POE::Filter::SimpleHTTP - A simple client/server suitable HTTP filter
version 0.091710
use POE::Filter::SimpleHTTP; use HTTP::Request; use HTTP::Respose; use HTTP::Status;
my $filter = POE::Filter::SimpleHTTP->new ( { mode => +PFSH_CLIENT, useragent => 'Whizbang Client/0.01', host => 'remote.server.com', method => 'POST' } );
my $post = $filter->put([qw|id=123& data=Here is some data|])->[0];
POE::Filter::SimpleHTTP is a filter designed to be used in either a client or a server context with the ability to switch the mode at runtime. In fact, a lot of the behaviors can be altered at runtime. Which means you can put() just your data into the filter and out the other side will be appropriate HTTP::Messages.
Use this access to change how the filter operates for put() if raw data is passed in. In +PFSH_CLIENT mode, an HTTP::Request will be constructed using data stored in other attributes of the filter. The obverse, if +PFSH_SERVER is set, then HTTP::Responses will be built. Regardless of mode, all HTTP::Messages passed to put() will be passed through without any modification. It defaults to +PFSH_CLIENT.
This accessor is used to change the URI part of the HTTP::Request objects built in put() if raw data is passed. It can either be full on HTTP URI or an absolute path. It defaults to '/'
Use this to change the user agent header on constructed HTTP::Request objects. It defaults to __PACKAGE__ . '/' . $VERSION.
Use this to change the host header on constructed HTTP::Requests. It defaults to 'localhost'
Use this to set the status codes for constructed HTTP::Responses. It defaults to 200 (aka, HTTP_OK).
This accessor is used to change the method on constructed HTTP::Requests. It defaults to 'GET'.
This accessor is for the Content-Type header on constructed HTTP::Messages. Regardless of mode(), constructed Requests and Responses will use this value. It defaults to 'text/plain'
This filter is based on POE::Filter and so only the differences in public API will be mentioned below
The constructor can be called with no arguments in which all of the defaults mentioned above in the accessors will be used, or a hash or hashref may be passed in with the keys corresponding to the accessors. Returns a new filter instance.
This method will clear all of the internal buffers of the filter (but leave the values provided to the accessors or constructor alone) back to their default state.
put() can accept either HTTP::Message based objects or raw data. If a Message based object (ie. blessed($obj) && $obj->isa('HTTP::Message')) is passed in, it will be passed out exactly as is, untouched.
But if raw data is passed in, depending on mode(), it will construct a suitable HTTP::Message (Request or Response) using the various values stored in the above accessors, and return it.
This is a simple filter in name and in implementation. Regardless of mode() the get_one_start()/get_one() interface can accept both Responses and Requests. If for whatever reason there is an error in parsing the data an Error object will be returned with an particular constant, and a snippet of context (if available at the time the error occurred). See POE::Filter::SimpleHTTP::Error for details on what the objects look like.
This filter should confrom to HTTP/0.9-HTTP/1.1 with regards to transfer encodings (chunked, compressed, etc), in which case the data will be unchunked and uncompressed and stored in the content() of the Message. Note that this does not include Content-Encoding which HTTP::Message should handle for you.
Copyright 2007 - 2009 Nicholas Perez. Licensed and distributed under the GPL.
To install POE::Filter::SimpleHTTP, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm POE::Filter::SimpleHTTP
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install POE::Filter::SimpleHTTP
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.