Fading Coder

HTTP uploads place data in the request body. How that body is encoded depends on the Content-Type chosen by the client (usually a browser). File inputs in forms are transmitted using multipart/form-data; simple text-only forms often use application/x-www-form-urlencoded. A request’s start-line and h...

Nginx defers request-body I/O until phase handlers actually need it (most commonly in the CONTENT phase for proxy_pass and upstream modules). The core path involves two cooperating pieces: a reader that pulls bytes from the socket and a filter chain that moves buffered data to memory or a temporary...