http api: check flush error and only flush once per iteration

License: MIT
Signed-off-by: Jan Winkelmann <j-winkelmann@tuhh.de>

commands/http/handler.go

@@ -299,7 +299,10 @@ func flushCopy(w io.Writer, r io.Reader) error {
 	}
 	for {
 		// flush to send header when r is not ready yet
-		f.Flush()
+		err = f.Flush()
+		if err != nil {
+			return err
+		}
 
 		n, err := r.Read(buf)
 		switch err {
@@ -323,8 +326,6 @@ func flushCopy(w io.Writer, r io.Reader) error {
 		if nw != n {
 			return fmt.Errorf("http write failed to write full amount: %d != %d", nw, n)
 		}
-
-		f.Flush()
 	}
 	return nil
 }