.seek(pos)
+            return data
+        input = BytesIO(b'GET / HTTP/1.1\r\nExpect: 100-continue\r\n\r\n')
+        output = BytesIO()
+        self.handler.rfile = input
+        self.handler.wfile = output
+        self.handler.request_version = 'HTTP/1.1'
+        self.handler.handle_one_request()
+        self.assertNotEqual(_readAndReseek(output), b'')
+        result = _readAndReseek(output).split(b'\r\n')
+        self.assertEqual(result[0], b'HTTP/1.1 100 Continue')
+        self.assertEqual(result[1], b'HTTP/1.1 200 OK')
    def test_with_continue_rejected(self):
        usual_handler = self.handler        # Save to avoid breaking any subsequent tests.
        self.handler = RejectingSocketlessRequestHandler()

--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
+- Issue #3709: BaseHTTPRequestHandler will buffer the headers and write to
+  output stream only when end_headers is invoked. This is a speedup and an
+  internal optimization.  Patch by endian.
 - Issue #10220: Added inspect.getgeneratorstate. Initial patch by
  Rodolpho Eckhardt.