> ### Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0

> # Apache Module mod_asis

> Description: | Sends files that contain their own HTTP headers
> Status: | Base
> Module Identifier: | asis_module

> ## Summary

> This module provides the handler `send-as-is` which causes Apache to send the document without adding most of the usual HTTP headers.

> This can be used to send any kind of data from the server, including redirects and other special HTTP responses, without requiring a cgi-script or an nph script.

> For historical reasons, this module will also process any file with the mime type `httpd/send-as-is`.

> ## Directives

> This module provides no directives.

> ## Usage

> In the server configuration file, associate files with the `send-as-is` handler e.g.

> > `AddHandler send-as-is asis`

> The contents of any file with a `.asis` extension will then be sent by Apache to the client with almost no changes. Clients will need HTTP headers to be attached, so do not forget them. A Status: header is also required; the data should be the 3-digit HTTP response code, followed by a textual message.

> Here's an example of a file whose contents are sent as is so as to tell the client that a file has redirected.

> > `Status: 301 Now where did I leave that URL Location: http://xyz.abc.com/foo/bar.html Content-type: text/html <HTML> <HEAD> <TITLE>Lame excuses'R'us</TITLE> </HEAD> <BODY> <H1>Fred's exceptionally wonderful page has moved to <A HREF="http://xyz.abc.com/foo/bar.html">Joe's</A> site. </H1> </BODY> </HTML>`

> Notes: the server always adds a Date: and Server: header to the data returned to the client, so these should not be included in the file. The server does not add a Last-Modified header; it probably should.

> ### Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0