uploaded 0.07 to the server, fixing path, and allowing you to pass params.
[catagits/Catalyst-Plugin-SubRequest.git] / SubRequest.pm
1 package Catalyst::Plugin::SubRequest;
2
3 use strict;
4
5 our $VERSION = '0.07';
6
7
8 =head1 NAME
9
10 Catalyst::Plugin::SubRequest - Make subrequests to actions in Catalyst
11
12 =head1 SYNOPSIS
13
14     use Catalyst 'SubRequest';
15
16     $c->subreq('/test/foo/bar', { template => 'magic.tt' });
17
18 =head1 DESCRIPTION
19
20 Make subrequests to actions in Catalyst. Uses the  catalyst
21 dispatcher, so it will work like an external url call.
22
23 =head1 METHODS
24
25 =over 4 
26
27 =item subreq path, [stash as hash ref], [parameters as hash ref]
28
29 =item sub_request
30
31 Takes a full path to a path you'd like to dispatch to. Any additional
32 parameters are put into the stash.
33
34 =back 
35
36 =cut
37
38 *subreq = \&sub_request;
39
40 use Data::Dumper qw/Dumper/;
41 sub sub_request {
42     my ( $c, $path, $stash, $params ) = @_;
43
44     my %old_req;
45     $path =~ s/^\///;
46     local $c->{stash}=$stash || {};
47     $old_req{content} = $c->res->output;$c->res->output(undef);
48     $old_req{args}    = $c->req->arguments;
49     $old_req{action}  = $c->req->action;$c->req->action(undef);
50     $old_req{path}    = $c->req->path;$c->req->path($path);
51     $old_req{params}  = $c->req->params;$c->req->params($params || {});
52     $c->prepare_action();
53     $c->log->debug("Subrequest to $path , action is ".  $c->req->action )
54         if $c->debug;
55     $c->dispatch();
56     my $output  = $c->res->output;
57     $c->req->{params}=$old_req{params};
58     $c->req->arguments($old_req{args});
59     $c->req->path($old_req{path});
60     $c->res->output($old_req{content});
61     return $output;
62 }
63
64 =head1 SEE ALSO
65
66 L<Catalyst>.
67
68 =head1 AUTHOR
69
70 Marcus Ramberg, C<mramberg@cpan.org>
71
72 =head1 THANK YOU
73
74 SRI, for writing the awesome Catalyst framework
75
76 =head1 COPYRIGHT
77
78 This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
79 the same terms as Perl itself.
80
81 =cut
82
83 1;