> > On 1/25/06, Садреев Айрат Алмазович > <SadreevAA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I set up mod_rewrite so that certain files downloaded via > mod_proxy from other websites. Now I need to process the > downloaded files via external program and return to client. > > > > The ideal scenario is: > > > > 1. Client requests file > > 2. Caching module (mod_cache?) looks whether the requested > file was updated on external server. If now, the file is > returned to client from cache. > > If yes or file is not in cache, file is downloaded via > mod_proxy, external processing program is called, files is > put in cache and then is returned to client. > > > > How this scenario can be implemented? > > It can be done, but it won't be simple. What kind of > external processing do you want? One option is > mod_ext_filter, which can be inserted in the filter chain > between the proxy and the client. If I were you, I would > work on getting this going, and only after I was sure it > worked, would I try to add mod_cache+mod_disk_cache to do the > caching part. > My files is binary files and can be processed only by special application. As far as I understand mod_ext_filter designed to work with text data because it works via stdin/stdout. Can I pass binary contents through stdin/stdout? And how this chain can be implemented: mod_proxy->mod_ext_filter->mod_cache->client? Airat. --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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