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http_request_status — set the status sent to the client in an HTTP response

Synopsis

http_request_status ( in status_line varchar );
 

Description

This allows a VSP page to control the status sent to the client in the HTTP response. The argument will be presented as the first line of the reply instead of the default "HTTP/1.1 200 OK". The string should not contain a CR or LF at the end.

This allows a page to issue redirects, authentication challenges etc.

Use it with http_headers to control the content of the HTTP reply headers.

Parameters

status_line

String conforming to HTTP/1.1 (see RFC2616). Examples of possible status lines are: 'HTTP/1.1 200 OK', 'HTTP/1.1 500 Internal Server Error', 'HTTP/1.1 401 Not found' or 'HTTP/1.1 400 Bad request' etc.