Chunk-encoded HTTP response before POST HTTP chunk-encoded request complete

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I was wondering if it is possible to begin a chunk-encoded HTTP response while still receiving an HTTP request which is also chunk-encoded?

It could be useful to do some processing on-the-fly on large amount of data.

I've made some tests with AsyncHttpClient, Jetty and Servlet-3.0's AsyncContext, but it did not work well: I can process the request on-the-fly and append calculation to the response but everything is displayed only once the request has been entirely consumed.

Do you have any idea? Thanks!

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 07 '14 at 11:46

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That's exactly why WebSockets exist! HTTP/1.x is synchrone so it's not possibe without that.

answered Oct 07 '14 at 11:46

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