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Date: Wed, 28 Mar 2007 09:43:18 +0200
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Subject: Re: Protocol input filter question
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IIRC, you can use create_request and still inject protocol filters;
nothing has been read from the client at that point.

Vitale, Chris (ISS Atlanta) wrote:
> I've been experimenting with Apache 2.0.59 input protocol filters on
> Linux. 
> 
> I understand that the post_read_request hook is too late to add an input
> protocol filter. All the protocol filters have already run.
> 
> Which hook would be best for calling ap_add_input_filter? I want to
> manipulate the contents of these buckets just as freely as buckets in a
> content filter. When I'm done they'll still be valid HTTP. I can't add
> it in something like pre_connection or process_connection because I
> don't have a request_rec just yet.
> 
> Would I be better off just calling hook_process_connection like
> mod_echo, but passing buckets to my next filter rather than back to the
> client? 
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> vitale
> 
>