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doc: response.write ignores body in some cases #12314

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Fixes: #8057

Hi guys. I hope it is ok to take a stalled PR (#8992) and finally close the issue.

Please feel free to close it, if it is something wrong.

What is done here, is updated doc for http and response.write in particular with information that body is ignored in case of HEAD request.

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I hope it is ok to take a stalled PR (#8992) and finally close the issue.

It definitely is. :)

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LGTM. Left a bunch of nits. If you can address them, great. If not, maybe the person landing this PR can. And if not, then someone can do it as an easy subsequent PR. Whatever, everyone wins!

doc/api/http.md Outdated
@@ -1161,6 +1161,9 @@ it will switch to implicit header mode and flush the implicit headers.
This sends a chunk of the response body. This method may
be called multiple times to provide successive parts of the body.

Note that in `http` module, the response body is omitted when the request is a
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Nit: Add "the":

in the http module

doc/api/http.md Outdated
@@ -1161,6 +1161,9 @@ it will switch to implicit header mode and flush the implicit headers.
This sends a chunk of the response body. This method may
be called multiple times to provide successive parts of the body.

Note that in `http` module, the response body is omitted when the request is a
HEAD. Similarly, The `204` and `304` responses MUST NOT include a message body.
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Nit: HEAD -> HEAD request (Yeah, it's repetitive, but I think that clarity is warranted here and not particularly awkward.)

Nit: The -> the

Nit: I don't think we do ALL CAPS for emphasis in the docs. MUST NOT -> to _must not_ which will render as italics.

@krydos krydos force-pushed the http-doc-head-request branch from 7560327 to 734a8d9 Compare April 12, 2017 18:58
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krydos commented Apr 12, 2017

@Trott thank you for the feedback. Pushed new changes.

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Trott commented Apr 12, 2017

LGTM

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Landed in bd7e0a3 - thanks for the contribution @krydos !

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benjamingr pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Apr 14, 2017
PR-URL: #12314
Fixes: #8057
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Daijiro Wachi <daijiro.wachi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
@krydos krydos deleted the http-doc-head-request branch April 14, 2017 18:47
evanlucas pushed a commit that referenced this pull request Apr 25, 2017
PR-URL: #12314
Fixes: #8057
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Daijiro Wachi <daijiro.wachi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
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evanlucas pushed a commit that referenced this pull request May 1, 2017
PR-URL: #12314
Fixes: #8057
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Daijiro Wachi <daijiro.wachi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
evanlucas pushed a commit that referenced this pull request May 2, 2017
PR-URL: #12314
Fixes: #8057
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Daijiro Wachi <daijiro.wachi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request May 15, 2017
PR-URL: #12314
Fixes: #8057
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Daijiro Wachi <daijiro.wachi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
MylesBorins pushed a commit that referenced this pull request May 18, 2017
PR-URL: #12314
Fixes: #8057
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Daijiro Wachi <daijiro.wachi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
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andrew749 pushed a commit to michielbaird/node that referenced this pull request Jul 19, 2017
PR-URL: nodejs/node#12314
Fixes: nodejs/node#8057
Reviewed-By: Benjamin Gruenbaum <benjamingr@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Rich Trott <rtrott@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Anna Henningsen <anna@addaleax.net>
Reviewed-By: Luigi Pinca <luigipinca@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Daijiro Wachi <daijiro.wachi@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Colin Ihrig <cjihrig@gmail.com>
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Suggestion: http doc should mention special handling for HEAD and 304
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