package Apache::Precompress; use 5.006; use strict; use warnings; use Compress::Zlib 1.0; use Apache::Log; use Apache::Constants ':response'; use vars qw($VERSION); $VERSION = sprintf '%d.%d', q$Revision: 0.1 $ =~ /: (\d+).(\d+)/; sub handler { my $r = shift; my $buffer; if (lc($r->dir_config('Filter')) eq 'on') { $r = $r->filter_register; } if(-d $r->filename()) { # Redirect to the directory index - bit of a hack atm $r->uri($r->uri() . '/index.html'); $r->headers_out->set(Location => $r->uri); return REDIRECT; } # Quick file check unless(-e $r->filename . '.gz') { error($r->log,"Cannot open " . $r->filename . ".gz\n"); return NOT_FOUND; } if ( $r->dir_config->get('SSI') || !defined($r->header_in('Accept-Encoding')) || $r->header_in('Accept-Encoding') eq "" || $r->header_in('Accept-Encoding') !~ /gzip/ ) { $r->send_http_header; my $gz = gzopen($r->filename() . '.gz', "rb") or return error($r->log,"Cannot open " . $r->filename . ".gz: $gzerrno\n"); while($gz->gzread($buffer,4096) > 0) { $r->print($buffer); } if($gzerrno != Z_STREAM_END) { return error($r->log,"Error reading from " . $r->filename . ".gz: $gzerrno\n"); } $gz->gzclose(); undef $gz; } else { $r->content_encoding('gzip'); $r->send_http_header; open(FILE, $r->filename . '.gz') || return NOT_FOUND; binmode(FILE); while( read(FILE, $buffer, 4096) > 0) { $r->print($buffer); } close(FILE); } return OK; } sub error { my $handle = shift; my $msg = shift; $handle->error($msg); return SERVER_ERROR; } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME Apache::Preompress - Deliver already compressed files or decompress on the fly =head1 SYNOPSIS PerlModule Apache::Precompress # Handle regular files, ie index.html.gz # Incoming request would be index.html SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler Apache::Precompress # Handle files by given extension .gzhtml SetHandler perl-script PerlHandler Apache::Precompress # You want to use SSI but your templates are compressed AddHandler server-parsed .html Options +Includes PerlSetVar SSI 1 # You have a compressed web page and a mix of compressed # and uncompressed templates. You'll need Apache::Filter # and Apache::SSI PerlModule Apache::Filter PerlModule Apache::Precompress PerlModule Apache::SSI # or whatever SetHandler perl-script PerlSetVar Filter On PerlSetVar SSI 1 PerlHandler Apache::Precompress Apache::SSI =head1 DESCRIPTION This module lets you send pre-compressed files as though they were not. For those clients that do not support compressed content, the file is de-compressed on the fly. This module overcomes the overhead of having to compress data on the fly by keeping the data compressed on disk at all times. The driving force behind this approach was that I couldn't afford to upgrade my ISP account to have more disk space. The effective savings on bandwidth are also quite handy. This module handles SSI very well. If you just want compressed templates then you won't need Apache::Filter or Apache::SSI. However, if you want compressed templates or pages (or both!) then, provided they are installed, simply follow the example configuration above. Do note, however, that the savings in bandwidth will be lost as this will be sent uncompressed down the pipe. This is a todo but will probably involve Apache::Compress (or something). Otherwise you will have a normal page with garbled content intermingled within it. =head1 Note The intent of this module is to hide the fact that the content has been precompressed from the client. At no time should the client expect to call a file by anything other than its normal extension. Additionally, the content should not link to other content other than in the normal way, ie: Valid and not Invalid =head1 TO DO The SSI handling requires the setting of a variable as otherwise we end up with compressed content within the middle of an uncompressed page. We should be to tell if we are called via ssi by some other means. Also, support for Apache::SSI would be useful. =head1 AUTHOR Simon Proctor, www.simonproctor.com Based on the work of Apache::Compress =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright (C) 2002 Simon Proctor. All Rights Reserved. This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself. =head1 THANKS TO belg4mit for valuable feedback =cut