package Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST;
+
use Moose::Role;
use HTTP::Headers::Util qw(split_header_words);
use namespace::autoclean;
has [qw/ data accept_only /] => ( is => 'rw' );
-sub accepted_content_types {
+has accepted_content_types => (
+ is => 'ro',
+ isa => 'ArrayRef',
+ lazy => 1,
+ builder => '_build_accepted_content_types',
+ clearer => 'clear_accepted_cache',
+ init_arg => undef,
+);
+
+has preferred_content_type => (
+ is => 'ro',
+ isa => 'Str',
+ lazy => 1,
+ builder => '_build_preferred_content_type',
+ init_arg => undef,
+);
+
+#
+# By default the module looks at both Content-Type and
+# Accept and uses the selected content type for both
+# deserializing received data and serializing the response.
+# However according to RFC 7231, Content-Type should be
+# used to specify the payload type of the data sent by
+# the requester and Accept should be used to negotiate
+# the content type the requester would like back from
+# the server. Compliance mode adds support so the method
+# described in the RFC is more closely model.
+#
+# Using a bitmask to represent the the two content type
+# header schemes.
+# 0x1 for Accept
+# 0x2 for Content-Type
+
+has 'compliance_mode' => (
+ is => 'ro',
+ isa => 'Int',
+ lazy => 1,
+ writer => '_set_compliance_mode',
+ default => 0x3,
+);
+
+# Set request object to only use the Accept header when building
+# accepted_content_types
+sub set_accept_only {
+ my $self = shift;
+
+ # Clear the accepted_content_types cache if we've changed
+ # allowed headers
+ $self->clear_accepted_cache();
+ $self->_set_compliance_mode(0x1);
+}
+
+# Set request object to only use the Content-Type header when building
+# accepted_content_types
+sub set_content_type_only {
+ my $self = shift;
+
+ $self->clear_accepted_cache();
+ $self->_set_compliance_mode(0x2);
+}
+
+# Clear serialize/deserialize compliance mode, allow all headers
+# in both situations
+sub clear_compliance_mode {
+ my $self = shift;
+
+ $self->clear_accepted_cache();
+ $self->_set_compliance_mode(0x3);
+}
+
+# Return true if bit set to examine Accept header
+sub accept_allowed {
+ my $self = shift;
+
+ return $self->compliance_mode & 0x1;
+}
+
+# Return true if bit set to examine Content-Type header
+sub content_type_allowed {
+ my $self = shift;
+
+ return $self->compliance_mode & 0x2;
+}
+
+# Private writer to set if we're looking at Accept or Content-Type headers
+sub _set_compliance_mode {
my $self = shift;
+ my $mode_bits = shift;
- return $self->{content_types} if $self->{content_types};
+ $self->compliance_mode($mode_bits);
+}
+
+sub _build_accepted_content_types {
+ my $self = shift;
my %types;
# First, we use the content type in the HTTP Request. It wins all.
+ # But only examine it if we're not in compliance mode or if we're
+ # in deserializing mode
$types{ $self->content_type } = 3
- if $self->content_type;
+ if $self->content_type && $self->content_type_allowed();
- if ($self->method eq "GET" && $self->param('content-type')) {
+ # Seems backwards, but users are used to adding &content-type= to the uri to
+ # define what content type they want to recieve back, in the equivalent Accept
+ # header. Let the users do what they're used to, it's outside the RFC
+ # specifications anyhow.
+ if ($self->method eq "GET" && $self->param('content-type') && $self->accept_allowed()) {
$types{ $self->param('content-type') } = 2;
}
# Third, we parse the Accept header, and see if the client
# takes a format we understand.
+ # But only examine it if we're not in compliance mode or if we're
+ # in serializing mode
#
# This is taken from chansen's Apache2::UploadProgress.
- if ( $self->header('Accept') ) {
+ if ( $self->header('Accept') && $self->accept_allowed() ) {
$self->accept_only(1) unless keys %types;
my $accept_header = $self->header('Accept');
}
}
- return $self->{content_types} =
- [ sort { $types{$b} <=> $types{$a} } keys %types ];
+ [ sort { $types{$b} <=> $types{$a} } keys %types ];
}
-sub preferred_content_type { $_[0]->accepted_content_types->[0] }
+sub _build_preferred_content_type { $_[0]->accepted_content_types->[0] }
sub accepts {
my $self = shift;
}
1;
+__END__
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST - A role to apply to Catalyst::Request giving it REST methods and attributes.
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+ if ( $c->request->accepts('application/json') ) {
+ ...
+ }
+
+ my $types = $c->request->accepted_content_types();
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+This is a L<Moose::Role> applied to L<Catalyst::Request> that adds a few
+methods to the request object to facilitate writing REST-y code.
+Currently, these methods are all related to the content types accepted by
+the client and the content type sent in the request.
+
+=head1 METHODS
+
+=over
+
+=item data
+
+If the request went through the Deserializer action, this method will
+return the deserialized data structure.
+
+=item accepted_content_types
+
+Returns an array reference of content types accepted by the
+client.
+
+The list of types is created by looking at the following sources:
+
+=over 8
+
+=item * Content-type header
+
+If this exists, this will always be the first type in the list.
+
+=item * content-type parameter
+
+If the request is a GET request and there is a "content-type"
+parameter in the query string, this will come before any types in the
+Accept header.
+
+=item * Accept header
+
+This will be parsed and the types found will be ordered by the
+relative quality specified for each type.
+
+=back
+
+If a type appears in more than one of these places, it is ordered based on
+where it is first found.
+
+=item preferred_content_type
+
+This returns the first content type found. It is shorthand for:
+
+ $request->accepted_content_types->[0]
+
+=item accepts($type)
+
+Given a content type, this returns true if the type is accepted.
+
+Note that this does not do any wildcard expansion of types.
+
+=back
+
+=head1 AUTHORS
+
+See L<Catalyst::Action::REST> for authors.
+
+=head1 LICENSE
+
+You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.
+
+=cut
+