t.w.s.Request(pb.Copyable, http.Request, components.Componentized) : class documentation

Known subclasses: twisted.web.distrib.Request

Implements interfaces: twisted.web.iweb.IRequest

An HTTP request.

Instance Variables

defaultContentType

A str giving the default Content-Type value to send in responses if no other value is set. None disables the default.

Method	__init__
Method	getStateToCopyFor	Gather state to send when I am serialized for a particular perspective.
Method	sibLink	Return the text that links to a sibling of the requested resource.
Method	childLink	Return the text that links to a child of the requested resource.
Method	process	Process a request.
Method	write	Write data to the transport (if not responding to a HEAD request).
Method	render	Ask a resource to render itself.
Method	processingFailed	Undocumented
Method	view_write	Remote version of write; same interface.
Method	view_finish	Remote version of finish; same interface.
Method	view_addCookie	Remote version of addCookie; same interface.
Method	view_setHeader	Remote version of setHeader; same interface.
Method	view_setLastModified	Remote version of setLastModified; same interface.
Method	view_setETag	Remote version of setETag; same interface.
Method	view_setResponseCode	Remote version of setResponseCode; same interface.
Method	view_registerProducer	Remote version of registerProducer; same interface. (requires a remote producer.)
Method	view_unregisterProducer	Undocumented
Method	getSession	Look up the session associated with this request or create a new one if there is not one.
Method	prePathURL
Method	URLPath
Method	rememberRootURL	Remember the currently-processed part of the URL for later recalling.
Method	getRootURL	Get a previously-remembered URL.
Method	_prePathURL	Undocumented

Inherited from Copyable:

Method	getStateToCopy	Gather state to send when I am serialized for a peer.
Method	getTypeToCopy	Determine what type tag to send for me.
Method	getTypeToCopyFor	Determine what type tag to send for me.
Method	jellyFor	Assemble type tag and state to copy for this broker.

Inherited from Serializable (via Copyable):

Method

processUniqueID

Return an ID which uniquely represents this object for this process.

Inherited from Jellyable (via Copyable, Serializable):

Method

getStateFor

Undocumented

Inherited from Request:

Method	__setattr__	Support assignment of dict instances to received_headers for backwards-compatibility.
Method	noLongerQueued	Notify the object that it is no longer queued.
Method	gotLength	Called when HTTP channel got length of content in this request.
Method	parseCookies	Parse cookie headers.
Method	handleContentChunk	Write a chunk of data.
Method	requestReceived	Called by channel when all data has been received.
Method	__repr__	Undocumented
Method	registerProducer	Register a producer.
Method	unregisterProducer	Unregister the producer.
Method	getHeader	Get an HTTP request header.
Method	getCookie	Get a cookie that was sent from the network.
Method	notifyFinish	Notify when the response to this request has finished.
Method	finish	Indicate that all response data has been written to this Request.
Method	addCookie	Set an outgoing HTTP cookie.
Method	setResponseCode	Set the HTTP response code.
Method	setHeader	Set an HTTP response header. Overrides any previously set values for this header.
Method	redirect	Utility function that does a redirect.
Method	setLastModified	Set the Last-Modified time for the response to this request.
Method	setETag	Set an entity tag for the outgoing response.
Method	getAllHeaders	Return dictionary mapping the names of all received headers to the last value received for each.
Method	getRequestHostname	Get the hostname that the user passed in to the request.
Method	getHost	Get my originally requesting transport's host.
Method	setHost	Change the host and port the request thinks it's using.
Method	getClientIP	Return the IP address of the client who submitted this request.
Method	isSecure	Return True if this request is using a secure transport.
Method	getUser	Return the HTTP user sent with this request, if any.
Method	getPassword	Return the HTTP password sent with this request, if any.
Method	getClient	Undocumented
Method	connectionLost	There is no longer a connection for this request to respond over. Clean up anything which can't be useful anymore.
Method	_cleanup	Called when have finished responding and are no longer queued.
Method	_sendError	Undocumented
Method	_authorize	Undocumented

Inherited from Componentized:

Method	locateAdapterClass	Undocumented
Method	setAdapter	Undocumented
Method	addAdapter	Utility method that calls addComponent. I take an adapter class and instantiate it with myself as the first argument.
Method	setComponent	Undocumented
Method	addComponent	Add a component to me, for all appropriate interfaces.
Method	unsetComponent	Remove my component specified by the given interface class.
Method	removeComponent	Remove the given component from me entirely, for all interfaces for which it has been registered.
Method	getComponent	Create or retrieve an adapter for the given interface.
Method	__conform__	Undocumented

Inherited from Versioned (via Componentized):

Method	__setstate__	Undocumented
Method	__getstate__	Get state, adding a version number to it on its way out.
Method	versionUpgrade	(internal) Do a version upgrade.