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$Role::REST::Client::VERSION = '0.23';
use Types::Standard qw(HashRef Str Int Enum HasMethods);
use URI::Escape::XS 'uri_escape';
use Carp qw(confess);
use HTTP::Status 'status_message';
has 'server' => (
isa => Str,
is => 'rw',
default => '',
);
has 'type' => (
isa => Enum[qw{application/json application/xml application/yaml application/x-www-form-urlencoded}],
is => 'rw',
default => sub { 'application/json' },
);
has clientattrs => (
isa => HashRef,
is => 'ro',
default => sub {return {} }
);
has user_agent => (
isa => HasMethods['request'],
is => 'ro',
lazy => 1,
builder => '_build_user_agent',
);
sub _build_user_agent {
my $self = shift;
require HTTP::Thin;
return HTTP::Thin->new(%{$self->clientattrs});
}
has persistent_headers => (
is => 'rw',
# isa => HashRef[Str],
default => sub { {} },
handles_via => 'Hash',
handles => {
set_persistent_header => 'set',
get_persistent_header => 'get',
has_no_persistent_headers => 'is_empty',
clear_persistent_headers => 'clear',
},
);
has _httpheaders => (
is => 'rw',
isa => HashRef[Str],
init_arg => 'httpheaders',
default => sub { {} },
handles_via => 'Hash',
handles => {
set_header => 'set',
get_header => 'get',
exist_header => 'exists',
has_no_headers => 'is_empty',
clear_headers => 'clear',
reset_headers => 'clear',
},
);
sub httpheaders {
my $self = shift;
return { %{$self->persistent_headers}, %{$self->_httpheaders} };
}
sub clear_all_headers {
my $self = shift;
$self->clear_headers;
$self->clear_persistent_headers;
return {};
}
has serializer_class => (
isa => Str,
is => 'ro',
default => sub { 'Role::REST::Client::Serializer' },
);
has serializer_options => (
isa => HashRef,
is => 'ro',
default => sub { return {} },
);
sub _rest_response_class { 'Role::REST::Client::Response' }
# If the response is a hashref, we expect it to be in the format returned by
# HTTP::Tiny->request() and convert it to an HTTP::Response object. Otherwise,
# pass the response through unmodified.
sub _handle_response {
my ( $self, $res ) = @_;
if ( ref $res eq 'HASH' ) {
my $code = $res->{'status'};
return HTTP::Response->new(
$code,
$res->{'reason'} || status_message($code),
HTTP::Headers->new(%{$res->{'headers'}}),
$res->{'content'},
);
} else {
return $res;
}
}
sub _new_rest_response {
my ($self, @args) = @_;
return $self->_rest_response_class->new(@args);
}
sub new_serializer {
my ($self, @args) = @_;
my %args = (%{ $self->serializer_options }, @args);
$self->serializer_class->new(%args);
}
sub _serializer {
my ($self, $type) = @_;
$type ||= $self->type;
$type =~ s/;\s*?charset=.+$//i; #remove stuff like ;charset=utf8
try {
$self->{serializer}{$type} ||= $self->new_serializer(type => $type);
}
catch {
# Deal with real life content types like "text/xml;charset=ISO-8859-1"
warn "No serializer available for " . $type . " content. Trying default " . $self->type;
$self->{serializer}{$type} = $self->new_serializer(type => $self->type);
};
return $self->{serializer}{$type};
}
sub do_request {
my ($self, $method, $uri, $opts) = @_;
return $self->user_agent->request($method, $uri, $opts);
}
sub _call {
my ($self, $method, $endpoint, $data, $args) = @_;
my $uri = $self->server . $endpoint;
# If no data, just call endpoint (or uri if GET w/parameters)
# If data is a scalar, call endpoint with data as content (POST w/parameters)
# Otherwise, encode data
$self->set_header('content-type', $self->type);
my %options = (headers => $self->httpheaders);
if ( defined $data ) {
$options{content} = ref $data ? $self->_serializer->serialize($data) : $data;
$options{'headers'}{'content-length'} = length($options{'content'});
}
my $res = $self->_handle_response( $self->do_request($method, $uri, \%options) );
$self->reset_headers unless $args->{preserve_headers};
my $use_serializer = exists $args->{deserializer}
? defined $args->{deserializer} ? 1 : 0
: ($res->header('Content-Type')
and $res->header('Content-Type') !~ m{(?:text/(?:plain|html)|application/octet-stream)});
my $deserializer_cb = sub {
# Try to find a serializer for the result content
my $content_type = $args->{deserializer} || $res->header('Content-Type');
my $deserializer = $self->_serializer($content_type);
# Try to deserialize
my $content = $res->decoded_content;
$content = $deserializer->deserialize($content) if $deserializer && $content;
$content ||= {};
};
return $self->_new_rest_response(
code => $res->code,
response => $res,
data => $use_serializer
? $deserializer_cb : sub { $res->decoded_content },
$res->is_error ? ( error => $res->message) : (),
);
}
sub _urlencode_data {
my ($self, $data) = @_;
return join '&', map { uri_escape($_) . '=' . uri_escape($data->{$_})} keys %$data;
}
sub _request_with_query {
my ($self, $method, $endpoint, $data, $args) = @_;
my $uri = $endpoint;
if ($data && scalar keys %$data) {
$uri .= '?' . $self->_urlencode_data($data);
}
return $self->_call($method, $uri, undef, $args);
}
sub get { return shift->_request_with_query('GET', @_) }
sub head { return shift->_request_with_query('HEAD', @_) }
sub _request_with_body {
my ($self, $method, $endpoint, $data, $args) = @_;
my $content = $data;
if ( $self->type =~ /urlencoded/ ) {
$content = ( $data && scalar keys %$data ) ? $self->_urlencode_data($data) : q{};
}
return $self->_call($method, $endpoint, $content, $args);
}
sub post { return shift->_request_with_body('POST', @_) }
sub put { return shift->_request_with_body('PUT', @_) }
sub options { return shift->_request_with_body('OPTIONS', @_) }
sub delete { return shift->_request_with_query('DELETE', @_) }
1;
=pod
=encoding UTF-8
=head1 NAME
Role::REST::Client - REST Client Role
=head1 VERSION
version 0.23
=head1 SYNOPSIS
{
package RESTExample;
use Moose;
with 'Role::REST::Client';
sub bar {
my ($self) = @_;
my $res = $self->post('/foo/bar/baz', {foo => 'bar'});
my $code = $res->code;
my $data = $res->data;
return $data if $code == 200;
}
}
my $foo = RESTExample->new(
server => 'http://localhost:3000',
type => 'application/json',
clientattrs => {timeout => 5},
);
$foo->bar;
# controller
sub foo : Local {
my ($self, $c) = @_;
my $res = $c->model('MyData')->post('/foo/bar/baz', {foo => 'bar'});
my $code = $res->code;
my $data = $res->data;
...
}
=head1 DESCRIPTION
This REST Client role makes REST connectivity easy.
Role::REST::Client will handle encoding and decoding when using the HTTP verbs.
GET
HEAD
PUT
POST
DELETE
OPTIONS
Currently Role::REST::Client supports these encodings
application/json
application/x-www-form-urlencoded
application/xml
application/yaml
x-www-form-urlencoded only works for GET and POST, and only for encoding, not decoding.
Responses which claim to not be serialised data (eg C<text/plain>,
C<application/octet-stream>) will by default not be serialised. When the
response is none of these, and it is impossible to determine what encoding is
used, the content will be treated as JSON by default.
=head1 NAME
Role::REST::Client - REST Client Role
=head1 METHODS
=head2 methods
Role::REST::Client implements the standard HTTP 1.1 verbs as methods
These methods can NOT have a request body
get
head
These methods can take a request body.
post
put
delete
options
All methods take these parameters
url - The REST service
data - The data structure (hashref, arrayref) to send. The data will be encoded
according to the value of the I<type> attribute.
args - hashref with arguments to augment the way the call is handled.
args - the optional argument parameter can have these entries
deserializer - if you KNOW that the content-type of the response is incorrect,
you can supply the correct content type, like
my $res = $self->post('/foo/bar/baz', {foo => 'bar'}, {deserializer => 'application/yaml'});
Alternatively, if you KNOW that the response is not serial data, you can
disable deserialization by setting this to undef.
preserve_headers - set this to true if you want to keep the headers between calls
All methods return a response object dictated by _rest_response_class. Set to L<Role::REST::Client::Response> by default.
=head1 ATTRIBUTES
=head2 user_agent
sub _build_user_agent { HTTP::Thin->new }
A User Agent object which has a C<< ->request >> method suitably compatible with L<HTTP::Tiny>. It should accept arguments like this: C<< $ua->request($method, $uri, $opts) >>, and needs to return a hashref as HTTP::Tiny does, or an L<HTTP::Response> object. To set your own default, use a C<_build_user_agent> method.
=head2 server
URL of the REST server.
=head2 type
MIME Content-Type header,
e.g. application/json
=head2 persistent_headers
$self->set_persistent_header('Header' => 'foo', ... );
$self->get_persistent_header('Header-Name');
$self->has_no_persistent_headers;
$self->clear_persistent_headers;
A hashref containing headers you want to use for all requests. Use the methods
described above to manipulate it.
To set your own defaults, override the default or call C<set_persistent_header()> in your
C<BUILD> method.
has '+persistent_headers' => (
default => sub { ... },
);
=head2 httpheaders
$self->set_header('Header' => 'foo', ... );
$self->get_header('Header-Name');
$self->has_no_headers;
$self->clear_headers;
You can set any http header you like with set_header, e.g.
$self->set_header($key, $value) but the content-type header will be overridden.
http_headers will be reset after each request, unless there's a reserve_headers
argument, but it's a hack. The recommended way to keep headers across requests
is to store them in the persistent_headers.
$self->httpheaders will return the combined hashref of persistent_headers and
what's been added with set_header.
For historical reasons, the two methods clear_headers and reset_headers are
equal. Both will clear the headers for the current request, but NOT the
persistent headers.
To clear ALL headers, use
$self->clear_all_headers;
=head2 clientattrs
Attributes to feed the user agent object (which defaults to L<HTTP::Thin>)
e.g. {timeout => 10}
=head2 serializer_class
You can override the serializer class and use your own. Default is 'Role::REST::Client::Serializer'
=head2 serializer_options
Options for the serializer instantiation.
=head1 CONTRIBUTORS
Breno G. de Oliveira, <garu@cpan.org>
Mark Stosberg, <mark@stosberg.com>
Matt Phillips, (cpan:MATTP) <mattp@cpan.org>
Wallace Reis, <wallace@reis.me>
=head1 BUGS
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-role-rest-client at rt.cpan.org, or through the
=head1 AUTHOR
Kaare Rasmussen <kaare at cpan dot org>
=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
This software is copyright (c) 2018 by Kaare Rasmussen.
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
__END__
# ABSTRACT: REST Client Role