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Support for multipart range requests
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Description
Feature Proposal
Currently, webpack-dev-middleware only supports single-range requests, and will return the entire requested resource if multiple ranges are specified (https://github.com/webpack/webpack-dev-middleware/blob/master/src/middleware.js#L215-L218). I didn't see any documentation around this, or previous discussion about why it wasn't supported, so figured it'd be worth requesting the feature.
Feature Use Case
A multipart range request would allow noclip.website to load specific meshes/game objects efficiently without shipping an otherwise incredibly large (sometimes >1GB) game data file.
Please paste the results of npx webpack-cli info here, and mention other relevant information
System:
OS: Windows 10 10.0.19043
CPU: (12) x64 Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-10600K CPU @ 4.10GHz
Memory: 6.98 GB / 15.89 GB
Binaries:
Node: 16.14.0 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\node.EXE
npm: 8.3.1 - C:\Program Files\nodejs\npm.CMD
Browsers:
Edge: Spartan (44.19041.1266.0), Chromium (99.0.1150.39)
Internet Explorer: 11.0.19041.1566
Packages:
babel-loader: ^8.2.2 => 8.2.3
css-loader: ^5.2.4 => 5.2.7
eslint-config-webpack: ^1.2.5 => 1.2.5
file-loader: ^6.2.0 => 6.2.0
html-webpack-plugin: ^4.5.2 => 4.5.2
less-loader: ^7.3.0 => 7.3.0
style-loader: ^2.0.0 => 2.0.0
url-loader: ^4.1.1 => 4.1.1
webpack: ^5.69.1 => 5.70.0
webpack-cli: ^4.7.2 => 4.9.2
webpack-dev-middleware: ^5.3.1 => 5.3.1
webpack-merge: ^5.8.0 => 5.8.0
Contributor guide
First steps
- Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
- Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
- Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
- Open a pull request that references the issue number.
Research direction
Start in src/middleware.js around lines 215-218, where single-range handling is identified in the issue. Read the surrounding request and response logic, then determine how multipart range responses should be represented for multiple requested ranges. Done means multiple ranges no longer return the entire resource, with behavior covered by the relevant middleware tests if available.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- javascript
- Domain
- backend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 38/100