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, <
[email protected]>.
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.
