NAME

Mojolicious - Real-time web framework

SYNOPSIS

# Application
package MyApp;
use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious';

# Route
sub startup {
  my $self = shift;
  $self->routes->get('/hello')->to('foo#hello');
}

# Controller
package MyApp::Foo;
use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious::Controller';

# Action
sub hello {
  my $self = shift;
  $self->render_text('Hello World!');
}

DESCRIPTION

Take a look at our excellent documentation in Mojolicious::Guides!

ATTRIBUTES

Mojolicious inherits all attributes from Mojo and implements the following new ones.

controller_class

my $class = $app->controller_class;
$app      = $app->controller_class('Mojolicious::Controller');

Class to be used for the default controller, defaults to Mojolicious::Controller.

mode

my $mode = $app->mode;
$app     = $app->mode('production');

The operating mode for your application, defaults to the value of the MOJO_MODE environment variable or development. You can also add per mode logic to your application by defining methods named ${mode}_mode in the application class, which will be called right before startup.

sub development_mode {
  my $self = shift;
  ...
}

sub production_mode {
  my $self = shift;
  ...
}

Right before calling startup and mode specific methods, Mojolicious will pick up the current mode, name the log file after it and raise the log level from debug to info if it has a value other than development.

on_process

my $process = $app->on_process;
$app        = $app->on_process(sub {...});

Request processing callback, defaults to calling the dispatch method. Generally you will use a plugin or controller instead of this, consider it the sledgehammer in your toolbox.

my $next = $app->on_process;
$app->on_process(sub {
  my ($self, $c) = @_;
  return $c->render(text => 'Hello world!')
    if $c->req->url->path->contains('/hello');
  $self->$next($c);
});

plugins

my $plugins = $app->plugins;
$app        = $app->plugins(Mojolicious::Plugins->new);

The plugin loader, defaults to a Mojolicious::Plugins object. You can usually leave this alone, see Mojolicious::Plugin if you want to write a plugin or the plugin method below if you want to load a plugin.

renderer

my $renderer = $app->renderer;
$app         = $app->renderer(Mojolicious::Renderer->new);

Used in your application to render content, defaults to a Mojolicious::Renderer object. The two main renderer plugins Mojolicious::Plugin::EPRenderer and Mojolicious::Plugin::EPLRenderer contain more information.

routes

my $routes = $app->routes;
$app       = $app->routes(Mojolicious::Routes->new);

The routes dispatcher, defaults to a Mojolicious::Routes object. You use this in your startup method to define the url endpoints for your application.

sub startup {
  my $self = shift;

  my $r = $self->routes;
  $r->route('/:controller/:action')->to('test#welcome');
}

secret

my $secret = $app->secret;
$app       = $app->secret('passw0rd');

A secret passphrase used for signed cookies and the like, defaults to the application name which is not very secure, so you should change it!!! As long as you are using the unsecure default there will be debug messages in the log file reminding you to change your passphrase.

sessions

my $sessions = $app->sessions;
$app         = $app->sessions(Mojolicious::Sessions->new);

Simple signed cookie based sessions, defaults to a Mojolicious::Sessions object. You can usually leave this alone, see "session" in Mojolicious::Controller for more information about working with session data.

static

my $static = $app->static;
$app       = $app->static(Mojolicious::Static->new);

For serving static assets from your public directory, defaults to a Mojolicious::Static object.

types

my $types = $app->types;
$app      = $app->types(Mojolicious::Types->new);

Responsible for connecting file extensions with MIME types, defaults to a Mojolicious::Types object.

$app->types->type(twt => 'text/tweet');

METHODS

Mojolicious inherits all methods from Mojo and implements the following new ones.

new

my $app = Mojolicious->new;

Construct a new Mojolicious application. Will automatically detect your home directory and set up logging based on your current operating mode. Also sets up the renderer, static dispatcher and a default set of plugins.

build_tx

my $tx = $app->build_tx;

Transaction builder, defaults to building a Mojo::Transaction::HTTP object.

defaults

my $defaults = $app->defaults;
my $foo      = $app->defaults('foo');
$app         = $app->defaults({foo => 'bar'});
$app         = $app->defaults(foo => 'bar');

Default values for the stash, assigned for every new request.

$app->defaults->{foo} = 'bar';
my $foo = $app->defaults->{foo};
delete $app->defaults->{foo};

dispatch

$app->dispatch($c);

The heart of every Mojolicious application, calls the static and routes dispatchers for every request and passes them a Mojolicious::Controller object.

handler

$tx = $app->handler($tx);

Sets up the default controller and calls process for every request.

helper

$app->helper(foo => sub {...});

Add a new helper that will be available as a method of the controller object and the application object, as well as a function in ep templates.

# Helper
$app->helper(add => sub { $_[1] + $_[2] });

# Controller/Application
my $result = $self->add(2, 3);

# Template
%= add 2, 3

hook

$app->hook(after_dispatch => sub {...});

Extend Mojolicious by adding hooks to named events.

These events are currently available and run in the listed order:

after_build_tx

Triggered right after the transaction is built and before the HTTP request gets parsed, the callbacks of this hook run in the order they were added.

$app->hook(after_build_tx => sub {
  my ($tx, $app) = @_;
});

One use case would be upload progress bars. (Passed the transaction and application instances)

before_dispatch

Triggered right before the static and routes dispatchers start their work, the callbacks of this hook run in the order they were added.

$app->hook(before_dispatch => sub {
  my $self = shift;
});

Very useful for rewriting incoming requests and other preprocessing tasks. (Passed the default controller instance)

after_static_dispatch

Triggered after the static dispatcher determined if a static file should be served and before the routes dispatcher starts its work, the callbacks of this hook run in reverse order.

$app->hook(after_static_dispatch => sub {
  my $self = shift;
});

Mostly used for custom dispatchers and postprocessing static file responses. (Passed the default controller instance)

after_dispatch

Triggered after a response has been rendered, the callbacks of this hook run in reverse order. Note that this hook can trigger before after_static_dispatch due to its dynamic nature.

$app->hook(after_dispatch => sub {
  my $self = shift;
});

Useful for all kinds of postprocessing tasks. (Passed the current controller instance)

plugin

$app->plugin('some_thing');
$app->plugin('some_thing', foo => 23);
$app->plugin('some_thing', {foo => 23});
$app->plugin('SomeThing');
$app->plugin('SomeThing', foo => 23);
$app->plugin('SomeThing', {foo => 23});
$app->plugin('MyApp::Plugin::SomeThing');
$app->plugin('MyApp::Plugin::SomeThing', foo => 23);
$app->plugin('MyApp::Plugin::SomeThing', {foo => 23});

Load a plugin with "register_plugin" in Mojolicious::Plugins.

These plugins are included in the Mojolicious distribution as examples:

Mojolicious::Plugin::Charset

Change the application charset.

Mojolicious::Plugin::Config

Perl-ish configuration files.

Mojolicious::Plugin::DefaultHelpers

General purpose helper collection.

Mojolicious::Plugin::EPLRenderer

Renderer for plain embedded Perl templates.

Mojolicious::Plugin::EPRenderer

Renderer for more sophisiticated embedded Perl templates.

Mojolicious::Plugin::HeaderCondition

Route condition for all kinds of headers.

Mojolicious::Plugin::I18N

Internationalization helpers.

Mojolicious::Plugin::JSONConfig

JSON configuration files.

Mojolicious::Plugin::Mount

Mount whole Mojolicious applications.

Mojolicious::Plugin::PODRenderer

Renderer for POD files and documentation browser.

Mojolicious::Plugin::PoweredBy

Add an X-Powered-By header to outgoing responses.

Mojolicious::Plugin::RequestTimer

Log timing information.

Mojolicious::Plugin::TagHelpers

Template specific helper collection.

start

Mojolicious->start;
Mojolicious->start('daemon');

Start the Mojolicious::Commands command line interface for your application.

startup

$app->startup;

This is your main hook into the application, it will be called at application startup.

sub startup {
  my $self = shift;
}

HELPERS

In addition to the attributes and methods above you can also call helpers on instances of Mojolicious. This includes all helpers from Mojolicious::Plugin::DefaultHelpers and Mojolicious::Plugin::TagHelpers. Note that application helpers are always called with a new controller_class instance, so they can't depend on or change controller state, which includes request, response and stash.

$app->log->debug($app->dumper({foo => 'bar'}));

SUPPORT

Web

http://mojolicio.us

IRC

#mojo on irc.perl.org

Mailing-List

http://groups.google.com/group/mojolicious

DEVELOPMENT

Repository

http://github.com/kraih/mojo

BUNDLED FILES

Mojolicious ships with a few popular static files bundled in the public directory.

Mojolicious Artwork

Copyright (C) 2010-2011, Sebastian Riedel.

Licensed under the CC-SA License, Version 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0.

jQuery

Version 1.6.3

jQuery is a fast and concise JavaScript Library that simplifies HTML document traversing, event handling, animating, and Ajax interactions for rapid web development. jQuery is designed to change the way that you write JavaScript.

Copyright 2011, John Resig.

Licensed under the MIT License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/MIT.

prettify.js

Version 1-Jun-2011

A Javascript module and CSS file that allows syntax highlighting of source code snippets in an html page.

Copyright (C) 2006, Google Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.

CODE NAMES

Every major release of Mojolicious has a code name, these are the ones that have been used in the past.

2.0, Leaf Fluttering In Wind (u1F343)

1.4, Smiling Face With Sunglasses (u1F60E)

1.3, Tropical Drink (u1F379)

1.1, Smiling Cat Face With Heart-Shaped Eyes (u1F63B)

1.0, Snowflake (u2744)

0.999930, Hot Beverage (u2615)

0.999927, Comet (u2604)

0.999920, Snowman (u2603)

AUTHOR

Sebastian Riedel, sri@cpan.org.

CREDITS

In alphabetical order:

    Abhijit Menon-Sen

    Adam Kennedy

    Adriano Ferreira

    Al Newkirk

    Alex Salimon

    Alexey Likhatskiy

    Anatoly Sharifulin

    Andre Vieth

    Andrew Fresh

    Andreas Koenig

    Andy Grundman

    Aristotle Pagaltzis

    Ashley Dev

    Ask Bjoern Hansen

    Audrey Tang

    Ben van Staveren

    Breno G. de Oliveira

    Brian Duggan

    Burak Gursoy

    Ch Lamprecht

    Charlie Brady

    Chas. J. Owens IV

    Christian Hansen

    chromatic

    Curt Tilmes

    Daniel Kimsey

    Danijel Tasov

    David Davis

    Dmitriy Shalashov

    Dmitry Konstantinov

    Eugene Toropov

    Gisle Aas

    Glen Hinkle

    Graham Barr

    Henry Tang

    Hideki Yamamura

    James Duncan

    Jan Jona Javorsek

    Jaroslav Muhin

    Jesse Vincent

    John Kingsley

    Jonathan Yu

    Kazuhiro Shibuya

    Kevin Old

    KITAMURA Akatsuki

    Lars Balker Rasmussen

    Leon Brocard

    Magnus Holm

    Maik Fischer

    Marcus Ramberg

    Mark Stosberg

    Matthew Lineen

    Maksym Komar

    Maxim Vuets

    Michael Harris

    Mirko Westermeier

    Mons Anderson

    Moritz Lenz

    Nils Diewald

    Oleg Zhelo

    Pascal Gaudette

    Paul Tomlin

    Pedro Melo

    Peter Edwards

    Pierre-Yves Ritschard

    Quentin Carbonneaux

    Rafal Pocztarski

    Randal Schwartz

    Robert Hicks

    Robin Lee

    Roland Lammel

    Ryan Jendoubi

    Sascha Kiefer

    Sergey Zasenko

    Simon Bertrang

    Simone Tampieri

    Shu Cho

    Skye Shaw

    Stanis Trendelenburg

    Tatsuhiko Miyagawa

    Terrence Brannon

    The Perl Foundation

    Tomas Znamenacek

    Ulrich Habel

    Ulrich Kautz

    Uwe Voelker

    Viacheslav Tykhanovskyi

    Victor Engmark

    Viliam Pucik

    Yaroslav Korshak

    Yuki Kimoto

    Zak B. Elep

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2008-2011, Sebastian Riedel.

This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License version 2.0.