NAME

NetSDS::App::FCGI - FastCGI applications superclass

SYNOPSIS

        # Run application
        MyFCGI->run();
        1;
        # Application package itself
        package MyFCGI;
        use base 'NetSDS::App::FCGI';
        sub process {
                my ($self) = @_;
                $self->data('Hello World');
                $self->mime('text/plain');
                $self->charset('utf-8');
        }

DESCRIPTION

"NetSDS::App::FCGI" module contains superclass for FastCGI applications. This class is based on "NetSDS::App" module and inherits all its functionality like logging, configuration processing, etc.

CLASS API

new(%params) - class constructor

Normally constructor of application framework shouldn't be invoked directly.

cgi() - accessor to CGI.pm request handler

        my $https_header = $self->cgi->https('X-Some-Header');

status([$new_status]) - set response HTTP status

Paramters: new status to set

Returns: response status value

        $self->status('200 OK');

mime() - set response MIME type

Paramters: new MIME type for response

        $self->mime('text/xml'); # output will be XML data

charset() - set response character set if necessary

        $self->mime('text/plain');
        $self->charset('koi8-r'); # ouput as KOI8-R text

data($new_data) - set response data

Paramters: new data "as is"

        $self->mime('text/plain');
        $self->data('Hello world!');

redirect($redirect_url) - send HTTP redirect

Paramters: new URL (relative or absolute)

This method send reponse with 302 status and new location.

        if (havent_data()) {
                $self->redirect('http://www.google.com'); # to google!
        };

cookie() -

Paramters:

Returns:

This method provides.....

headers($headers_hashref) - set/get response HTTP headers

Paramters: new headers as hash reference

        $self->headers({
                'X-Beer' => 'Guiness',
        );

main_loop() - main FastCGI loop

Paramters: none

This method implements common FastCGI (or CGI) loop.

set_cookie(%params) - set cookie

Paramters: hash (name, value, expires)

        $self->set_cookie(name => 'sessid', value => '343q5642653476', expires => '+1h');

get_cookie(%params) - get cookie by name

Paramters: cookie name

Returns cookie value by it's name

        my $sess = $self->get_cookie('sessid');

param($name) - CGI request parameter

Paramters: CGI parameter name

Returns: CGI parameter value

This method returns CGI parameter value by it's name.

        my $cost = $self->param('cost');

url_param($name) - CGI request parameter

Paramters: URL parameter name

Returns: URL parameter value

This method works similar to param() method, but returns only parameters from the query string.

        my $action = $self->url_param('a');

http($http_field) - request HTTP header

Paramters: request header name

Returns: header value

This method returns HTTP request header value by name.

        my $beer = $self->http('X-Beer');

https($https_field) - request HTTPS header

This method returns HTTPS request header value by name and is almost the same as http() method except of it works with SSL requests.

        my $beer = $self->https('X-Beer');

raw_cookie() - get raw cookie data

Just proxying "raw_cookie()" method from CGI.pm

user_agent() - User-Agent request header

        my $ua_info = $self->user_agent();

request_method() - HTTP request method

        if ($self->request_method eq 'POST') {
                $self->log("info", "Something POST'ed from client");
        }

script_name() - CGI script name

Returns: script name from CGI.pm

path_info() - get PATH_INFO value

        if ($self->path_info eq '/help') {
                $self->data('Help yourself');
        }

remote_host() - remote (client) host name

        warn "Client from: " . $self->remote_host();

remote_addr() - remote (client) IP address

Returns: IP address of client from REMOTE_ADDR environment

        if ($self->remote_addr eq '10.0.0.1') {
                $self->data('Welcome people from our gateway!');
        }

_set_req_cookies() - fetching request cookies (internal method)

Fetching cookies from HTTP request to object "req_cookies" variable.

EXAMPLES

See "samples" catalog for more example code.

AUTHOR

Michael Bochkaryov <misha@rattler.kiev.ua>

LICENSE

This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA