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This commit exposes the value of --max-http-header-size
as a property of the http module.

PR-URL: #24860
Reviewed-By: Richard Lau <riclau@uk.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Matteo Collina <matteo.collina@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: Michael Dawson <michael_dawson@ca.ibm.com>
Reviewed-By: Shelley Vohr <codebytere@gmail.com>
Reviewed-By: James M Snell <jasnell@gmail.com>
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cjihrig authored and MylesBorins committed Dec 25, 2018
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11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions doc/api/http.md
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Global instance of `Agent` which is used as the default for all HTTP client
requests.

## http.maxHeaderSize
<!-- YAML
added: REPLACEME
-->

* {number}

Read-only property specifying the maximum allowed size of HTTP headers in bytes.
Defaults to 8KB. Configurable using the [`--max-http-header-size`][] CLI option.

## http.request(options[, callback])
## http.request(url[, options][, callback])
<!-- YAML
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Note that setting the `timeout` option or using the `setTimeout()` function will
not abort the request or do anything besides add a `'timeout'` event.

[`--max-http-header-size`]: cli.html#cli_max_http_header_size_size
[`'checkContinue'`]: #http_event_checkcontinue
[`'request'`]: #http_event_request
[`'response'`]: #http_event_response
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14 changes: 14 additions & 0 deletions lib/http.js
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Server,
ServerResponse
} = require('_http_server');
let maxHeaderSize;

function createServer(opts, requestListener) {
return new Server(opts, requestListener);
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get,
request
};

Object.defineProperty(module.exports, 'maxHeaderSize', {
configurable: true,
enumerable: true,
get() {
if (maxHeaderSize === undefined) {
const { getOptionValue } = require('internal/options');
maxHeaderSize = getOptionValue('--max-http-header-size');
}

return maxHeaderSize;
}
});
11 changes: 11 additions & 0 deletions test/parallel/test-http-max-header-size.js
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'use strict';

require('../common');
const assert = require('assert');
const { spawnSync } = require('child_process');
const http = require('http');

assert.strictEqual(http.maxHeaderSize, 8 * 1024);
const child = spawnSync(process.execPath, ['--max-http-header-size=10', '-p',
'http.maxHeaderSize']);
assert.strictEqual(+child.stdout.toString().trim(), 10);

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