Re: Download only part of a file using LuaSocket HTTP

[Ignacio Burgueño <ignaciob@...>]

RJP Computing wrote:
> Is there a way to only download part of a file using LuaSocket and the 
> HTTP request() function? Does it involve writting my own sink? If so, 
> does anyone have an example that does this. The file is text and so I am 
> just trying to download the first 1k of it, because that contains the 
> information I need. Is this possible? Thanks.


If your server supports partial transfers, you could try with 
"Content-Range" header.

http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.16

Regards,
Ignacio