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Simple Node.js server which responds in chunked transfer encoding
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| var http = require('http'); | |
| http.createServer(function (request, response) { | |
| response.setHeader('Content-Type', 'text/html; charset=UTF-8'); | |
| response.setHeader('Transfer-Encoding', 'chunked'); | |
| var html = | |
| '<!DOCTYPE html>' + | |
| '<html lang="en">' + | |
| '<head>' + | |
| '<meta charset="utf-8">' + | |
| '<title>Chunked transfer encoding test</title>' + | |
| '</head>' + | |
| '<body>'; | |
| response.write(html); | |
| html = '<h1>Chunked transfer encoding test</h1>' | |
| response.write(html); | |
| // Now imitate a long request which lasts 5 seconds. | |
| setTimeout(function(){ | |
| html = '<h5>This is a chunked response after 5 seconds. The server should not close the stream before all chunks are sent to a client.</h5>' | |
| response.write(html); | |
| // since this is the last chunk, close the stream. | |
| html = | |
| '</body>' + | |
| '</html'; | |
| response.end(html); | |
| }, 5000); | |
| // this is another chunk of data sent to a client after 2 seconds before the | |
| // 5-second chunk is sent. | |
| setTimeout(function(){ | |
| html = '<h5>This is a chunked response after 2 seconds. Should be displayed before 5-second chunk arrives.</h5>' | |
| response.write(html); | |
| }, 2000); | |
| }).listen(process.env.VMC_APP_PORT || 1337, null); |
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@m44-io, got it. It's been a while I wrote my inquiry, but thank you for your explanation.