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OpenResty (Lua) Lua

A Lua snippet for OpenResty (Lua) that answers requests for /pixel.gif with the empty GIF, decoded once at startup.

OpenResty (Lua) Lua

File
nginx.conf
Run
openresty -s reload
http {
    init_by_lua_block {
        -- decoded once, when the master process loads the config
        PIXEL_GIF = ngx.decode_base64("R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAP///wAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAICRAEAOw==")
    }

    server {
        listen 8080;

        location = /pixel.gif {
            content_by_lua_block {
                ngx.header["Content-Type"] = "image/gif"
                ngx.header["Content-Length"] = #PIXEL_GIF
                ngx.header["Cache-Control"] = "no-store"
                ngx.print(PIXEL_GIF)
            }
        }
    }
}

We ran this snippet and compared the bytes it returned.

Check it

curl -sI http://localhost:8080/pixel.gif

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