# NAME

# NAME

HTTP::Entity::Parser - PSGI compliant HTTP Entity Parser

# SYNOPSIS

use HTTP::Entity::Parser;

my $parser = HTTP::Entity::Parser->new;
$parser->register('application/x-www-form-urlencoded','HTTP::Entity::Parser::UrlEncoded');
$parser->register('multipart/form-data','HTTP::Entity::Parser::MultiPart');
$parser->register('application/json','HTTP::Entity::Parser::JSON');

sub app {
my $env = shift;
my ( $params, $uploads) = $parser->parse($env);
}

# DESCRIPTION

HTTP::Entity::Parser is a PSGI-compliant HTTP Entity parser. This module also is compatible
with [HTTP::Body](https://metacpan.org/pod/HTTP%3A%3ABody). Unlike HTTP::Body, HTTP::Entity::Parser reads HTTP entities from
PSGI's environment `$env->{'psgi.input'}` and parses it.
This module supports application/x-www-form-urlencoded, multipart/form-data and application/json.

# METHODS

- new( buffer\_length => $length:Intger)

Create the instance.

- buffer\_length

The buffer length that HTTP::Entity::Parser reads from psgi.input. 16384 by default.

- register($content\_type:String, $class:String, $opts:HashRef)

Register parser class.

$parser->register('application/x-www-form-urlencoded','HTTP::Entity::Parser::UrlEncoded');
$parser->register('multipart/form-data','HTTP::Entity::Parser::MultiPart');
$parser->register('application/json','HTTP::Entity::Parser::JSON');

If the request content\_type matches the registered type, HTTP::Entity::Parser uses the registered
parser class. If content\_type does not match any registered type, HTTP::Entity::Parser::OctetStream is used.

- parse($env:HashRef)

parse HTTP entities from PSGI's env.

my ( $params:ArrayRef, $uploads:ArrayRef) = $parser->parse($env);

`$param` is a key-value pair list.

my ( $params, $uploads) = $parser->parse($env);
my $body_parameters = Hash::MultiValue->new(@$params);

`$uploads` is an ArrayRef of HashRef.

my ( $params, $uploads) = $parser->parse($env);
warn Dumper($uploads->[0]);
{
"name" => "upload", #field name
"headers" => [
"Content-Type" => "application/octet-stream",
"Content-Disposition" => "form-data; name=\"upload\"; filename=\"hello.pl\""
],
"size" => 78, #size of upload content
"filename" => "hello.png", #original filename in the client
"tempname" => "/tmp/XXXXX", # path to the temporary file where uploaded file is saved
}

When used with [Plack::Request::Upload](https://metacpan.org/pod/Plack%3A%3ARequest%3A%3AUpload):

my ( $params, $uploads) = $parser->parse($env);
my $upload_hmv = Hash::MultiValue->new();
while ( my ($k,$v) = splice @$uploads, 0, 2 ) {
my %copy = %$v;
$copy{headers} = HTTP::Headers::Fast->new(@{$v->{headers}});
$upload_hmv->add($k, Plack::Request::Upload->new(%copy));
}

# PARSERS

- OctetStream

Default parser, This parser does not parse entity, always return empty list.

- UrlEncoded

For `application/x-www-form-urlencoded`. It is used for HTTP POST without file upload

- MultiPart

For `multipart/form-data`. It is used for HTTP POST contains file upload.

MultiPart parser use [HTTP::MultiPartParser](https://metacpan.org/pod/HTTP%3A%3AMultiPartParser).

- JSON

For `application/json`. This parser decodes JSON body automatically.

It is convenient to use with Ajax forms.

# WHAT'S DIFFERENT FROM HTTP::Body

HTTP::Entity::Parser accept PSGI's env and read body from it.

HTTP::Entity::Parser is able to choose parsers by the instance, HTTP::Body requires to modify global variables.

# SEE ALSO

- [HTTP::Body](https://metacpan.org/pod/HTTP%3A%3ABody)
- [HTTP::MultiPartParser](https://metacpan.org/pod/HTTP%3A%3AMultiPartParser)
- [Plack::Request](https://metacpan.org/pod/Plack%3A%3ARequest)
- [WWW::Form::UrlEncoded](https://metacpan.org/pod/WWW%3A%3AForm%3A%3AUrlEncoded)

HTTP::Entity::Parser uses this for parse application/x-www-form-urlencoded

# LICENSE

Copyright (C) Masahiro Nagano.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.

# AUTHOR

Masahiro Nagano <[email protected]>

Tokuhiro Matsuno <[email protected]>

This module is based on tokuhirom's code, see [https://github.com/plack/Plack/pull/434](https://github.com/plack/Plack/pull/434)