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What extra care do streaming responses need in middleware?

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ClientGET /users/1

ServerFind row

JSON back200 OK

StreamingHttpResponse content is an iterator consumed later

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StreamingHttpResponse content is an
iterator consumed later
2
reading it in middleware
exhausts the stream for the client.
3
Wrap or tee only
if you must, and prefer setting headers without touching .content.
4
Gzip middleware and similar
wrappers have historically been tricky with streams.
5
Common mistake
What juniors usually get wrong.
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Close
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StreamingHttpResponse content is an iterator consumed later reading it in middleware exhausts the stream for the client.