NAME

Mojolicious::Controller - Controller Base Class

SYNOPSIS

use base 'Mojolicious::Controller';

DESCRIPTION

Mojolicous::Controller is the base class for your Mojolicious controllers. It is also the default controller class for Mojolicious unless you set controller_class in your application.

ATTRIBUTES

Mojolicious::Controller inherits all attributes from MojoX::Dispatcher::Routes::Controller.

METHODS

Mojolicious::Controller inherits all methods from MojoX::Dispatcher::Routes::Controller and implements the following new ones.

client

my $client = $c->client;

A Mojo::Client prepared for the current environment.

finish

$c->finish;

Similar to resume but will also trigger automatic rendering and the after_dispatch plugin hook, which would normally get disabled once a request gets paused. For WebSockets it will gracefully end the connection.

helper

$c->helper('foo');
$c->helper(foo => 23);

Directly call a Mojolicious helper, see Mojolicious::Plugin::DefaultHelpers for a list of helpers that are always available.

pause

$c->pause;

Pause transaction associated with this request, used for asynchronous web applications. Note that automatic rendering and some plugins that do state changing operations inside the after_dispatch hook won't work if you pause a transaction.

receive_message

$c->receive_message(sub {...});

Receive messages via WebSocket, only works if there is currently a WebSocket connection in progress.

$c->receive_message(sub {
    my ($self, $message) = @_
});

redirect_to

$c = $c->redirect_to('named');
$c = $c->redirect_to('named', foo => 'bar');
$c = $c->redirect_to('/path');
$c = $c->redirect_to('http://127.0.0.1/foo/bar');

Prepare a redirect response.

render

$c->render;
$c->render(controller => 'foo', action => 'bar');
$c->render({controller => 'foo', action => 'bar'});
$c->render(text => 'Hello!');
$c->render(template => 'index');
$c->render(template => 'foo/index');
$c->render(template => 'index', format => 'html', handler => 'epl');
$c->render(handler => 'something');
$c->render('foo/bar');
$c->render('foo/bar', format => 'html');
$c->render('foo/bar', {format => 'html'});

This is a wrapper around MojoX::Renderer exposing pretty much all functionality provided by it. It will set a default template to use based on the controller and action name or fall back to the route name. You can call it with a hash of options which can be preceded by an optional template name.

render_exception

$c->render_exception($e);

Render the exception template exception.html.$handler. Will set the status code to 500 meaning Internal Server Error. Takes a Mojo::Exception object or error message and will fall back to rendering a static 500 page using MojoX::Renderer::Static.

render_inner

my $output = $c->render_inner;
my $output = $c->render_inner('content');
my $output = $c->render_inner(content => 'Hello world!');

Contains partial rendered templates, used for the renderers layout and extends features.

render_json

$c->render_json({foo => 'bar'});
$c->render_json([1, 2, -3]);

Render a data structure as JSON.

render_not_found

$c->render_not_found;

Render the not found template not_found.html.$handler. Also sets the response status code to 404, will fall back to rendering a static 404 page using MojoX::Renderer::Static.

render_partial

my $output = $c->render_partial;
my $output = $c->render_partial(action => 'foo');

Same as render but returns the rendered result.

render_static

$c->render_static('images/logo.png');

Render a static asset using MojoX::Dispatcher::Static.

render_text

$c->render_text('Hello World!');
$c->render_text('Hello World', layout => 'green');

Render the givent content as plain text.

resume

$c->resume;

Resume transaction associated with this request, used for asynchronous web applications.

send_message

$c->send_message('Hi there!');

Send a message via WebSocket, only works if there is currently a WebSocket connection in progress.

url_for

my $url = $c->url_for;
my $url = $c->url_for(controller => 'bar', action => 'baz');
my $url = $c->url_for('named', controller => 'bar', action => 'baz');

Generate a Mojo::URL for the current or a named route.

SEE ALSO

Mojolicious, Mojolicious::Guides, http://mojolicious.org.