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Always turn off hyphenation; it makes .\" way too many mistakes in technical documents. .if n .ad l .nh .SH "NAME" Mojolicious::Guides::Cookbook \- Cookbook .SH "OVERVIEW" .IX Header "OVERVIEW" This document contains many fun recipes for cooking with Mojolicious. .SH "DEPLOYMENT" .IX Header "DEPLOYMENT" Getting Mojolicious and Mojolicious::Lite applications running on different platforms. Note that many real-time web features are based on the Mojo::IOLoop event loop, and therefore require one of the built-in web servers to be able to use them to their full potential. .SS "Built-in web server" .IX Subsection "Built-in web server" Mojolicious contains a very portable non-blocking I/O \s-1HTTP\s0 and WebSocket server with Mojo::Server::Daemon. It is usually used during development and in the construction of more advanced web servers, but is solid and fast enough for small to mid sized applications. .PP .Vb 2 \& $ ./script/myapp daemon \& Server available at http://127.0.0.1:3000. .Ve .PP It is available to every application through the command Mojolicious::Command::daemon, which has many configuration options and is known to work on every platform Perl works on with its single-process architecture. .PP .Vb 2 \& $ ./script/myapp daemon \-h \& ...List of available options... .Ve .PP Another huge advantage is that it supports \s-1TLS\s0 and WebSockets out of the box, a development certificate for testing purposes is built right in, so it just works, but you can specify all listen locations supported by \&\*(L"listen\*(R" in Mojo::Server::Daemon. .PP .Vb 2 \& $ ./script/myapp daemon \-l https://[::]:3000 \& Server available at https://[::]:3000. .Ve .PP On \s-1UNIX\s0 platforms you can also add preforking and switch to a multi-process architecture with Mojolicious::Command::prefork, to take advantage of multiple \s-1CPU\s0 cores and copy-on-write. .PP .Vb 2 \& $ ./script/myapp prefork \& Server available at http://127.0.0.1:3000. .Ve .PP Since all built-in web servers are based on the Mojo::IOLoop event loop, they scale best with non-blocking operations. But if your application for some reason needs to perform many blocking operations, you can improve performance by increasing the number of worker processes and decreasing the number of concurrent connections each worker is allowed to handle (often as low as \&\f(CW1\fR). .PP .Vb 2 \& $ ./script/myapp prefork \-m production \-w 10 \-c 1 \& Server available at http://127.0.0.1:3000. .Ve .PP Your application is preloaded in the manager process during startup, to run code whenever a new worker process has been forked you can use \&\*(L"next_tick\*(R" in Mojo::IOLoop. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& \& Mojo::IOLoop\->next_tick(sub { \& app\->log\->info("Worker $$ star...ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!"); \& }); \& \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => {text => \*(AqHello Wor...ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!\*(Aq}; \& \& app\->start; .Ve .SS "Morbo" .IX Subsection "Morbo" After reading the Mojolicious::Lite tutorial, you should already be familiar with Mojo::Server::Morbo. .PP .Vb 2 \& Mojo::Server::Morbo \& +\- Mojo::Server::Daemon .Ve .PP It is basically a restarter that forks a new Mojo::Server::Daemon web server whenever a file in your project changes, and should therefore only be used during development. .PP .Vb 2 \& $ morbo ./script/myapp \& Server available at http://127.0.0.1:3000. .Ve .SS "Hypnotoad" .IX Subsection "Hypnotoad" For bigger applications Mojolicious contains the \s-1UNIX\s0 optimized preforking web server Mojo::Server::Hypnotoad, which can take advantage of multiple \&\s-1CPU\s0 cores and copy-on-write to scale up to thousands of concurrent client connections. .PP .Vb 5 \& Mojo::Server::Hypnotoad \& |\- Mojo::Server::Daemon [1] \& |\- Mojo::Server::Daemon [2] \& |\- Mojo::Server::Daemon [3] \& +\- Mojo::Server::Daemon [4] .Ve .PP It is based on the Mojo::Server::Prefork web server, which adds preforking to Mojo::Server::Daemon, but optimized specifically for production environments out of the box. .PP .Vb 2 \& $ hypnotoad ./script/myapp \& Server available at http://127.0.0.1:8080. .Ve .PP It automatically sets the operating mode to \f(CW\*(C`production\*(C'\fR and you can tweak many configuration settings right from within your application with \&\*(L"config\*(R" in Mojo, for a full list see \*(L"\s-1SETTINGS\*(R"\s0 in Mojo::Server::Hypnotoad. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& \& app\->config(hypnotoad => {listen => [\*(Aqhttp://*:80\*(Aq]}); \& \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => {text => \*(AqHello Wor...ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNOTOAD!\*(Aq}; \& \& app\->start; .Ve .PP Or just add a \f(CW\*(C`hypnotoad\*(C'\fR section to your Mojolicious::Plugin::Config or Mojolicious::Plugin::JSONConfig configuration file. .PP .Vb 7 \& # myapp.conf \& { \& hypnotoad => { \& listen => [\*(Aqhttps://*:443?cert=/etc/server.crt&key=/etc/server.key\*(Aq], \& workers => 10 \& } \& }; .Ve .PP But one of its biggest advantages is the support for effortless zero downtime software upgrades (hot deployment). That means you can upgrade Mojolicious, Perl or even system libraries at runtime without ever stopping the server or losing a single incoming connection, just by running the command above again. .PP .Vb 2 \& $ hypnotoad ./script/myapp \& Starting hot deployment for Hypnotoad server 31841. .Ve .PP You might also want to enable proxy support if you're using Hypnotoad behind a reverse proxy. This allows Mojolicious to automatically pick up the \&\f(CW\*(C`X\-Forwarded\-For\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`X\-Forwarded\-Proto\*(C'\fR headers. .PP .Vb 2 \& # myapp.conf \& {hypnotoad => {proxy => 1}}; .Ve .SS "Zero downtime software upgrades" .IX Subsection "Zero downtime software upgrades" Hypnotoad makes zero downtime software upgrades (hot deployment) very simple, as you can see above, but on modern operating systems that support the \&\f(CW\*(C`SO_REUSEPORT\*(C'\fR socket option, there is also another method available that works with all built-in web servers. .PP .Vb 2 \& $ ./script/myapp prefork \-P /tmp/first.pid \-l http://*:8080?reuse=1 \& Server available at http://127.0.0.1:8080. .Ve .PP All you have to do is start a second web server listening to the same port and stop the first web server gracefully afterwards. .PP .Vb 3 \& $ ./script/myapp prefork \-P /tmp/second.pid \-l http://*:8080?reuse=1 \& Server available at http://127.0.0.1:8080. \& $ kill \-s TERM \`cat /tmp/first.pid\` .Ve .PP Just remember that both web servers need to be started with the \f(CW\*(C`reuse\*(C'\fR parameter. .SS "Nginx" .IX Subsection "Nginx" One of the most popular setups these days is Hypnotoad behind an Nginx reverse proxy, which even supports WebSockets in newer versions. .PP .Vb 10 \& upstream myapp { \& server 127.0.0.1:8080; \& } \& server { \& listen 80; \& server_name localhost; \& location / { \& proxy_pass http://myapp; \& proxy_http_version 1.1; \& proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade; \& proxy_set_header Connection "upgrade"; \& proxy_set_header Host $host; \& proxy_set_header X\-Forwarded\-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for; \& proxy_set_header X\-Forwarded\-Proto "http"; \& } \& } .Ve .SS "Apache/mod_proxy" .IX Subsection "Apache/mod_proxy" Another good reverse proxy is Apache with \&\f(CW\*(C`mod_proxy\*(C'\fR, the configuration looks quite similar to the Nginx one above. .PP .Vb 12 \& \& ServerName localhost \& \& Order deny,allow \& Allow from all \& \& ProxyRequests Off \& ProxyPreserveHost On \& ProxyPass / http://localhost:8080/ keepalive=On \& ProxyPassReverse / http://localhost:8080/ \& RequestHeader set X\-Forwarded\-Proto "http" \& .Ve .SS "Apache/CGI" .IX Subsection "Apache/CGI" \&\f(CW\*(C`CGI\*(C'\fR is supported out of the box and your Mojolicious application will automatically detect that it is executed as a \f(CW\*(C`CGI\*(C'\fR script. It's use in production environments is discouraged though, because as a result of how \&\f(CW\*(C`CGI\*(C'\fR works, it is very slow and many web servers are making it exceptionally hard to configure properly. .PP .Vb 1 \& ScriptAlias / /home/sri/myapp/script/myapp/ .Ve .SS "PSGI/Plack" .IX Subsection "PSGI/Plack" \&\s-1PSGI\s0 is an interface between Perl web frameworks and web servers, and Plack is a Perl module and toolkit that contains \s-1PSGI\s0 middleware, helpers and adapters to web servers. \s-1PSGI\s0 and Plack are inspired by Python's \s-1WSGI\s0 and Ruby's Rack. Mojolicious applications are ridiculously simple to deploy with Plack. .PP .Vb 1 \& $ plackup ./script/myapp .Ve .PP Plack provides many server and protocol adapters for you to choose from, such as \f(CW\*(C`FCGI\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`uWSGI\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`mod_perl\*(C'\fR. .PP .Vb 1 \& $ plackup ./script/myapp \-s FCGI \-l /tmp/myapp.sock .Ve .PP The \f(CW\*(C`MOJO_REVERSE_PROXY\*(C'\fR environment variable can be used to enable proxy support, this allows Mojolicious to automatically pick up the \&\f(CW\*(C`X\-Forwarded\-For\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`X\-Forwarded\-Proto\*(C'\fR headers. .PP .Vb 1 \& $ MOJO_REVERSE_PROXY=1 plackup ./script/myapp .Ve .PP If an older server adapter is unable to correctly detect the application home directory, you can simply use the \f(CW\*(C`MOJO_HOME\*(C'\fR environment variable. .PP .Vb 1 \& $ MOJO_HOME=/home/sri/myapp plackup ./script/myapp .Ve .PP There is no need for a \f(CW\*(C`.psgi\*(C'\fR file, just point the server adapter at your application script, it will automatically act like one if it detects the presence of a \f(CW\*(C`PLACK_ENV\*(C'\fR environment variable. .SS "Plack middleware" .IX Subsection "Plack middleware" Wrapper scripts like \f(CW\*(C`myapp.fcgi\*(C'\fR are a great way to separate deployment and application logic. .PP .Vb 2 \& #!/usr/bin/env plackup \-s FCGI \& use Plack::Builder; \& \& builder { \& enable \*(AqDeflater\*(Aq; \& require \*(Aq./script/myapp\*(Aq; \& }; .Ve .PP Mojo::Server::PSGI can be used directly to load and customize applications in the wrapper script. .PP .Vb 3 \& #!/usr/bin/env plackup \-s FCGI \& use Mojo::Server::PSGI; \& use Plack::Builder; \& \& builder { \& enable \*(AqDeflater\*(Aq; \& my $server = Mojo::Server::PSGI\->new; \& $server\->load_app(\*(Aq./script/myapp\*(Aq); \& $server\->app\->config(foo => \*(Aqbar\*(Aq); \& $server\->to_psgi_app; \& }; .Ve .PP But you could even use middleware right in your application. .PP .Vb 2 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& use Plack::Builder; \& \& get \*(Aq/welcome\*(Aq => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& $c\->render(text => \*(AqHello Mojo!\*(Aq); \& }; \& \& builder { \& enable \*(AqDeflater\*(Aq; \& app\->start; \& }; .Ve .SS "Rewriting" .IX Subsection "Rewriting" Sometimes you might have to deploy your application in a blackbox environment where you can't just change the server configuration or behind a reverse proxy that passes along additional information with \f(CW\*(C`X\-*\*(C'\fR headers. In such cases you can use the hook \*(L"before_dispatch\*(R" in Mojolicious to rewrite incoming requests. .PP .Vb 6 \& # Change scheme if "X\-Forwarded\-HTTPS" header is set \& $app\->hook(before_dispatch => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& $c\->req\->url\->base\->scheme(\*(Aqhttps\*(Aq) \& if $c\->req\->headers\->header(\*(AqX\-Forwarded\-HTTPS\*(Aq); \& }); .Ve .PP Since reverse proxies generally don't pass along information about path prefixes your application might be deployed under, rewriting the base path of incoming requests is also quite common. .PP .Vb 6 \& # Move first part and slash from path to base path in production mode \& $app\->hook(before_dispatch => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& push @{$c\->req\->url\->base\->path\->trailing_slash(1)}, \& shift @{$c\->req\->url\->path\->leading_slash(0)}; \& }) if $app\->mode eq \*(Aqproduction\*(Aq; .Ve .PP Mojo::URL objects are very easy to manipulate, just make sure that the \s-1URL \&\s0(\f(CW\*(C`foo/bar?baz=yada\*(C'\fR), which represents the routing destination, is always relative to the base \s-1URL \s0(\f(CW\*(C`http://example.com/myapp/\*(C'\fR), which represents the deployment location of your application. .SS "Application embedding" .IX Subsection "Application embedding" From time to time you might want to reuse parts of Mojolicious applications like configuration files, database connection or helpers for other scripts, with this little Mojo::Server based mock server you can just embed them. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojo::Server; \& \& # Load application with mock server \& my $server = Mojo::Server\->new; \& my $app = $server\->load_app(\*(Aq./myapp.pl\*(Aq); \& \& # Access fully initialized application \& say for @{$app\->static\->paths}; \& say $app\->config\->{secret_identity}; \& say $app\->dumper({just => \*(Aqa helper test\*(Aq}); \& say $app\->build_controller\->render_to_string(template => \*(Aqfoo\*(Aq); .Ve .PP The plugin Mojolicious::Plugin::Mount uses this functionality to allow you to combine multiple applications into one and deploy them together. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& \& plugin Mount => {\*(Aqtest1.example.com\*(Aq => \*(Aq/home/sri/myapp1.pl\*(Aq}; \& plugin Mount => {\*(Aqtest2.example.com\*(Aq => \*(Aq/home/sri/myapp2.pl\*(Aq}; \& \& app\->start; .Ve .SS "Web server embedding" .IX Subsection "Web server embedding" You can also use \*(L"one_tick\*(R" in Mojo::IOLoop to embed the built-in web server Mojo::Server::Daemon into alien environments like foreign event loops that for some reason can't just be integrated with a new reactor backend. .PP .Vb 3 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& use Mojo::IOLoop; \& use Mojo::Server::Daemon; \& \& # Normal action \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => {text => \*(AqHello World!\*(Aq}; \& \& # Connect application with web server and start accepting connections \& my $daemon \& = Mojo::Server::Daemon\->new(app => app, listen => [\*(Aqhttp://*:8080\*(Aq]); \& $daemon\->start; \& \& # Call "one_tick" repeatedly from the alien environment \& Mojo::IOLoop\->one_tick while 1; .Ve .SH "REAL-TIME WEB" .IX Header "REAL-TIME WEB" The real-time web is a collection of technologies that include Comet (long polling), EventSource and WebSockets, which allow content to be pushed to consumers with long-lived connections as soon as it is generated, instead of relying on the more traditional pull model. All built-in web servers use non-blocking I/O and are based on the Mojo::IOLoop event loop, which provides many very powerful features that allow real-time web applications to scale up to thousands of concurrent client connections. .SS "Backend web services" .IX Subsection "Backend web services" Since Mojo::UserAgent is also based on the Mojo::IOLoop event loop, it won't block the built-in web servers when used non-blocking, even for high latency backend web services. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& \& # Search MetaCPAN for "mojolicious" \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& $c\->ua\->get(\*(Aqapi.metacpan.org/v0/module/_search?q=mojolicious\*(Aq => sub { \& my ($ua, $tx) = @_; \& $c\->render(\*(Aqmetacpan\*(Aq, hits => $tx\->res\->json\->{hits}{hits}); \& }); \& }; \& \& app\->start; \& _\|_DATA_\|_ \& \& @@ metacpan.html.ep \& \& \& MetaCPAN results for "mojolicious" \& \& % for my $hit (@$hits) { \&

<%= $hit\->{_source}{release} %>

\& % } \& \& .Ve .PP Multiple events such as concurrent requests can be easily synchronized with \&\*(L"delay\*(R" in Mojolicious::Plugin::DefaultHelpers, which can help you avoid deep nested closures and memory leaks that often result from continuation-passing style. .PP .Vb 2 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& use Mojo::URL; \& \& # Search MetaCPAN for "mojo" and "minion" \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& \& # Prepare response in two steps \& $c\->delay( \& \& # Concurrent requests \& sub { \& my $delay = shift; \& my $url = Mojo::URL\->new(\*(Aqapi.metacpan.org/v0/module/_search\*(Aq); \& $url\->query({sort => \*(Aqdate:desc\*(Aq}); \& $c\->ua\->get($url\->clone\->query({q => \*(Aqmojo\*(Aq}) => $delay\->begin); \& $c\->ua\->get($url\->clone\->query({q => \*(Aqminion\*(Aq}) => $delay\->begin); \& }, \& \& # Delayed rendering \& sub { \& my ($delay, $mojo, $minion) = @_; \& $c\->render(json => { \& mojo => $mojo\->res\->json(\*(Aq/hits/hits/0/_source/release\*(Aq), \& minion => $minion\->res\->json(\*(Aq/hits/hits/0/_source/release\*(Aq) \& }); \& } \& ); \& }; \& \& app\->start; .Ve .SS "Timers" .IX Subsection "Timers" Another primary feature of the event loop are timers, which are created with \&\*(L"timer\*(R" in Mojo::IOLoop and can for example be used to delay rendering of a response, and unlike \f(CW\*(C`sleep\*(C'\fR, won't block any other requests that might be processed concurrently. .PP .Vb 2 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& use Mojo::IOLoop; \& \& # Wait 3 seconds before rendering a response \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& Mojo::IOLoop\->timer(3 => sub { \& $c\->render(text => \*(AqDelayed by 3 seconds!\*(Aq); \& }); \& }; \& \& app\->start; .Ve .PP Recurring timers created with \*(L"recurring\*(R" in Mojo::IOLoop are slightly more powerful, but need to be stopped manually, or they would just keep getting emitted. .PP .Vb 2 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& use Mojo::IOLoop; \& \& # Count to 5 in 1 second steps \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& \& # Start recurring timer \& my $i = 1; \& my $id = Mojo::IOLoop\->recurring(1 => sub { \& $c\->write_chunk($i); \& $c\->finish if $i++ == 5; \& }); \& \& # Stop recurring timer \& $c\->on(finish => sub { Mojo::IOLoop\->remove($id) }); \& }; \& \& app\->start; .Ve .PP Timers are not tied to a specific request or connection, and can even be created at startup time. .PP .Vb 2 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& use Mojo::IOLoop; \& \& # Check title in the background every 10 seconds \& my $title = \*(AqGot no title yet.\*(Aq; \& Mojo::IOLoop\->recurring(10 => sub { \& app\->ua\->get(\*(Aqhttp://mojolicio.us\*(Aq => sub { \& my ($ua, $tx) = @_; \& $title = $tx\->res\->dom\->at(\*(Aqtitle\*(Aq)\->text; \& }); \& }); \& \& # Show current title \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& $c\->render(json => {title => $title}); \& }; \& \& app\->start; .Ve .PP Just remember that all events are processed cooperatively, so your callbacks shouldn't block for too long. .SS "Exceptions in events" .IX Subsection "Exceptions in events" Since timers and other non-blocking operations are running solely in the event loop, outside of the application, exceptions that get thrown in callbacks can't get caught and handled automatically. But you can handle them manually by subscribing to the event \*(L"error\*(R" in Mojo::Reactor or catching them inside the callback. .PP .Vb 2 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& use Mojo::IOLoop; \& \& # Forward error messages to the application log \& Mojo::IOLoop\->singleton\->reactor\->on(error => sub { \& my ($reactor, $err) = @_; \& app\->log\->error($err); \& }); \& \& # Exception only gets logged (and connection times out) \& get \*(Aq/connection_times_out\*(Aq => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& Mojo::IOLoop\->timer(2 => sub { \& die \*(AqThis request will not be getting a response\*(Aq; \& }); \& }; \& \& # Exception gets caught and handled \& get \*(Aq/catch_exception\*(Aq => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& Mojo::IOLoop\->timer(2 => sub { \& eval { die \*(AqThis request will be getting a response\*(Aq }; \& $c\->reply\->exception($@) if $@; \& }); \& }; \& \& app\->start; .Ve .PP A default subscriber that turns all errors into warnings will usually be added by Mojo::IOLoop as a fallback. .PP .Vb 1 \& Mojo::IOLoop\->singleton\->reactor\->unsubscribe(\*(Aqerror\*(Aq); .Ve .PP During development or for applications where crashing is simply preferable, you can also make every exception that gets thrown in a callback fatal by removing all of its subscribers. .SS "WebSocket web service" .IX Subsection "WebSocket web service" The WebSocket protocol offers full bi-directional low-latency communication channels between clients and servers. Receive messages just by subscribing to events such as \*(L"message\*(R" in Mojo::Transaction::WebSocket with the method \&\*(L"on\*(R" in Mojolicious::Controller and return them with \&\*(L"send\*(R" in Mojolicious::Controller. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& \& # Template with browser\-side code \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => \*(Aqindex\*(Aq; \& \& # WebSocket echo service \& websocket \*(Aq/echo\*(Aq => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& \& # Opened \& $c\->app\->log\->debug(\*(AqWebSocket opened.\*(Aq); \& \& # Increase inactivity timeout for connection a bit \& $c\->inactivity_timeout(300); \& \& # Incoming message \& $c\->on(message => sub { \& my ($c, $msg) = @_; \& $c\->send("echo: $msg"); \& }); \& \& # Closed \& $c\->on(finish => sub { \& my ($c, $code, $reason) = @_; \& $c\->app\->log\->debug("WebSocket closed with status $code."); \& }); \& }; \& \& app\->start; \& _\|_DATA_\|_ \& \& @@ index.html.ep \& \& \& Echo \& \& \& \& .Ve .PP The event \*(L"finish\*(R" in Mojo::Transaction::WebSocket will be emitted right after the WebSocket connection has been closed. .PP .Vb 1 \& $c\->tx\->with_compression; .Ve .PP You can activate \f(CW\*(C`permessage\-deflate\*(C'\fR compression with \&\*(L"with_compression\*(R" in Mojo::Transaction::WebSocket, this can result in much better performance, but also increases memory usage by up to 300KB per connection. .SS "Testing WebSocket web services" .IX Subsection "Testing WebSocket web services" While the message flow on WebSocket connections can be rather dynamic, it more often than not is quite predictable, which allows this rather pleasant Test::Mojo \s-1API\s0 to be used. .PP .Vb 2 \& use Test::More; \& use Test::Mojo; \& \& # Include application \& use FindBin; \& require "$FindBin::Bin/../echo.pl"; \& \& # Test echo web service \& my $t = Test::Mojo\->new; \& $t\->websocket_ok(\*(Aq/echo\*(Aq) \& \->send_ok(\*(AqHello Mojo!\*(Aq) \& \->message_ok \& \->message_is(\*(Aqecho: Hello Mojo!\*(Aq) \& \->finish_ok; \& \& # Test JSON web service \& $t\->websocket_ok(\*(Aq/echo.json\*(Aq) \& \->send_ok({json => {test => [1, 2, 3]}}) \& \->message_ok \& \->json_message_is(\*(Aq/test\*(Aq, [1, 2, 3]) \& \->finish_ok; \& \& done_testing(); .Ve .SS "EventSource web service" .IX Subsection "EventSource web service" EventSource is a special form of long polling where you can use \&\*(L"write\*(R" in Mojolicious::Controller to directly send \s-1DOM\s0 events from servers to clients. It is uni-directional, that means you will have to use Ajax requests for sending data from clients to servers, the advantage however is low infrastructure requirements, since it reuses the \s-1HTTP\s0 protocol for transport. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& \& # Template with browser\-side code \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => \*(Aqindex\*(Aq; \& \& # EventSource for log messages \& get \*(Aq/events\*(Aq => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& \& # Increase inactivity timeout for connection a bit \& $c\->inactivity_timeout(300); \& \& # Change content type \& $c\->res\->headers\->content_type(\*(Aqtext/event\-stream\*(Aq); \& \& # Subscribe to "message" event and forward "log" events to browser \& my $cb = $c\->app\->log\->on(message => sub { \& my ($log, $level, @lines) = @_; \& $c\->write("event:log\endata: [$level] @lines\en\en"); \& }); \& \& # Unsubscribe from "message" event again once we are done \& $c\->on(finish => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& $c\->app\->log\->unsubscribe(message => $cb); \& }); \& }; \& \& app\->start; \& _\|_DATA_\|_ \& \& @@ index.html.ep \& \& \& LiveLog \& \& \& \& .Ve .PP The event \*(L"message\*(R" in Mojo::Log will be emitted for every new log message and the event \*(L"finish\*(R" in Mojo::Transaction right after the transaction has been finished. .SS "Streaming multipart uploads" .IX Subsection "Streaming multipart uploads" Mojolicious contains a very sophisticated event system based on Mojo::EventEmitter, with ready-to-use events on almost all layers, and which can be combined to solve some of hardest problems in web development. .PP .Vb 2 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& use Scalar::Util \*(Aqweaken\*(Aq; \& \& # Intercept multipart uploads and log each chunk received \& hook after_build_tx => sub { \& my $tx = shift; \& \& # Subscribe to "upgrade" event to indentify multipart uploads \& weaken $tx; \& $tx\->req\->content\->on(upgrade => sub { \& my ($single, $multi) = @_; \& return unless $tx\->req\->url\->path\->contains(\*(Aq/upload\*(Aq); \& \& # Subscribe to "part" event to find the right one \& $multi\->on(part => sub { \& my ($multi, $single) = @_; \& \& # Subscribe to "body" event of part to make sure we have all headers \& $single\->on(body => sub { \& my $single = shift; \& \& # Make sure we have the right part and replace "read" event \& return unless $single\->headers\->content_disposition =~ /example/; \& $single\->unsubscribe(\*(Aqread\*(Aq)\->on(read => sub { \& my ($single, $bytes) = @_; \& \& # Log size of every chunk we receive \& app\->log\->debug(length($bytes) . \*(Aq bytes uploaded.\*(Aq); \& }); \& }); \& }); \& }); \& }; \& \& # Upload form in DATA section \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => \*(Aqindex\*(Aq; \& \& # Streaming multipart upload \& post \*(Aq/upload\*(Aq => {text => \*(AqUpload was successful.\*(Aq}; \& \& app\->start; \& _\|_DATA_\|_ \& \& @@ index.html.ep \& \& \& Streaming multipart upload \& \& %= form_for upload => (enctype => \*(Aqmultipart/form\-data\*(Aq) => begin \& %= file_field \*(Aqexample\*(Aq \& %= submit_button \*(AqUpload\*(Aq \& % end \& \& .Ve .SS "Event loops" .IX Subsection "Event loops" Internally the Mojo::IOLoop event loop can use multiple reactor backends, \&\s-1EV\s0 for example will be automatically used if installed. Which in turn allows other event loops like AnyEvent to just work. .PP .Vb 3 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& use EV; \& use AnyEvent; \& \& # Wait 3 seconds before rendering a response \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& my $w; \& $w = AE::timer 3, 0, sub { \& $c\->render(text => \*(AqDelayed by 3 seconds!\*(Aq); \& undef $w; \& }; \& }; \& \& app\->start; .Ve .PP Who actually controls the event loop backend is not important. .PP .Vb 3 \& use Mojo::UserAgent; \& use EV; \& use AnyEvent; \& \& # Search MetaCPAN for "mojolicious" \& my $cv = AE::cv; \& my $ua = Mojo::UserAgent\->new; \& $ua\->get(\*(Aqapi.metacpan.org/v0/module/_search?q=mojolicious\*(Aq => sub { \& my ($ua, $tx) = @_; \& $cv\->send($tx\->res\->json(\*(Aq/hits/hits/0/_source/release\*(Aq)); \& }); \& say $cv\->recv; .Ve .PP You could for example just embed the built-in web server into an AnyEvent application. .PP .Vb 4 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& use Mojo::Server::Daemon; \& use EV; \& use AnyEvent; \& \& # Normal action \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => {text => \*(AqHello World!\*(Aq}; \& \& # Connect application with web server and start accepting connections \& my $daemon \& = Mojo::Server::Daemon\->new(app => app, listen => [\*(Aqhttp://*:8080\*(Aq]); \& $daemon\->start; \& \& # Let AnyEvent take control \& AE::cv\->recv; .Ve .SH "USER AGENT" .IX Header "USER AGENT" When we say Mojolicious is a web framework we actually mean it, with Mojo::UserAgent there's a full featured \s-1HTTP\s0 and WebSocket user agent built right in. .SS "Web scraping" .IX Subsection "Web scraping" Scraping information from web sites has never been this much fun before. The built-in \s-1HTML/XML\s0 parser Mojo::DOM is accessible through \&\*(L"dom\*(R" in Mojo::Message and supports all \s-1CSS\s0 selectors that make sense for a standalone parser, it can be a very powerful tool especially for testing web application. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojo::UserAgent; \& \& # Fetch web site \& my $ua = Mojo::UserAgent\->new; \& my $tx = $ua\->get(\*(Aqmojolicio.us/perldoc\*(Aq); \& \& # Extract title \& say \*(AqTitle: \*(Aq, $tx\->res\->dom\->at(\*(Aqhead > title\*(Aq)\->text; \& \& # Extract headings \& $tx\->res\->dom(\*(Aqh1, h2, h3\*(Aq)\->each(sub { say \*(AqHeading: \*(Aq, shift\->all_text }); \& \& # Visit all nodes recursively to extract more than just text \& for my $n ($tx\->res\->dom\->all_contents\->each) { \& \& # Text or CDATA node \& print $n\->content if $n\->node eq \*(Aqtext\*(Aq || $n\->node eq \*(Aqcdata\*(Aq; \& \& # Also include alternate text for images \& print $n\->{alt} if $n\->node eq \*(Aqtag\*(Aq && $n\->type eq \*(Aqimg\*(Aq; \& } .Ve .PP For a full list of available \s-1CSS\s0 selectors see \*(L"\s-1SELECTORS\*(R"\s0 in Mojo::DOM::CSS. .SS "\s-1JSON\s0 web services" .IX Subsection "JSON web services" Most web services these days are based on the \s-1JSON\s0 data-interchange format. That's why Mojolicious comes with the possibly fastest pure-Perl implementation Mojo::JSON built right in, it is accessible through \&\*(L"json\*(R" in Mojo::Message. .PP .Vb 2 \& use Mojo::UserAgent; \& use Mojo::URL; \& \& # Fresh user agent \& my $ua = Mojo::UserAgent\->new; \& \& # Search MetaCPAN for "mojolicious" and list latest releases \& my $url = Mojo::URL\->new(\*(Aqhttp://api.metacpan.org/v0/release/_search\*(Aq); \& $url\->query({q => \*(Aqmojolicious\*(Aq, sort => \*(Aqdate:desc\*(Aq}); \& for my $hit (@{$ua\->get($url)\->res\->json\->{hits}{hits}}) { \& say "$hit\->{_source}{name} ($hit\->{_source}{author})"; \& } .Ve .SS "Basic authentication" .IX Subsection "Basic authentication" You can just add username and password to the \s-1URL,\s0 an \f(CW\*(C`Authorization\*(C'\fR header will be automatically generated. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojo::UserAgent; \& \& my $ua = Mojo::UserAgent\->new; \& say $ua\->get(\*(Aqhttps://sri:secret@example.com/hideout\*(Aq)\->res\->body; .Ve .SS "Decorating followup requests" .IX Subsection "Decorating followup requests" Mojo::UserAgent can automatically follow redirects, the event \&\*(L"start\*(R" in Mojo::UserAgent allows you direct access to each transaction right after they have been initialized and before a connection gets associated with them. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojo::UserAgent; \& \& # User agent following up to 10 redirects \& my $ua = Mojo::UserAgent\->new(max_redirects => 10); \& \& # Add a witty header to every request \& $ua\->on(start => sub { \& my ($ua, $tx) = @_; \& $tx\->req\->headers\->header(\*(AqX\-Bender\*(Aq => \*(AqBite my shiny metal ass!\*(Aq); \& say \*(AqRequest: \*(Aq, $tx\->req\->url\->clone\->to_abs; \& }); \& \& # Request that will most likely get redirected \& say \*(AqTitle: \*(Aq, $ua\->get(\*(Aqgoogle.com\*(Aq)\->res\->dom\->at(\*(Aqhead > title\*(Aq)\->text; .Ve .PP This even works for proxy \f(CW\*(C`CONNECT\*(C'\fR requests. .SS "Content generators" .IX Subsection "Content generators" Content generators can be registered with \&\*(L"add_generator\*(R" in Mojo::UserAgent::Transactor to generate the same type of content repeatedly for multiple requests. .PP .Vb 2 \& use Mojo::UserAgent; \& use Mojo::Asset::File; \& \& # Add "stream" generator \& my $ua = Mojo::UserAgent\->new; \& $ua\->transactor\->add_generator(stream => sub { \& my ($transactor, $tx, $path) = @_; \& $tx\->req\->content\->asset(Mojo::Asset::File\->new(path => $path)); \& }); \& \& # Send multiple files streaming via PUT and POST \& $ua\->put(\*(Aqhttp://example.com/upload\*(Aq => stream => \*(Aq/home/sri/mojo.png\*(Aq); \& $ua\->post(\*(Aqhttp://example.com/upload\*(Aq => stream => \*(Aq/home/sri/minion.png\*(Aq); .Ve .PP The \f(CW\*(C`json\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`form\*(C'\fR content generators are always available. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojo::UserAgent; \& \& # Send "application/json" content via PATCH \& my $ua = Mojo::UserAgent\->new; \& my $tx = $ua\->patch(\*(Aqhttp://api.example.com\*(Aq => json => {foo => \*(Aqbar\*(Aq}); \& \& # Send query parameters via GET \& my $tx2 = $ua\->get(\*(Aqhttp://search.example.com\*(Aq => form => {q => \*(Aqtest\*(Aq}); \& \& # Send "application/x\-www\-form\-urlencoded" content via POST \& my $tx3 = $ua\->post(\*(Aqhttp://search.example.com\*(Aq => form => {q => \*(Aqtest\*(Aq}); \& \& # Send "multipart/form\-data" content via PUT \& my $tx4 = $ua\->put(\*(Aqhttp://upload.example.com\*(Aq => \& form => {test => {content => \*(AqHello World!\*(Aq}}); .Ve .PP For more information about available content generators see also \&\*(L"tx\*(R" in Mojo::UserAgent::Transactor. .SS "Large file downloads" .IX Subsection "Large file downloads" When downloading large files with Mojo::UserAgent you don't have to worry about memory usage at all, because it will automatically stream everything above 250KB into a temporary file, which can then be moved into a permanent file with \*(L"move_to\*(R" in Mojo::Asset::File. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojo::UserAgent; \& \& # Lets fetch the latest Mojolicious tarball \& my $ua = Mojo::UserAgent\->new(max_redirects => 5); \& my $tx = $ua\->get(\*(Aqhttps://www.github.com/kraih/mojo/tarball/master\*(Aq); \& $tx\->res\->content\->asset\->move_to(\*(Aqmojo.tar.gz\*(Aq); .Ve .PP To protect you from excessively large files there is also a limit of 10MB by default, which you can tweak with the attribute \&\*(L"max_message_size\*(R" in Mojo::Message or \f(CW\*(C`MOJO_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE\*(C'\fR environment variable. .PP .Vb 2 \& # Increase limit to 1GB \& $ENV{MOJO_MAX_MESSAGE_SIZE} = 1073741824; .Ve .SS "Large file upload" .IX Subsection "Large file upload" Uploading a large file is even easier. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojo::UserAgent; \& \& # Upload file via POST and "multipart/form\-data" \& my $ua = Mojo::UserAgent\->new; \& $ua\->post(\*(Aqexample.com/upload\*(Aq => \& form => {image => {file => \*(Aq/home/sri/hello.png\*(Aq}}); .Ve .PP And once again you don't have to worry about memory usage, all data will be streamed directly from the file. .SS "Streaming response" .IX Subsection "Streaming response" Receiving a streaming response can be really tricky in most \s-1HTTP\s0 clients, but Mojo::UserAgent makes it actually easy. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojo::UserAgent; \& \& # Build a normal transaction \& my $ua = Mojo::UserAgent\->new; \& my $tx = $ua\->build_tx(GET => \*(Aqhttp://example.com\*(Aq); \& \& # Accept response of indefinite size \& $tx\->res\->max_message_size(0); \& \& # Replace "read" events to disable default content parser \& $tx\->res\->content\->unsubscribe(\*(Aqread\*(Aq)\->on(read => sub { \& my ($content, $bytes) = @_; \& say "Streaming: $bytes"; \& }); \& \& # Process transaction \& $tx = $ua\->start($tx); .Ve .PP The event \*(L"read\*(R" in Mojo::Content will be emitted for every chunk of data that is received, even \f(CW\*(C`chunked\*(C'\fR encoding and gzip compression will be handled transparently if necessary. .SS "Streaming request" .IX Subsection "Streaming request" Sending a streaming request is almost just as easy. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojo::UserAgent; \& \& # Build a normal transaction \& my $ua = Mojo::UserAgent\->new; \& my $tx = $ua\->build_tx(GET => \*(Aqhttp://example.com\*(Aq); \& \& # Prepare body \& my $body = \*(AqHello world!\*(Aq; \& $tx\->req\->headers\->content_length(length $body); \& \& # Start writing directly with a drain callback \& my $drain; \& $drain = sub { \& my $content = shift; \& my $chunk = substr $body, 0, 1, \*(Aq\*(Aq; \& $drain = undef unless length $body; \& $content\->write($chunk, $drain); \& }; \& $tx\->req\->content\->$drain; \& \& # Process transaction \& $tx = $ua\->start($tx); .Ve .PP The drain callback passed to \*(L"write\*(R" in Mojo::Content will be invoked whenever the entire previous chunk has actually been written. .SS "Non-blocking" .IX Subsection "Non-blocking" Mojo::UserAgent has been designed from the ground up to be non-blocking, the whole blocking \s-1API\s0 is just a simple convenience wrapper. Especially for high latency tasks like web crawling this can be extremely useful, because you can keep many concurrent connections active at the same time. .PP .Vb 2 \& use Mojo::UserAgent; \& use Mojo::IOLoop; \& \& # Concurrent non\-blocking requests \& my $ua = Mojo::UserAgent\->new; \& $ua\->get(\*(Aqhttp://metacpan.org/search?q=mojo\*(Aq => sub { \& my ($ua, $mojo) = @_; \& ... \& }); \& $ua\->get(\*(Aqhttp://metacpan.org/search?q=minion\*(Aq => sub { \& my ($ua, $minion) = @_; \& ... \& }); \& \& # Start event loop if necessary \& Mojo::IOLoop\->start unless Mojo::IOLoop\->is_running; .Ve .PP You can take full control of the Mojo::IOLoop event loop. .SS "Concurrent blocking requests" .IX Subsection "Concurrent blocking requests" You can emulate blocking behavior by using \*(L"delay\*(R" in Mojo::IOLoop to synchronize multiple non-blocking requests. .PP .Vb 2 \& use Mojo::UserAgent; \& use Mojo::IOLoop; \& \& # Synchronize non\-blocking requests \& my $ua = Mojo::UserAgent\->new; \& my $delay = Mojo::IOLoop\->delay(sub { \& my ($delay, $mojo, $minion) = @_; \& ... \& }); \& $ua\->get(\*(Aqhttp://metacpan.org/search?q=mojo\*(Aq => $delay\->begin); \& $ua\->get(\*(Aqhttp://metacpan.org/search?q=minion\*(Aq => $delay\->begin); \& $delay\->wait; .Ve .PP The call to \*(L"wait\*(R" in Mojo::IOLoop::Delay makes this code portable, it can now work inside an already running event loop or start one on demand. .SS "WebSockets" .IX Subsection "WebSockets" WebSockets are not just for the server-side, you can use \&\*(L"websocket\*(R" in Mojo::UserAgent to open new connections, which are always non-blocking. The handshake is a normal \s-1HTTP\s0 request with a few additional headers, it can even contain cookies, followed by a \f(CW101\fR response from the server notifying our user agent that the connection has been established and it can start using the bi-directional WebSocket protocol. .PP .Vb 2 \& use Mojo::UserAgent; \& use Mojo::IOLoop; \& \& # Open WebSocket to echo service \& my $ua = Mojo::UserAgent\->new; \& $ua\->websocket(\*(Aqws://echo.websocket.org\*(Aq => sub { \& my ($ua, $tx) = @_; \& \& # Check if WebSocket handshake was successful \& say \*(AqWebSocket handshake failed!\*(Aq and return unless $tx\->is_websocket; \& \& # Wait for WebSocket to be closed \& $tx\->on(finish => sub { \& my ($tx, $code, $reason) = @_; \& say "WebSocket closed with status $code."; \& }); \& \& # Close WebSocket after receiving one message \& $tx\->on(message => sub { \& my ($tx, $msg) = @_; \& say "WebSocket message: $msg"; \& $tx\->finish; \& }); \& \& # Send a message to the server \& $tx\->send(\*(AqHi!\*(Aq); \& }); \& \& # Start event loop if necessary \& Mojo::IOLoop\->start unless Mojo::IOLoop\->is_running; .Ve .SS "Command line" .IX Subsection "Command line" Don't you hate checking huge \s-1HTML\s0 files from the command line? Thanks to the command Mojolicious::Command::get that is about to change. You can just pick the parts that actually matter with the \s-1CSS\s0 selectors from Mojo::DOM and \s-1JSON\s0 Pointers from Mojo::JSON::Pointer. .PP .Vb 1 \& $ mojo get http://mojolicio.us \*(Aqhead > title\*(Aq .Ve .PP How about a list of all id attributes? .PP .Vb 1 \& $ mojo get http://mojolicio.us \*(Aq*\*(Aq attr id .Ve .PP Or the text content of all heading tags? .PP .Vb 1 \& $ mojo get http://mojolicio.us \*(Aqh1, h2, h3\*(Aq text .Ve .PP Maybe just the text of the third heading? .PP .Vb 1 \& $ mojo get http://mojolicio.us \*(Aqh1, h2, h3\*(Aq 3 text .Ve .PP You can also extract all text from nested child elements. .PP .Vb 1 \& $ mojo get http://mojolicio.us \*(Aq#mojobar\*(Aq all .Ve .PP The request can be customized as well. .PP .Vb 2 \& $ mojo get \-M POST \-c \*(AqHello!\*(Aq http://mojolicio.us \& $ mojo get \-H \*(AqX\-Bender: Bite my shiny metal ass!\*(Aq http://google.com .Ve .PP You can follow redirects and view the headers for all messages. .PP .Vb 1 \& $ mojo get \-r \-v http://google.com \*(Aqhead > title\*(Aq .Ve .PP Extract just the information you really need from \s-1JSON\s0 data structures. .PP .Vb 1 \& $ mojo get https://api.metacpan.org/v0/author/SRI /name .Ve .PP This can be an invaluable tool for testing your applications. .PP .Vb 1 \& $ ./myapp.pl get /welcome \*(Aqhead > title\*(Aq .Ve .SS "One-liners" .IX Subsection "One-liners" For quick hacks and especially testing, ojo one-liners are also a great choice. .PP .Vb 1 \& $ perl \-Mojo \-E \*(Aqsay g("mojolicio.us")\->dom\->html\->head\->title\->text\*(Aq .Ve .SH "APPLICATIONS" .IX Header "APPLICATIONS" Fun Mojolicious application hacks for all occasions. .SS "Basic authentication" .IX Subsection "Basic authentication" Basic authentication data will be automatically extracted from the \&\f(CW\*(C`Authorization\*(C'\fR header. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& \& # Check for username "Bender" and password "rocks" \& return $c\->render(text => \*(AqHello Bender!\*(Aq) \& if $c\->req\->url\->to_abs\->userinfo eq \*(AqBender:rocks\*(Aq; \& \& # Require authentication \& $c\->res\->headers\->www_authenticate(\*(AqBasic\*(Aq); \& $c\->render(text => \*(AqAuthentication required!\*(Aq, status => 401); \& }; \& \& app\->start; .Ve .PP This can be combined with \s-1TLS\s0 for a secure authentication mechanism. .PP .Vb 1 \& $ ./myapp.pl daemon \-l \*(Aqhttps://*:3000?cert=./server.crt&key=./server.key\*(Aq .Ve .SS "Adding a configuration file" .IX Subsection "Adding a configuration file" Adding a configuration file to your application is as easy as adding a file to its home directory and loading the plugin Mojolicious::Plugin::Config. The default name is based on the value of \*(L"moniker\*(R" in Mojolicious (\f(CW\*(C`myapp\*(C'\fR), appended with a \f(CW\*(C`.conf\*(C'\fR extension (\f(CW\*(C`myapp.conf\*(C'\fR). .PP .Vb 5 \& $ mkdir myapp \& $ cd myapp \& $ touch myapp.pl \& $ chmod 744 myapp.pl \& $ echo \*(Aq{name => "my Mojolicious application"};\*(Aq > myapp.conf .Ve .PP Configuration files themselves are just Perl scripts that return a hash reference, all settings are available through the method \*(L"config\*(R" in Mojo and the helper \*(L"config\*(R" in Mojolicious::Plugin::DefaultHelpers .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& \& plugin \*(AqConfig\*(Aq; \& \& my $name = app\->config(\*(Aqname\*(Aq); \& app\->log\->debug("Welcome to $name."); \& \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => \*(Aqwith_config\*(Aq; \& \& app\->start; \& _\|_DATA_\|_ \& @@ with_config.html.ep \& \& \& <%= config \*(Aqname\*(Aq %> \& Welcome to <%= config \*(Aqname\*(Aq %> \& .Ve .PP Alternatively you can also use configuration files in the \s-1JSON\s0 format with Mojolicious::Plugin::JSONConfig. .SS "Adding a plugin to your application" .IX Subsection "Adding a plugin to your application" To organize your code better and to prevent helpers from cluttering your application, you can use application specific plugins. .PP .Vb 2 \& $ mkdir \-p lib/MyApp/Plugin \& $ touch lib/MyApp/Plugin/MyHelpers.pm .Ve .PP They work just like normal plugins and are also subclasses of Mojolicious::Plugin. Nested helpers with a prefix based on the plugin name are an easy way to avoid conflicts. .PP .Vb 2 \& package MyApp::Plugin::MyHelpers; \& use Mojo::Base \*(AqMojolicious::Plugin\*(Aq; \& \& sub register { \& my ($self, $app) = @_; \& $app\->helper(\*(Aqmy_helpers.render_with_header\*(Aq => sub { \& my ($c, @args) = @_; \& $c\->res\->headers\->header(\*(AqX\-Mojo\*(Aq => \*(AqI <3 Mojolicious!\*(Aq); \& $c\->render(@args); \& }); \& } \& \& 1; .Ve .PP You can have as many application specific plugins as you like, the only difference to normal plugins is that you load them using their full class name. .PP .Vb 1 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& \& use lib \*(Aqlib\*(Aq; \& \& plugin \*(AqMyApp::Plugin::MyHelpers\*(Aq; \& \& get \*(Aq/\*(Aq => sub { \& my $c = shift; \& $c\->my_helpers\->render_with_header(text => \*(AqI X Mojolicious!\*(Aq); \& }; \& \& app\->start; .Ve .PP Of course these plugins can contain more than just helpers, take a look at \&\*(L"\s-1PLUGINS\*(R"\s0 in Mojolicious::Plugins for a few ideas. .SS "Adding commands to Mojolicious" .IX Subsection "Adding commands to Mojolicious" By now you've probably used many of the built-in commands described in Mojolicious::Commands, but did you know that you can just add new ones and that they will be picked up automatically by the command line interface? .PP .Vb 2 \& package Mojolicious::Command::spy; \& use Mojo::Base \*(AqMojolicious::Command\*(Aq; \& \& has description => \*(AqSpy on application.\*(Aq; \& has usage => "Usage: APPLICATION spy [TARGET]\en"; \& \& sub run { \& my ($self, @args) = @_; \& \& # Leak secret passphrases \& say for @{$self\->app\->secrets} if $args[0] eq \*(Aqsecrets\*(Aq; \& \& # Leak mode \& say $self\->app\->mode if $args[0] eq \*(Aqmode\*(Aq; \& } \& \& 1; .Ve .PP Command line arguments are passed right through and there are many useful attributes and methods in Mojolicious::Command that you can use or overload. .PP .Vb 2 \& $ mojo spy secrets \& HelloWorld \& \& $ ./myapp.pl spy secrets \& secr3t .Ve .PP And to make your commands application specific, just add a custom namespace to \&\*(L"namespaces\*(R" in Mojolicious::Commands. .PP .Vb 3 \& # Application \& package MyApp; \& use Mojo::Base \*(AqMojolicious\*(Aq; \& \& sub startup { \& my $self = shift; \& \& # Add another namespace to load commands from \& push @{$self\->commands\->namespaces}, \*(AqMyApp::Command\*(Aq; \& } \& \& 1; .Ve .PP Some options like \f(CW\*(C`\-m\*(C'\fR for the operating mode of your application are shared by all commands automatically. .PP .Vb 2 \& $ ./myapp.pl spy \-m production mode \& production .Ve .PP For a full list of shared options see \*(L"\s-1SYNOPSIS\*(R"\s0 in Mojolicious::Commands. .SS "Running code against your application" .IX Subsection "Running code against your application" Ever thought about running a quick one-liner against your Mojolicious application to test something? Thanks to the command Mojolicious::Command::eval you can do just that, the application object itself can be accessed via \f(CW\*(C`app\*(C'\fR. .PP .Vb 2 \& $ mojo generate lite_app myapp.pl \& $ ./myapp.pl eval \*(Aqsay for @{app\->static\->paths}\*(Aq .Ve .PP The \f(CW\*(C`verbose\*(C'\fR options will automatically print the return value or returned data structure to \f(CW\*(C`STDOUT\*(C'\fR. .PP .Vb 2 \& $ ./myapp.pl eval \-v \*(Aqapp\->static\->paths\->[0]\*(Aq \& $ ./myapp.pl eval \-V \*(Aqapp\->static\->paths\*(Aq .Ve .SS "Making your application installable" .IX Subsection "Making your application installable" Ever thought about releasing your Mojolicious application to \s-1CPAN\s0? It's actually much easier than you might think. .PP .Vb 4 \& $ mojo generate app MyApp \& $ cd my_app \& $ mv public lib/MyApp/ \& $ mv templates lib/MyApp/ .Ve .PP The trick is to move the \f(CW\*(C`public\*(C'\fR and \f(CW\*(C`templates\*(C'\fR directories so they can get automatically installed with the modules. .PP .Vb 3 \& # Application \& package MyApp; \& use Mojo::Base \*(AqMojolicious\*(Aq; \& \& use File::Basename \*(Aqdirname\*(Aq; \& use File::Spec::Functions \*(Aqcatdir\*(Aq; \& \& # Every CPAN module needs a version \& our $VERSION = \*(Aq1.0\*(Aq; \& \& sub startup { \& my $self = shift; \& \& # Switch to installable home directory \& $self\->home\->parse(catdir(dirname(_\|_FILE_\|_), \*(AqMyApp\*(Aq)); \& \& # Switch to installable "public" directory \& $self\->static\->paths\->[0] = $self\->home\->rel_dir(\*(Aqpublic\*(Aq); \& \& # Switch to installable "templates" directory \& $self\->renderer\->paths\->[0] = $self\->home\->rel_dir(\*(Aqtemplates\*(Aq); \& \& $self\->plugin(\*(AqPODRenderer\*(Aq); \& \& my $r = $self\->routes; \& $r\->get(\*(Aq/welcome\*(Aq)\->to(\*(Aqexample#welcome\*(Aq); \& } \& \& 1; .Ve .PP That's really everything, now you can package your application like any other \&\s-1CPAN\s0 module. .PP .Vb 5 \& $ ./script/my_app generate makefile \& $ perl Makefile.PL \& $ make test \& $ make manifest \& $ make dist .Ve .PP And if you have a \s-1PAUSE\s0 account (which can be requested at ) even upload it. .PP .Vb 1 \& $ mojo cpanify \-u USER \-p PASS MyApp\-0.01.tar.gz .Ve .SS "Hello World" .IX Subsection "Hello World" If every byte matters this is the smallest \f(CW\*(C`Hello World\*(C'\fR application you can write with Mojolicious::Lite. .PP .Vb 3 \& use Mojolicious::Lite; \& any {text => \*(AqHello World!\*(Aq}; \& app\->start; .Ve .PP It works because all routes without a pattern default to \f(CW\*(C`/\*(C'\fR and automatic rendering kicks in even if no actual code gets executed by the router. The renderer just picks up the \f(CW\*(C`text\*(C'\fR value from the stash and generates a response. .SS "Hello World one-liners" .IX Subsection "Hello World one-liners" The \f(CW\*(C`Hello World\*(C'\fR example above can get even a little bit shorter in an ojo one-liner. .PP .Vb 1 \& $ perl \-Mojo \-E \*(Aqa({text => "Hello World!"})\->start\*(Aq daemon .Ve .PP And you can use all the commands from Mojolicious::Commands. .PP .Vb 1 \& $ perl \-Mojo \-E \*(Aqa({text => "Hello World!"})\->start\*(Aq get \-v / .Ve .SH "MORE" .IX Header "MORE" You can continue with Mojolicious::Guides now or take a look at the Mojolicious wiki , which contains a lot more documentation and examples by many different authors. .SH "SUPPORT" .IX Header "SUPPORT" If you have any questions the documentation might not yet answer, don't hesitate to ask on the mailing-list or the official \s-1IRC\s0 channel \f(CW\*(C`#mojo\*(C'\fR on \f(CW\*(C`irc.perl.org\*(C'\fR.