3 # Created by: Adam Jacob, Marchex, <adam@hjksolutions.com>
4 # Created on: 10/12/2006 03:00:32 PM PDT
8 package Catalyst::Action::REST;
13 use base 'Catalyst::Action';
16 use Catalyst::Request::REST;
17 use Catalyst::Controller::REST;
19 BEGIN { require 5.008001; }
21 our $VERSION = '0.71';
26 Catalyst::Request::REST->_insert_self_into( $config->{class} );
27 return $class->SUPER::new($config, @_);
32 Catalyst::Action::REST - Automated REST Method Dispatching
36 sub foo :Local :ActionClass('REST') {
37 ... do setup for HTTP method specific handlers ...
41 ... do something for GET requests ...
45 ... do somethign for PUT requests ...
50 This Action handles doing automatic method dispatching for REST requests. It
51 takes a normal Catalyst action, and changes the dispatch to append an
52 underscore and method name.
54 For example, in the synopsis above, calling GET on "/foo" would result in
55 the foo_GET method being dispatched.
57 If a method is requested that is not implemented, this action will
58 return a status 405 (Method Not Found). It will populate the "Allow" header
59 with the list of implemented request methods. You can override this behavior
60 by implementing a custom 405 handler like so:
62 sub foo_not_implemented {
63 ... handle not implemented methods ...
66 If you do not provide an _OPTIONS subroutine, we will automatically respond
67 with a 200 OK. The "Allow" header will be populated with the list of
68 implemented request methods.
70 It is likely that you really want to look at L<Catalyst::Controller::REST>,
71 which brings this class together with automatic Serialization of requests
74 When you use this module, the request class will be changed to
75 L<Catalyst::Request::REST>.
83 This method overrides the default dispatch mechanism to the re-dispatching
84 mechanism described above.
92 my $controller = $c->component( $self->class );
93 my $method = $self->name . "_" . uc( $c->request->method );
94 if ( $controller->can($method) ) {
95 $c->execute( $self->class, $self, @{ $c->req->args } );
96 return $controller->$method( $c, @{ $c->req->args } );
98 if ( $c->request->method eq "OPTIONS" ) {
99 return $self->_return_options($c);
101 my $handle_ni = $self->name . "_not_implemented";
102 if ( $controller->can($handle_ni) ) {
103 return $controller->$handle_ni( $c, @{ $c->req->args } );
105 return $self->_return_not_implemented($c);
111 sub _return_options {
112 my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
114 my @allowed = $self->_get_allowed_methods($c);
115 $c->response->content_type('text/plain');
116 $c->response->status(200);
117 $c->response->header( 'Allow' => \@allowed );
120 sub _get_allowed_methods {
121 my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
123 my $controller = $self->class;
124 my $methods = Class::Inspector->methods($controller);
126 foreach my $method ( @{$methods} ) {
127 my $name = $self->name;
128 if ( $method =~ /^$name\_(.+)$/ ) {
129 push( @allowed, $1 );
135 sub _return_not_implemented {
136 my ( $self, $c ) = @_;
138 my @allowed = $self->_get_allowed_methods($c);
139 $c->response->content_type('text/plain');
140 $c->response->status(405);
141 $c->response->header( 'Allow' => \@allowed );
142 $c->response->body( "Method "
143 . $c->request->method
144 . " not implemented for "
145 . $c->uri_for( $self->reverse ) );
154 You likely want to look at L<Catalyst::Controller::REST>, which implements
155 a sensible set of defaults for a controller doing REST.
157 L<Catalyst::Action::Serialize>, L<Catalyst::Action::Deserialize>
159 =head1 TROUBLESHOOTING
163 =item Q: I'm getting a "415 Unsupported Media Type" error. What gives?!
165 A: Most likely, you haven't set Content-type equal to "application/json", or one of the
166 accepted return formats. You can do this by setting it in your query string thusly:
167 ?content-type=application%2Fjson (where %2F == / uri escaped).
169 **NOTE** Apache will refuse %2F unless configured otherise.
170 Make sure AllowEncodedSlashes On is in your httpd.conf file in order for this to run smoothly.
181 J. Shirley <jshirley@gmail.com>
191 Daisuke Maki <daisuke@endeworks.jp>
195 Adam Jacob <adam@stalecoffee.org>, with lots of help from mst and jrockway
197 Marchex, Inc. paid me while I developed this module. (http://www.marchex.com)
201 You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.