package Apache2::Request; use APR::Request::Param; use APR::Request::Apache2; use Apache2::RequestRec; push our @ISA, qw/Apache2::RequestRec APR::Request::Apache2/; our $VERSION = "2.05-dev"; my %old_limits = ( post_max => "read_limit", max_body => "read_limit", ); sub new { my $class = shift; my $req = $class->APR::Request::Apache2::handle(shift); my %attrs = @_; while (my ($k, $v) = each %attrs) { $k =~ s/^-//; my $method = $old_limits{lc($k)} || lc $k; $req->$method($v); } return $req; } sub hook_data {die "hook_data not implemented"} sub disable_uploads { my ($req, $toggle) = @_; $req->SUPER::disable_uploads if $toggle; } 1; __END__ =head1 NAME Apache2::Request - Methods for dealing with client request data =for testing use Apache2::Request; use Apache2::Upload; use APR::Pool; $r = APR::Pool->new; $req = Apache2::Request->new($r); $u = Apache2::Upload->new($r, name => "foo", file => __FILE__); $req->body_status(0); $req->parse; $req->body->add($u); $req->args->add(foo => 1); $req->args->add(bar => 2); $req->args->add(foo => 3); =head1 SYNOPSIS =for example begin use Apache2::Request; $req = Apache2::Request->new($r); @foo = $req->param("foo"); $bar = $req->args("bar"); =for example end =for example_testing ok $req->isa("Apache2::Request"); is "@foo", join " ", 1, 3, __FILE__; is $bar, 2; =head1 DESCRIPTION The Apache2::Request module provides methods for parsing GET and POST parameters encoded with either I or I. Although Apache2::Request provides a few new APIs for accessing the parsed data, it remains largely backwards-compatible with the original 1.X API. See the L section below for a list of known issues. This manpage documents the Apache2::Request package. =head1 Apache2::Request The interface is designed to mimic the CGI.pm routines for parsing query parameters. The main differences are =over 4 =item * C takes an environment-specific object C<$r> as (second) argument. Newer versions of CGI.pm also accept this syntax within modperl. =item * The query parameters are stored in APR::Table derived objects, and are therefore retrieved from the table by using case-insensitive keys. =item * The query string is always parsed immediately, even for POST requests. =back =head2 new Apache2::Request->new($r, %args) Creates a new Apache2::Request object. =for example begin my $req = Apache2::Request->new($r, POST_MAX => "1M"); =for example end =for example_testing ok ref $req; ok $req->isa("Apache2::Request"); With mod_perl2, the environment object $r must be an Apache2::RequestRec object. In that case, all methods from Apache2::RequestRec are inherited. In the (default) CGI environment, $r must be an APR::Pool object. The following args are optional: =over 4 =item * C, C Limit the size of POST data (in bytes). =item * C Disable file uploads. =item * C Sets the directory where upload files are spooled. On a *nix-like that supports I, the TEMP_DIR should be located on the same file system as the final destination file: =for example begin use Apache2::Upload; my $req = Apache2::Request->new($r, TEMP_DIR => "/home/httpd/tmp"); my $upload = $req->upload('file'); $upload->link("/home/user/myfile"); =for example end For more details on C, see L. =item * C Extra configuration info passed as the fourth argument to an upload hook. See the description for the next item, C. =item * C Sets up a callback to run whenever file upload data is read. This can be used to provide an upload progress meter during file uploads. Apache will automatically continue writing the original data to $upload->fh after the hook exits. =for example begin my $transparent_hook = sub { my ($upload, $data, $data_len, $hook_data) = @_; warn "$hook_data: got $data_len bytes for " . $upload->name; }; my $req = Apache2::Request->new($r, HOOK_DATA => "Note", UPLOAD_HOOK => $transparent_hook, ); =for example end =back =head2 instance Apache2::Request->instance($r) The default (and only) behavior of I is to intelligently cache B data for the duration of the request. Thus there is no longer the need for a separate C method as existed in I for Apache 1.3 - all B data is always available from each and every I object created during the request's lifetime. However an C method is aliased to C in this release to ease the pain of porting from 1.X to 2.X. =head2 param $req->param() $req->param($name) Get the request parameters (using case-insensitive keys) by mimicing the OO interface of C. =for example begin # similar to CGI.pm my $foo_value = $req->param('foo'); my @foo_values = $req->param('foo'); my @param_names = $req->param; # the following differ slightly from CGI.pm # returns ref to APR::Request::Param::Table object representing # all (args + body) params my $table = $req->param; @table_keys = keys %$table; =for example end =for example_testing is $foo_value, 1; is "@foo_values", join " ", 1, 3, __FILE__; is "@param_names", "foo bar"; is "@table_keys", "foo bar foo foo"; In list context, or when invoked with no arguments as C<< $req->param() >>, C induces libapreq2 to read and parse all remaining data in the request body. However, C<< scalar $req->param("foo") >> is lazy: libapreq2 will only read and parse more data if 1) no "foo" param appears in the query string arguments, AND 2) no "foo" param appears in the previously parsed POST data. In this circumstance libapreq2 will read and parse additional blocks of the incoming request body until either 1) it has found the the "foo" param, or 2) parsing is completed. Observe that C<< scalar $req->param("foo") >> will not raise an exception if it can locate "foo" in the existing body or args tables, even if the query-string parser or the body parser has failed. In all other circumstances C will throw an Apache2::Request::Error object into $@ should either parser fail. =for example begin $req->args_status(1); # set error state for query-string parser ok $req->param_status == 1; $foo = $req->param("foo"); ok $foo == 1; eval { @foo = $req->param("foo") }; ok $@->isa("Apache2::Request::Error"); undef $@; eval { my $not_found = $req->param("non-existent-param") }; ok $@->isa("Apache2::Request::Error"); $req->args_status(0); # reset query-string parser state to "success" =for example end =for example_testing # run example Note: modifications to the C<< scalar $req->param() >> table only affect the returned table object (the underlying C apr_table_t is I from the parse data by apreq_params()). Modifications do not affect the actual request data, and will not be seen by other libapreq2 applications. =head2 parms, params The functionality of these functions is assumed by C, so they are no longer necessary. Aliases to C are provided in this release for backwards compatibility, however they are deprecated and may be removed from a future release. =head2 body $req->body() $req->body($name) Returns an I object containing the POST data parameters of the I object. =for example begin my $body = $req->body; =for example end =for example_testing is join(" ", keys %$body), "foo"; is join(" ", values %$body), __FILE__; An optional name parameter can be passed to return the POST data parameter associated with the given name: =for example begin my $foo_body = $req->body("foo"); =for example end =for example_testing is $foo_body, __FILE__; More generally, C follows the same pattern as C with respect to its return values and argument list. The main difference is that modifications to the C<< scalar $req->body() >> table affect the underlying apr_table_t attribute in apreq_request_t, so their impact will be noticed by all libapreq2 applications during this request. =head2 upload $req->upload() $req->upload($name) Requires C. With no arguments, this method returns an I object in scalar context, or the names of all I objects in list context. An optional name parameter can be passed to return the I object associated with the given name: my $upload = $req->upload($name); More generally, C follows the same pattern as C with respect to its return values and argument list. The main difference is that its returned values are Apache2::Upload object refs, not simple scalars. Note: modifications to the C<< scalar $req->upload() >> table only affect the returned table object (the underlying C apr_table_t is I by apreq_uploads()). They do not affect the actual request data, and will not be seen by other libapreq2 applications. =head2 args_status $req->args_status() $req->args_status($set) Get/set the I status code of the query-string parser. APR_SUCCESS on success, error otherwise. =for testing is $req->args_status, 0; # APR_SUCCESS =head2 body_status $req->body_status() $req->body_status($set) Get/set the current I status code of the parsed POST data. APR_SUCCESS when parser has completed, APR_INCOMPLETE if parser has more data to parse, APR_EINIT if no post data has been parsed, error otherwise. =for testing is $req->body_status, 0; # APR_SUCCESS =head2 param_status $req->param_status() In scalar context, this returns C if there was an error during the query-string parse, otherwise this returns C, ie $req->args_status || $req->body_status In list context C returns the list C<(args_status, body_status)>. =for testing is scalar($req->param_status), $req->args_status || $req->body_status; is join(" ", $req->param_status), join(" ", $req->args_status, $req->body_status); =head2 parse $req->parse() Forces the request to be parsed immediately. In void context, this will throw an APR::Request::Error should the either the query-string or body parser fail. In all other contexts it will return the two parsers' combined I status code $req->body_status || $req->args_status =for testing is $req->parse, $req->body_status || $req->args_status; However C should be avoided in most normal situations. For example, in a mod_perl content handler it is more efficient to write sub handler { my $r = shift; my $req = Apache2::Request->new($r); $r->discard_request_body; # efficiently parses the request body my $parser_status = $req->body_status; #... } Calling C<< $r->discard_request_body >> outside the content handler is generally a mistake, so use C<< $req->parse >> there, but B. The Apache2::Request API is B around a lazy-parsing scheme, so calling C should not affect the behavior of any other methods. =head1 SUBCLASSING Apache2::Request If the instances of your subclass are hash references then you can actually inherit from Apache2::Request as long as the Apache2::Request object is stored in an attribute called "r" or "_r". (The Apache2::Request class effectively does the delegation for you automagically, as long as it knows where to find the Apache2::Request object to delegate to.) For example: package MySubClass; use Apache2::Request; our @ISA = qw(Apache2::Request); sub new { my($class, @args) = @_; return bless { r => Apache2::Request->new(@args) }, $class; } =head1 PORTING from 1.X This is the complete list of changes to existing methods from Apache2::Request 1.X. These issues need to be addressed when porting 1.X apps to the new 2.X API. =over 4 =item * Apache2::Upload is now a separate module. Applications requiring the upload API must C in 2.X. This is easily addressed by preloading the modules during server startup. =item * You must use the C API via C<< scalar $req->args >> or C<< scalar $req->body >> to assign new parameters to the request. You may no longer use the two-argument method calls; e.g. $req->param("foo" => "bar"); # NO: usage error in 2.X $req->args->{foo} = "bar"; # OK: assign to args table $req->body->add(foo => "bar"); # OK: add to body table $req->param->add(foo => "bar"); # NO: this is an expensive noop, # because the param table is # generated by overlaying $req->args # and $req->body. my $params = $req->param; $params->set(foo => "bar"); # OK: sets "foo" entry in $params, which # is a local (args + body) table. Neither # $req->args, $req->body, nor future calls # to $req->param, are affected by mods to # $params. =item * C is now identical to C, and is now deprecated. It may be removed from a future 2.X release. =item * C includes the functionality of C and C, so they are now deprecated and may be removed from a future 2.X release. =back =head1 SEE ALSO L, L, L, L, APR::Table(3). =head1 COPYRIGHT Copyright 2003-2005 The Apache Software Foundation Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.