NAME¶
HTTP::Request::Params - Retrieve GET/POST Parameters from HTTP Requests
SYNOPSIS¶
use HTTP::Request::Params;
my $http_request = read_request();
my $parse_params = HTTP::Request::Params->new({
req => $http_request,
});
my $params = $parse_params->params;
DESCRIPTION¶
This software does all the dirty work of parsing HTTP Requests to find incoming
query parameters.
new¶
my $parser = HTTP::Request::Params->new({
req => $http_request,
});
"req" - This required argument is either an "HTTP::Request"
object or a string containing an entier HTTP Request.
Incoming query parameters come from two places. The first place is the
"query" portion of the URL. Second is the content portion of an HTTP
request as is the case when parsing a POST request, for example.
params¶
my $params = $parser->params;
Returns a hash reference containing all the parameters. The keys in this hash
are the names of the parameters. Values are the values associated with those
parameters in the incoming query. For parameters with multiple values, the
value in this hash will be a list reference. This is the same behaviour as the
"CGI" module's "Vars()" function.
req¶
my $req_object = $parser->req;
Returns the "HTTP::Request" object.
mime¶
my $mime_object = $parser->mime;
Returns the "Email::MIME" object.
Now, you may be wondering why we're dealing with an "Email::MIME"
object. The answer is simple. It's an amazing parser for MIME compliant
messages, and RFC 822 compliant messages. When parsing incoming POST data,
especially file uploads, "Email::MIME" is the perfect fit. It's fast
and light.
SEE ALSO¶
"HTTP::Daemon", HTTP::Request, Email::MIME, CGI, perl.
AUTHOR¶
Casey West, <
casey@geeknest.com>.
COPYRIGHT¶
Copyright (c) 2005 Casey West. All rights reserved.
This module is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.