Install
on-finished
Execute a callback when a HTTP request closes, finishes, or errors.
Install
This is a Node.js module available through the
npm registry. Installation is done using the
npm install command:
$ npm install on-finished
API
var onFinished = require('on-finished')
onFinished(res, listener)
Attach a listener to listen for the response to finish. The listener will
be invoked only once when the response finished. If the response finished
to an error, the first argument will contain the error. If the response
has already finished, the listener will be invoked.
Listening to the end of a response would be used to close things associated
with the response, like open files.
Listener is invoked as listener(err, res).
onFinished(res, function (err, res) {
// clean up open fds, etc.
// err contains the error if request error'd
})
onFinished(req, listener)
Attach a listener to listen for the request to finish. The listener will
be invoked only once when the request finished. If the request finished
to an error, the first argument will contain the error. If the request
has already finished, the listener will be invoked.
Listening to the end of a request would be used to know when to continue
after reading the data.
Listener is invoked as listener(err, req).
var data = ''
req.setEncoding('utf8')
req.on('data', function (str) {
data += str
})
onFinished(req, function (err, req) {
// data is read unless there is err
})
onFinished.isFinished(res)
Determine if res is already finished. This would be useful to check and
not even start certain operations if the response has already finished.
onFinished.isFinished(req)
Determine if req is already finished. This would be useful to check and
not even start certain operations if the request has already finished.
Special Node.js requests
HTTP CONNECT method
The meaning of the CONNECT method from RFC 7231, section 4.3.6:
The CONNECT method requests that the recipient establish a tunnel to
the destination origin server identified by the request-target and,
if successful, thereafter restrict its behavior to blind forwarding
of packets, in both directions, until the tunnel is closed. Tunnels
are commonly used to create an end-to-end virtual connection, through
one or more proxies, which can then be secured using TLS (Transport
Layer Security, [RFC5246]).
In Node.js, these request objects come from the 'connect' event on
the HTTP server.
When this module is used on a HTTP CONNECT request, the request is
considered "finished" immediately, due to limitations in the Node.js
interface. This means if the CONNECT request contains a request entity,
the request will be considered "finished" even before it has been read.
There is no such thing as a response object to a CONNECT request in
Node.js, so there is no support for one.
HTTP Upgrade request
The meaning of the Upgrade header from RFC 7230, section 6.1:
The "Upgrade" header field is intended to provide a simple mechanism
for transitioning from HTTP/1.1 to some other protocol on the same
connection.
In Node.js, these request objects come from the 'upgrade' event on
the HTTP server.
When this module is used on a HTTP request with an Upgrade header, the
request is considered "finished" immediately, due to limitations in the
Node.js interface. This means if the Upgrade request contains a request
entity, the request will be considered "finished" even before it has been
read.
There is no such thing as a response object to a Upgrade request in
Node.js, so there is no support for one.
Example
The following code ensures that file descriptors are always closed
once the response finishes.
var destroy = require('destroy')
var fs = require('fs')
var http = require('http')
var onFinished = require('on-finished')
http.createServer(function onRequest (req, res) {
var stream = fs.createReadStream('package.json')
stream.pipe(res)
onFinished(res, function () {
destroy(stream)
})
})
