minio/cmd/http/close.go

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package http

import (
	"io"
	"io/ioutil"
)

// DrainBody close non nil response with any response Body.
// convenient wrapper to drain any remaining data on response body.
//
// Subsequently this allows golang http RoundTripper
// to re-use the same connection for future requests.
func DrainBody(respBody io.ReadCloser) {
	// Callers should close resp.Body when done reading from it.
	// If resp.Body is not closed, the Client's underlying RoundTripper
	// (typically Transport) may not be able to re-use a persistent TCP
	// connection to the server for a subsequent "keep-alive" request.
	if respBody != nil {
		// Drain any remaining Body and then close the connection.
		// Without this closing connection would disallow re-using
		// the same connection for future uses.
		//  - http://stackoverflow.com/a/17961593/4465767
		defer respBody.Close()
		io.Copy(ioutil.Discard, respBody)
	}
}