NAME
CatalystX::RequestModel::ContentBodyParser::JSON
SYNOPSIS
TBDDESCRIPTION
Given a valid JSON request body, parse it and inflate request models as defined or throw various exceptions otherwise. for example given the following nested request models:
package Example::Model::API::AccountRequest;
use Moose;
use CatalystX::RequestModel;
extends 'Catalyst::Model';
namespace 'person';
content_type 'application/json';
has username => (is=>'ro', property=>1);
has first_name => (is=>'ro', property=>1);
has last_name => (is=>'ro', property=>1);
has profile => (is=>'ro', property=>+{model=>'API::AccountRequest::Profile' });
has person_roles => (is=>'ro', property=>+{ indexed=>1, model=>'API::AccountRequest::PersonRole' });
has credit_cards => (is=>'ro', property=>+{ indexed=>1, model=>'API::AccountRequest::CreditCard' });
__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable();
package Example::Model::API::AccountRequest::Profile;
use Moose;
use CatalystX::RequestModel;
extends 'Catalyst::Model';
has id => (is=>'ro', property=>1);
has address => (is=>'ro', property=>1);
has city => (is=>'ro', property=>1);
has state_id => (is=>'ro', property=>1);
has zip => (is=>'ro', property=>1);
has phone_number => (is=>'ro', property=>1);
has birthday => (is=>'ro', property=>1);
has registered => (is=>'ro', property=>+{ boolean=>1 });
__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable();
package Example::Model::API::AccountRequest::PersonRole;
use Moose;
use CatalystX::RequestModel;
extends 'Catalyst::Model';
has role_id => (is=>'ro', property=>1);
__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable();
package Example::Model::API::AccountRequest::CreditCard;
use Moose;
use CatalystX::RequestModel;
extends 'Catalyst::Model';
has id => (is=>'ro', property=>1);
has card_number => (is=>'ro', property=>1);
has expiration => (is=>'ro', property=>1);
__PACKAGE__->meta->make_immutable();And the following POSTed JSON request body:
{
"person":{
"username": "jjn",
"first_name": "john",
"last_name": "napiorkowski",
"profile": {
"id": 1,
"address": "1351 Miliary Road",
"city": "Little Falls",
"state_id": 7,
"zip": "42342",
"phone_number": 6328641827,
"birthday": "2222-01-01",
"registered": false
},
"person_roles": [
{ "role_id": 1 },
{ "role_id": 2 }
],
"credit_cards": [
{ "id":100, "card_number": 111222333444, "expiration": "2222-02-02" },
{ "id":200, "card_number": 888888888888, "expiration": "3333-02-02" },
{ "id":300, "card_number": 333344445555, "expiration": "4444-02-02" }
]
}
}Will inflate a request model that provides:
my $request_model = $c->model('API::AccountRequest');
Dumper $request_model->nested_params;
+{
'person_roles' => [
{
'role_id' => 1
},
{
'role_id' => 2
}
],
'profile' => {
'address' => '1351 Miliary Road',
'birthday' => '2222-01-01',
'id' => 1,
'state_id' => 7,
'phone_number' => 6328641827,
'registered' => 0,
'zip' => '42342',
'city' => 'Little Falls'
},
'credit_cards' => [
{
'card_number' => '111222333444',
'expiration' => '2222-02-02',
'id' => 100
},
{
'id' => 200,
'card_number' => '888888888888',
'expiration' => '3333-02-02'
},
{
'id' => 300,
'card_number' => '333344445555',
'expiration' => '4444-02-02'
}
],
'first_name' => 'john',
'username' => 'jjn',
'last_name' => 'napiorkowski'
}; VALUE PARSER CONFIGURATION
This parser defines the following attribute properties which effect how a value is parsed.
flatten
Defaults to false. If enabled it will flatten an array value to a scalar which is the value of the last item in the list. Probably not useful in JSON, it's more of a hack for HTML Form posts, which makes it hard to be consistent in array versus scalar values, but no reason to not offer the feature if you need it.
always_array
Similar to flatten but opposite, it forces a value into an array even if there's just one value. Also defaults to FALSE.
EXCEPTIONS
See CatalystX::RequestModel::ContentBodyParser for exceptions.