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httpreplycode

httpreplycode


Purpose
Reply to an HTTP request only with a status code.
Synopsis
procedure httpreplycode(reqid:integer, code:integer)
procedure httpreplycode(reqid:integer, code:integer, msg:string)
procedure httpreplycode(reqid:integer, code:integer, msg:string, xhdr:string|text)
Arguments
reqid 
Request number
code 
HTTP status code to be returned (see Section Constants for a list of predefined status code constants)
msg 
Explanation text
xhdr 
Additional headers to include in the response
Further information
1. This procedure replies to the specified request using the provided code that should be a valid HTTP status ( i.e. 3 digit number).
2. Unless the provided code is 204 ( No Content) a basic HTML page is generated as the data associated to the response including the standard reason ( e.g. Bad Request for code 400) as well as the given explanation text.
3. If the specified request is of type HEAD (see httphead) this procedure sends only the header part of the result.
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