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var http = require('http');
http.createServer(function (request, response) {
// response.setHeader('Content-Type', 'application/json; charset=UTF-8');
// response.setHeader('Transfer-Encoding', 'chunked');
var html =
'<!DOCTYPE html>' +
'<html lang="en">' +
'<head>' +
'<meta charset="utf-8">' +
'<title>Chunked transfer encoding test</title>' +
'</head>' +
'<body>';
response.write(html);
html = '<h1>Chunked transfer encoding test</h1>';
response.write(html);
// Now imitate a long request which lasts 5 seconds.
setTimeout(function () {
html = '<h5>This is a chunked response after 5 seconds. The server should not close the stream before all chunks are sent to a client.</h5>';
response.write(html);
// since this is the last chunk, close the stream.
html =
'</body>' +
'</html>';
response.end(html);
}, 5000);
// this is another chunk of data sent to a client after 2 seconds before the
// 5-second chunk is sent.
setTimeout(function () {
html = '<h5>This is a chunked response after 2 seconds. Should be displayed before 5-second chunk arrives.</h5>' + '\n';
response.write(html);
}, 2000);
}).listen(process.env.VMC_APP_PORT || 1337, null);
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