HttpParser and multiple concatenated HTTP responses
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- C
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Description
Hi!
If my understanding is correct HttpParser.execute returns the number of bytes consumed, hence it is possible to parse multiple concatenated HTTP responses by checking is_message_complete() and starting a new parser from the same very position the last one stopped.
However the observed behavior is very different: execute() happily consumes the whole string, the subsequent responses text ends up in the message body and _clen_rest is negative.
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Research direction
Start by reproducing the concatenated-response case around HttpParser.execute() and is_message_complete(), then inspect how _clen_rest is updated when a response ends. Done means the parser reports the first response boundary without placing subsequent response text in the body, so another parser can start at the returned position.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- c, python
- Domain
- networking
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100