X-Git-Url: http://git.shadowcat.co.uk/gitweb/gitweb.cgi?a=blobdiff_plain;f=lib%2FCatalyst%2FManual%2FCookbook.pod;h=a39e607c0b68e5d1b86e0ee0d452cea7a7bc2ecd;hb=b89fe2ddc069b0eef992de0e0e6f1dae333da7bd;hp=7d7c103e9d4cb5071f2f1f3bc960d76608cb0755;hpb=9bee7d3734adfe39c748712670ced0f2b5c90f84;p=catagits%2FCatalyst-Runtime.git diff --git a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Cookbook.pod b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Cookbook.pod index 7d7c103..a39e607 100644 --- a/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Cookbook.pod +++ b/lib/Catalyst/Manual/Cookbook.pod @@ -40,51 +40,21 @@ statistics in your debug messages. =head2 Scaffolding Scaffolding is very simple with Catalyst. -Just use Catalyst::Model::CDBI::CRUD as your base class. - # lib/MyApp/Model/CDBI.pm - package MyApp::Model::CDBI; +The recommended way is to use Catalyst::Helper::Controller::Scaffold. - use strict; - use base 'Catalyst::Model::CDBI::CRUD'; - - __PACKAGE__->config( - dsn => 'dbi:SQLite:/tmp/myapp.db', - relationships => 1 - ); - - 1; - - # lib/MyApp.pm - package MyApp; - - use Catalyst 'FormValidator'; - - __PACKAGE__->config( - name => 'My Application', - root => '/home/joeuser/myapp/root' - ); +Just install this module, and to scaffold a Class::DBI Model class, do the following: - sub my_table : Global { - my ( $self, $c ) = @_; - $c->form( optional => [ MyApp::Model::CDBI::Table->columns ] ); - $c->forward('MyApp::Model::CDBI::Table'); - } +./script/myapp_create controller Scaffold Scaffolding - 1; -Modify the C<$c-Eform()> parameters to match your needs, and don't -forget to copy the templates into the template root. Can't find the -templates? They were in the CRUD model distribution, so you can do -B from the CPAN shell to find them. -Other Scaffolding modules are in development at the time of writing. =head2 File uploads =head3 Single file upload with Catalyst -To implement uploads in Catalyst you need to have a HTML form similiar to +To implement uploads in Catalyst, you need to have a HTML form similar to this:
@@ -266,9 +236,9 @@ with: sub add : Local { my ($self, $c) = @_; if ($c->roles(qw/admin/)) { - $c->req->output("Your account has the role 'admin.'"); + $c->res->output("Your account has the role 'admin.'"); } else { - $c->req->output("You're not allowed to be here."); + $c->res->output("You're not allowed to be here."); } } @@ -285,13 +255,13 @@ best to add a user check to a 'begin' action: } } -Pay attention to $c->req->action(undef). This is needed because of the -way $c->forward works - C to C gets called, but after that -Catalyst will still execute the action defined in the URI (e.g. if you -tried to go to C, then first 'begin' will forward to 'login', but after -that 'add' will nonetheless be executed). So $c->req->action(undef) undefines any -actions that were to be called and forwards the user where we want him/her -to be. +Pay attention to $c->req->action(undef). This is needed because of the +way $c->forward works - C to C gets called, but after +that Catalyst will still execute the action defined in the URI (e.g. if +you tried to go to C, then first 'begin' will forward to 'login', +but after that 'add' will nonetheless be executed). So +$c->req->action(undef) undefines any actions that were to be called and +forwards the user where we want him/her to be. And this is all you need to do. @@ -463,7 +433,7 @@ favicon.ico by using this in your HTML header: The Static plugin makes use of the C package to automatically determine MIME types. This package is notoriously -difficult to install, especially on win32 and OSX. For OSX the easiest +difficult to install, especially on win32 and OS X. For OS X the easiest path might be to install Fink, then use C. Restart the server, and everything should be fine. @@ -616,7 +586,7 @@ mode, the error page is a useful screen including the error message and a full Data::Dumper output of the C<$c> context object. When not in C<-Debug>, users see a simple "Please come back later" screen. -To use a custom error page, use a special C method to short-circut +To use a custom error page, use a special C method to short-circuit the error processing. The following is an example; you might want to adjust it further depending on the needs of your application (for example, any calls to C will probably need to go into this @@ -629,7 +599,7 @@ C method; see L). $c->stash->{errors} = $c->error; $c->stash->{template} = 'errors.tt'; $c->forward('MyApp::View::TT'); - $c->{error} = []; + $c->error(0); } return 1 if $c->response->status =~ /^3\d\d$/; @@ -646,6 +616,164 @@ You can manually set errors in your code to trigger this page by calling $c->error( 'You broke me!' ); +=head2 Require user logins + +It's often useful to restrict access to your application to a set of +registered users, forcing everyone else to the login page until they're +signed in. + +To implement this in your application make sure you have a customer +table with username and password fields and a corresponding Model class +in your Catalyst application, then make the following changes: + +=head3 lib/MyApp.pm + + use Catalyst qw/ + Authentication + Authentication::Store::DBIC + Authentication::Credential::Password + /; + + __PACKAGE__->config->{authentication}->{dbic} = { + 'user_class' => 'My::Model::DBIC::User', + 'user_field' => 'username', + 'password_field' => 'password' + 'password_type' => 'hashed', + 'password_hash_type'=> 'SHA-1' + }; + + sub auto : Private { + my ($self, $c) = @_; + my $login_path = 'user/login'; + + # allow people to actually reach the login page! + if ($c->request->path eq $login_path) { + return 1; + } + + # if a user doesn't exist, force login + if ( !$c->user_exists ) { + # force the login screen to be shown + $c->response->redirect($c->request->base . $login_path); + } + + # otherwise, we have a user - continue with the processing chain + return 1; + } + +=head3 lib/MyApp/C/User.pm + + sub login : Path('/user/login') { + my ($self, $c) = @_; + + # default template + $c->stash->{'template'} = "user/login.tt"; + # default form message + $c->stash->{'message'} = 'Please enter your username and password'; + + if ( $c->request->param('username') ) { + # try to log the user in + # login() is provided by ::Authentication::Credential::Password + if( $c->login( + $c->request->param('username'), + $c->request->param('password'), + ); + + # if login() returns 1, user is now logged in + $c->response->redirect('/some/page'); + } + + # otherwise we failed to login, try again! + $c->stash->{'message'} = + 'Unable to authenticate the login details supplied'; + } + } + + sub logout : Path('/user/logout') { + my ($self, $c) = @_; + # log the user out + $c->logout; + + # do the 'default' action + $c->response->redirect($c->request->base); + } + + +=head3 root/base/user/login.tt + + [% INCLUDE header.tt %] + + [% message %]
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+ + + + [% INCLUDE footer.tt %] + +=head2 Role-based Authorization + +For more advanced access control, you may want to consider using role-based +authorization. This means you can assign different roles to each user, e.g. +"user", "admin", etc. + +The C and C methods and view template are exactly the same as +in the previous example. + +The L plugin is required when +implementing roles: + + use Catalyst qw/ + Authentication + Authentication::Credential::Password + Authentication::Store::Htpasswd + Authorization::Roles + /; + +Roles are implemented automatically when using +L: + + # no additional role configuration required + __PACKAGE__->config->{authentication}{htpasswd} = "passwdfile"; + +Or can be set up manually when using L: + + # Authorization using a many-to-many role relationship + __PACKAGE__->config->{authorization}{dbic} = { + 'role_class' => 'My::Model::DBIC::Role', + 'role_field' => 'name', + 'user_role_user_field' => 'user', + + # DBIx::Class only (omit if using Class::DBI) + 'role_rel' => 'user_role', + + # Class::DBI only, (omit if using DBIx::Class) + 'user_role_class' => 'My::Model::CDBI::UserRole' + 'user_role_role_field' => 'role', + }; + +To restrict access to any action, you can use the C method: + + sub restricted : Local { + my ( $self, $c ) = @_; + + $c->detach("unauthorized") + unless $c->check_user_roles( "admin" ); + + # do something restricted here + } + +You can also use the C method. This just gives an error if +the current user does not have one of the required roles: + + sub also_restricted : Global { + my ( $self, $c ) = @_; + $c->assert_user_roles( qw/ user admin / ); + } + =head1 AUTHOR Sebastian Riedel, C @@ -655,6 +783,7 @@ Marcus Ramberg, C Jesse Sheidlower, C Andy Grundman, C Chisel Wright, C +Will Hawes, C =head1 COPYRIGHT