Hyperparser - Lua HTTP parser (based on http-parser)

It runs on *BSD and Linux. Windows was not tested.

Compilation

Use luarocks to compile and install:

$ [sudo] luarocks make

Usage:

The library follows behavior from http-parser C library.

require "hyperparser"

local parser = hyperparser.new("request") -- or hyperparser.new("response")
local req = "GET /index/?key=val&key2=val2 HTTP/1.1\r\nHost: www.example.com\r\nContent-Length: 9\r\n\r\n"

local settings = {
    msgcomplete = function()
        print("Message completed.")
    end,
   
    headerfield = function(a)
        io.write(a)
	end,
	
	headervalue = function(a)
		io.write(" -> " .. a .. "\n")
	end
}

parser:execute(settings, req)