Catalyst::Plugin::XSendFile - Catalyst plugin for lighttpd's X-Sendfile.
use Catalyst qw/XSendFile/; # manual send file sub show : Path('/files') { my ( $self, $c, $filename ) = @_; # unless login, it shows 403 forbidden screen $c->res->status(403); $c->stash->{template} = 'error-403.tt'; # serving a static file only when user logged in. if ($c->user) { $c->res->sendfile( "/path/to/$filename" ); } } # auto using x-send-tempfile on large content serving MyApp->config->{sendfile}{tempdir} = '/dev/shm';
This developer version of module requires lighttpd 1.5.0 (r1477) or above.
lighty's X-Sendfile feature is great.
If you use lighttpd + fastcgi, you can show files only set X-Sendfile header like below:
$c->res->header( 'X-LIGHTTPD-send-file' => $filename );
This feature is especially great for serving static file on authentication area.
And with this plugin, you can use:
$c->res->sendfile( $filename );
instead of above.
But off-course you know, this feature doesn't work on Catalyst Test Server (myapp_server.pl). So this module also provide its emulation when your app on test server.
Latest version of lighttpd (1.5.0) also support X-LIGHTTPD-send-tempfile, that is almost same to X-LIGHTTPD-send-file except deleting sending file when server sent file.
This module automatically use this feature when content length is above 16kbytes.
And for more performance, you need to set tempdir ($c->config->{sendfile}{tempdir}) on tmpfs (/dev/shm).
See below urls for detail.
lighty's life - X-Sendfile http://blog.lighttpd.net/articles/2006/07/02/x-sendfile
Faster - FastCGI http://blog.lighttpd.net/articles/2006/11/29/faster-fastcgi
To use it you have to set "allow-x-sendfile" option enabled in your fastcgi configuration.
"allow-x-send-file" => "enable",
or on 1.5.0:
proxy-core.allow-x-sendfile = "enable"
Setup tempdir for x-send-tempfile
Serving large (16kbytes) content via X-LIGHTTPD-send-tempfile.
Set X-LIGHTTPD-send-file header easily.
Daisuke Murase <typester@cpan.org>
This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
The full text of the license can be found in the LICENSE file included with this module.
To install Catalyst::Plugin::XSendFile, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Catalyst::Plugin::XSendFile
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Catalyst::Plugin::XSendFile
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.