use Catalyst 'SubRequest';
- $c->subreq('!test','foo','bar');
+ $c->subreq('/test/foo/bar', template='magic.tt');
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-Make subrequests to actions in Catalyst.
+Make subrequests to actions in Catalyst. Uses the catalyst
+dispatcher, so it will work like an external url call.
=head1 METHODS
=over 4
-=item subreq action, args
+=item subreq path, [stash]
=item sub_request
-takes the name of the action you would like to call, as well as the
-arguments you want to pass to it.
+Takes a full path to a path you'd like to dispatch to. Any additional
+parameters are put into the stash.
=back
*subreq = \&sub_request;
+use Data::Dumper qw/Dumper/;
sub sub_request {
- my ( $c, $action, @args ) = @_;
+ my ( $c, $path, $stash ) = @_;
+
my %old_req;
- $old_req{stash} = $c->{stash};$c->{stash}={};
+ $path =~ s/^\///;
+ $old_req{stash} = $c->{stash};$c->{stash}=$stash || {};
$old_req{content} = $c->res->output;$c->res->output(undef);
- $old_req{args} = $c->req->arguments;$c->req->arguments([@args]);
- $old_req{action} = $c->req->action;$c->req->action($action);
+ $old_req{args} = $c->req->arguments;
+ $old_req{action} = $c->req->action;$c->req->action(undef);
+ $old_req{path} = $c->req->path;$c->req->path($path);
+ $old_req{params} = $c->req->params;$c->req->{params} = {};
+ $c->prepare_action();
+ $c->log->debug("Subrequest to $path , action is ".
+ $c->req->action )
+ if $c->debug;
$c->dispatch();
my $output = $c->res->output;
$c->{stash} = $old_req{stash};
- $c->res->output($old_req{content});
+ $c->req->{params}=$old_req{params};
$c->req->arguments($old_req{args});
- $c->req->action($old_req{action});
+ $c->res->output($old_req{content});
return $output;
}