luckyframework / luckyframework/lucky

Investigate writing empty body responses

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Description

Right now, we always call `response.print(body)` unless you're doing a HEAD call.

https://github.com/luckyframework/lucky/blob/0b26cf4d0c38be6311206b57e1dcc24f4bda1d58/src/lucky/text_response.cr#L32

This means that even on a redirect, we're still calling `response.print("")`. My guess would be that we don't need to do that... The `response` object is just inherited from `IO`, so this is calling `IO#print` https://crystal-lang.org/api/1.5.1/IO.html#print%28obj%3A_%29%3ANil-instance-method

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Research direction

Start in src/lucky/text_response.cr at the response.print(body) call, then read Crystal's IO#print documentation to understand the effect of printing an empty string. Determine whether empty-body responses such as redirects should skip this call; the issue is complete when that behavior is confirmed and covered appropriately.

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Assessment

Tech stack
crystal
Domain
api, backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
2/5
Estimated time
1-3 hours
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
45/100

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