use base 'Class::Accessor::Fast';
__PACKAGE__->mk_accessors(
- qw/action arguments base cookies headers match method parameters path
- snippets uploads user/
+ qw/action address arguments base cookies headers hostname match method
+ parameters path snippets uploads/
);
*args = \&arguments;
=head1 SYNOPSIS
-See L<Catalyst>.
+
+ $req = $c->request;
+ $req->action;
+ $req->address;
+ $req->args;
+ $req->arguments;
+ $req->base;
+ $req->cookies;
+ $req->headers;
+ $req->hostname;
+ $req->match;
+ $req->method;
+ $req->parameters;
+ $req->params;
+ $req->path;
+ $req->snippets;
+ $req->uploads;
+
+See also L<Catalyst>.
=head1 DESCRIPTION
-The Catalyst Request.
+This is the Catalyst Request class, which provides a set of accessors to the
+request data. The request object is prepared by the specialized Catalyst
+Engine module thus hiding the details of the particular engine implementation.
+
+
+=head1 METHODS
-=head2 METHODS
+=over 4
-=head3 action
+=item $req->action
Contains the action.
print $c->request->action;
-=head3 arguments (args)
+=item $req->address
+
+Contains the remote address.
+
+ print $c->request->address
+
+=item $req->arguments
-Returns an arrayref containing the arguments.
+=item $req->args
+
+Returns a reference to an array containing the arguments.
print $c->request->arguments->[0];
-=head3 base
+=item $req->base
Contains the uri base.
-=head3 cookies
+=item $req->cookies
-Returns a hashref containing the cookies.
+Returns a reference to a hash containing the cookies.
print $c->request->cookies->{mycookie}->value;
-=head3 headers
+=item $req->headers
-Returns a L<HTTP::Headers> object containing the headers.
+Returns an L<HTTP::Headers> object containing the headers.
print $c->request->headers->header('X-Catalyst');
-=head3 match
+=item $req->hostname
+
+Contains the remote hostname.
+
+ print $c->request->hostname
+
+=item $req->match
Contains the match.
print $c->request->match;
-=head3 parameters (params)
+=item $req->parameters
+
+=item $req->params
-Returns a hashref containing the parameters.
+Returns a reference to a hash containing the parameters.
print $c->request->parameters->{foo};
-=head3 path
+=item $req->path
Contains the path.
print $c->request->path;
-=head3 method
+=item $req->method
-Contains the request method.
+Contains the request method (C<GET>, C<POST>, C<HEAD>, etc).
print $c->request->method
-=head3 snippets
+=item $req->snippets
-Returns an arrayref containing regex snippets.
+Returns a reference to an array containing regex snippets.
my @snippets = @{ $c->request->snippets };
-=head3 uploads
-
-Returns a hashref containing the uploads.
+=item $req->uploads
- print $c->request->uploads->{foo}->filename;
- print $c->request->uploads->{foo}->type;
- print $c->request->uploads->{foo}->size;
- my $fh = $c->request->uploads->{foo}->fh;
+Returns a reference to a hash containing the uploads.
-=head3 user
+ my $filename = $c->req->parameters->{foo};
+ print $c->request->uploads->{$filename}->{type};
+ print $c->request->uploads->{$filename}->{size};
+ my $fh = $c->request->uploads->{$filename}->{fh};
+ my $content = do { local $/; <$fh> };
-Returns the user.
+=back
=head1 AUTHOR
projects / catagits/Catalyst-Runtime.git / blobdiff