class Roda module RodaPlugins # The chunked plugin allows you to stream responses to clients using # Transfer-Encoding: chunked. This can significantly improve performance # of page rendering on the client, as it flushes the headers and top part # of the layout template (generally containing references to the stylesheet # and javascript assets) before rendering the content template. # # This allows the client to fetch the assets while the template is still # being rendered. Additionally, this plugin makes it easy to defer # executing code required to render the content template until after # the top part of the layout has been flushed, so the client can fetch the # assets while the application is still doing the necessary processing in # order to render the content template, such as retrieving values from a # database. # # There are a couple disadvantages of streaming using chunked encoding. # First is that the layout must be rendered before the content, so any state # changes made in your content template will not affect the layout template. # Second, error handling is reduced, since if an error occurs while # rendering a template, a successful response code has already been sent. # # To use chunked encoding for a response, just call the chunked method # instead of view: # # r.root do # chunked(:index) # end # # If you want to execute code after flushing the top part of the layout # template, but before rendering the content template, pass a block to # chunked: # # r.root do # chunked(:index) do # # expensive calculation here # end # end # # If you want to chunk all responses, pass the :chunk_by_default option # when loading the plugin: # # plugin :chunked, :chunk_by_default => true # # then you can just use the normal view method: # # r.root do # view(:index) # end # # and it will chunk the response. Note that you still need to call # chunked if you want to pass a block of code to be executed after flushing # the layout and before rendering the content template. Also, before you # enable chunking by default, you need to make sure that none of your # content templates make state changes that affect the layout template. # Additionally, make sure nowhere in your app are you doing any processing # after the call to view. # # If you use :chunk_by_default, but want to turn off chunking for a view, # call no_chunk!: # # r.root do # no_chunk! # view(:index) # end # # Inside your layout or content templates, you can call the flush method # to flush the current result of the template to the user, useful for # streaming large datasets. # # <% (1..100).each do |i| %> # <%= i %> # <% sleep 0.1 %> # <% flush %> # <% end %> # # Note that you should not call flush from inside subtemplates of the # content or layout templates, unless you are also calling flush directly # before rendering the subtemplate, and also directly injecting the # subtemplate into the current template without modification. So if you # are using the above template code in a subtemplate, in your content # template you should do: # # <% flush %><%= render(:subtemplate) %> # # If you want to use chunked encoding when rendering a template, but don't # want to use a layout, pass the :layout=>false option to chunked. # # r.root do # chunked(:index, :layout=>false) # end # # In order to handle errors in chunked responses, you can override the # handle_chunk_error method: # # def handle_chunk_error(e) # env['rack.logger'].error(e) # end # # It is possible to set @_out_buf to an error notification and call # flush to output the message to the client inside handle_chunk_error. # # In order for chunking to work, you must make sure that no proxies between # the application and the client buffer responses. Also, this # plugin only works for HTTP/1.1 requests since Transfer-Encoding: chunked # is not supported in HTTP/1.0. If an HTTP/1.0 request is submitted, this # plugin will automatically fallback to the normal template rendering. # Note that some proxies including nginx default to HTTP/1.0 even if the # client supports HTTP/1.1. For nginx, set the proxy_http_version to 1.1. # # If you are using nginx and have it set to buffer proxy responses by # default, you can turn this off on a per response basis using the # X-Accel-Buffering header. To set this header or similar headers for # all chunked responses, pass a :headers option when loading the plugin: # # plugin :chunked, :headers=>{'X-Accel-Buffering'=>'no'} # # The chunked plugin requires the render plugin, and only works for # template engines that store their template output variable in # @_out_buf. Also, it only works if the content template is directly # injected into the layout template without modification. # # If using the chunked plugin with the flash plugin, make sure you # call the flash method early in your route block. If the flash # method is not called until template rendering, the flash may not be # rotated. module Chunked HTTP_VERSION = 'HTTP_VERSION'.freeze HTTP11 = "HTTP/1.1".freeze TRANSFER_ENCODING = 'Transfer-Encoding'.freeze CHUNKED = 'chunked'.freeze OPTS = {}.freeze # Depend on the render plugin def self.load_dependencies(app, opts=OPTS) app.plugin :render end # Set plugin specific options. Options: # :chunk_by_default :: chunk all calls to view by default # :headers :: Set default additional headers to use when calling view def self.configure(app, opts=OPTS) app.opts[:chunk_by_default] = opts[:chunk_by_default] app.opts[:chunk_headers] = opts[:headers] end # Rack response body instance for chunked responses class Body CHUNK_SIZE = "%x\r\n".freeze CRLF = "\r\n".freeze FINISH = "0\r\n\r\n".freeze # Save the scope of the current request handling. def initialize(scope) @scope = scope end # For each response chunk yielded by the scope, # yield it it to the caller in chunked format, starting # with the size of the request in ASCII hex format, then # the chunk. After all chunks have been yielded, yield # a 0 sized chunk to finish the response. def each @scope.each_chunk do |chunk| next if !chunk || chunk.empty? yield(CHUNK_SIZE % chunk.bytesize) yield(chunk) yield(CRLF) end ensure yield(FINISH) end end module InstanceMethods # Disable chunking for the current request. Mostly useful when # chunking is turned on by default. def no_chunk! @_chunked = false end # If chunking by default, call chunked if it hasn't yet been # called and chunking is not specifically disabled. def view(*a) if opts[:chunk_by_default] && !defined?(@_chunked) chunked(*a) else super end end # Render a response to the user in chunks. See Chunked for # an overview. def chunked(template, opts=OPTS, &block) unless defined?(@_chunked) @_chunked = env[HTTP_VERSION] == HTTP11 end unless @_chunked # If chunking is disabled, do a normal rendering of the view. yield if block return view(template, opts) end if template.is_a?(Hash) if opts.empty? opts = template else opts = opts.merge(template) end end # Hack so that the arguments don't need to be passed # through the response and body objects. @_each_chunk_args = [template, opts, block] res = response headers = res.headers if chunk_headers = self.opts[:chunk_headers] headers.merge!(chunk_headers) end headers[TRANSFER_ENCODING] = CHUNKED throw :halt, res.finish_with_body(Body.new(self)) end # Yield each chunk of the template rendering separately. def each_chunk response.body.each{|s| yield s} template, opts, block = @_each_chunk_args # Use a lambda for the flusher, so that a call to flush # by a template can result in this method yielding a chunk # of the response. @_flusher = lambda do yield @_out_buf @_out_buf = '' end if layout = opts.fetch(:layout, render_opts[:layout]) if layout_opts = opts[:layout_opts] layout_opts = render_opts[:layout_opts].merge(layout_opts) end @_out_buf = render(layout, layout_opts||OPTS) do flush block.call if block yield opts[:content] || render(template, opts) nil end else yield if block yield view(template, opts) end flush rescue => e handle_chunk_error(e) end # By default, raise the exception. def handle_chunk_error(e) raise e end # Call the flusher if one is defined. If one is not defined, this # is a no-op, so flush can be used inside views without breaking # things if chunking is not used. def flush @_flusher.call if @_flusher end end end register_plugin(:chunked, Chunked) end end