This module provides the handler send-as-is
which causes Apache to send the document without adding most of
the usual HTTP headers.
This can be used to send any kind of data from the server, including redirects and other special HTTP responses, without requiring a cgi-script or an nph script.
For historical reasons, this module will also process any
file with the mime type httpd/send-as-is
.
In the server configuration file, associate files with the
send-as-is
handler e.g.
The contents of any file with a .asis
extension
will then be sent by Apache to the client with almost no
changes. Clients will need HTTP headers to be attached, so do
not forget them. A Status: header is also required; the data
should be the 3-digit HTTP response code, followed by a textual
message.
Here's an example of a file whose contents are sent as is so as to tell the client that a file has redirected.
The server always adds a Date:
and Server:
header to the data returned to the client, so these should not be
included in the file. The server does not add a
Last-Modified
header; it probably should.