HEAD and GET in static document serving

[colinligertwood]

In HTTP/HTTPS standalone server mode, It looks like issuing a HEAD to a document under static root returns the full document, and omits Content-type. Issuing a GET to a static doc also omits Content-type.

This causes problems with IE as it rejects stylesheets not served with text/css as the mime-type unless in quirks/compatibility mode. In my situation, I need standards mode so canvas will work.

A normal request (non-static)

Escape character is '^]'.
HEAD / HTTP/1.0

HTTP/1.0 302 FOUND
Vary: Cookie
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Location: http://dev.shieldcore.com/logout/

A static HEAD request

Escape character is '^]'.
HEAD /static/css/style.css HTTP/1.0

HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Length: 19123
Last-Modified: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 02:02:45 GMT

/* Color Schemes */

.H2O1804 a { color: #FF9A00; }

A static GET request

GET /static/css/style.css HTTP/1.0

[pid: 26280|app: 0|req: 23/44] 192.168.56.101 () {20 vars in 248 bytes} [Fri Oct 26 19:27:39 2012] GET /static/css/style.css => generated 19123 bytes in 0 msecs via sendfile() (HTTP/1.0 200) 2 headers in 88 bytes (0 switches on core 0)
HTTP/1.0 200 OK
Content-Length: 19123
Last-Modified: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 02:02:45 GMT

/* Color Schemes */

.H2O1804 a { color: #FF9A00; }

The log entry:

[pid: 26280|app: 0|req: 17/37] 192.168.56.101 () {20 vars in 249 bytes} [Fri Oct 26 19:22:35 2012] HEAD /static/css/style.css => generated 19123 bytes in 0 msecs via sendfile() (HTTP/1.0 200) 2 headers in 88 bytes (0 switches on core 0)

[colinligertwood]

My bad... I had a corrupt mime.types file. Fixed that and the Content-type: is now set correctly. Still sending full content on head tho. Not terribly critical.

[unbit]

HEAD support has been added to master, Thanks