Web-Request-Role-Response/lib/Web/Request/Role/Response.pm
package Web::Request::Role::Response;
# ABSTRACT: Generate various HTTP responses from a Web::Request
our $VERSION = '1.008'; # VERSION
use 5.010;
use Moose::Role;
use Web::Response;
sub redirect {
my ( $self, $target, $status ) = @_;
if ( ref($target) eq 'HASH' ) {
$target = $self->uri_for($target);
}
my $res = $self->new_response();
$res->redirect( $target, $status );
$res->content("Redirecting to: $target");
return $res;
}
sub permanent_redirect {
my ( $self, $target ) = @_;
return $self->redirect( $target, 301 );
}
sub file_download_response { # TODO make it stream?
my ( $self, $content_type, $data, $filename ) = @_;
return Web::Response->new(
status => 200,
headers => [
'content_type' => $content_type,
'content_disposition' => 'attachment; filename=' . $filename
],
content => $data,
);
}
sub no_content_response {
my $self = shift;
return $self->new_response( status => 204, );
}
my $transparent_gif = pack( 'H*',
'47494638396101000100800000000000ffffff21f90401000000002c000000000100010000020144003b'
);
sub transparent_gif_response {
my $self = shift;
# cannot use $self->new_reponse here, because this would reuse the
# encoding_object of the request, which will mangle the binary
# response
return Web::Response->new(
status => 200,
headers => [
'content-type' => 'image/gif',
'content-length' => length($transparent_gif),
],
content => $transparent_gif,
);
}
1;
__END__
=pod
=encoding UTF-8
=head1 NAME
Web::Request::Role::Response - Generate various HTTP responses from a Web::Request
=head1 VERSION
version 1.008
=head1 SYNOPSIS
# Create a request handler
package My::App::Request;
use Moose;
extends 'Web::Request';
with 'Web::Request::Role::Response';
# Make sure your app uses your request handler, e.g. using OX:
package My::App::OX;
sub request_class {'My::App::Request'}
# in some controller action:
# redirect
$req->redirect('/');
$req->permanent_redirect('/foo');
# return 204 no content
$req->no_content_response;
# return a transparent 1x1 gif (eg as a tracking pixle)
$req->transparent_gif_response;
# file download
$req->file_download_response( 'text/csv', $data, 'your_export.csv' );
=head1 DESCRIPTION
C<Web::Request::Role::JSON> provides a few methods that make generating HTTP responses easier when using L<Web::Request>.
Please note that all methods return a L<Web::Response> object.
Depending on the framework you use (or lack thereof), you might have
to call C<finalize> on the response object to turn it into a valid
PSGI response.
=head2 METHODS
=head3 redirect
$req->redirect( '/some/location' );
$req->redirect( $ref_uri_for );
$req->redirect( 'http://example.com', 307 );
Redirect to the given location. The location can be a string
representing an absolute or relative URL. You can also pass a ref,
which will be resolved by calling C<uri_for> on the request object -
so be sure that your request object has this method (extra points if
the method also returns something meaningful)!
You can pass a HTTP status code as a second parameter. It's probably
smart to use one that makes sense in a redirecting context...
=head3 permanent_redirect
$req->permanent_redirect( 'http://we.moved.here' );
Similar to C<redirect>, but will issue a permanent redirect (who would
have thought!) using HTTP status code C<301>.
=head3 file_download_response
$req->file_download_response( $content-type, $data, $filename );
Generate a "Download-File" response. Useful if your app returns a
CSV/Spreadsheet/MP3 etc. You have to provide the correct content-type,
the data in the correct encoding and a meaningful filename.
=head3 no_content_response
$req->no_content_response
Returns C<204 No Content>.
=head3 transparent_gif_response
$req->transparent_gif_response
Returns a transparent 1x1 pixel GIF. Useful as the response of a
tracking URL.
=head1 THANKS
Thanks to
=over
=item *
L<validad.com|https://www.validad.com/> for supporting Open Source.
=item * L<choroba|https://github.com/choroba> for improvements to the test suite.
=back
=head1 AUTHOR
Thomas Klausner <domm@plix.at>
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2017 - 2021 by Thomas Klausner.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
=cut