NAME

JSON::Server - JSON-only server

SYNOPSIS

use JSON::Server;
my $js = JSON::Server->new (handler => \& hello, port => '7777', data => 'OK');
$js->serve ();

sub hello
{
    my ($data, $input) = @_;
    return {%$input, hello => 'world', data => $data};
}

(This example is included as synopsis.pl in the distribution.)

Then test your server:

$ perl examples/synopsis.pl &
$ telnet localhost 7777
Trying 127.0.0.1...
Connected to localhost.
Escape character is '^]'.
{"I'm feeling lucky":"punk"}
{
        "I'm feeling lucky":"punk",
        "data":"OK",
        "hello":"world"
}
Connection closed by foreign host.

VERSION

This documents version 0.00_01 of JSON-Server corresponding to git commit d8f31a5f05392d8254c0079fe3ed6827d8a0b1fc released on Fri Jan 15 18:26:31 2021 +0900.

DESCRIPTION

This sets up an internet socket through which JSON passes.

METHODS

new

    my $js = JSON::Server->new (handler => \& something, data => $my_data,
		                port => '3737');

data

Your data which you want to pass to the handler. This can be omitted, in which case the handler will be sent an undefined value as its first argument.

handler

Your handler (callback).

sub handler ($data, $input)
{
    return {error => "I don't like this input"};
}
my $js = JSON::Server->new (handler => \&handler);

The handler function should accept two arguments, the first is the user data which is supplied to "new" and the second is the parsed input from the socket. It should return one value which is then passed back through the socket as JSON. The user handler function does not serialize or deserialize anything, usually it would take a hash reference as an argument and return a hash reference as result.

port

The port to serve on. This needs to be specified, there is no default value.

serve

$js->serve ();

Serves JSON on the specified port. Input is JSON, output is JSON. Non-JSON input results in an error value being returned. What is or is not valid JSON is decided by "valid_json" in JSON::Parse.

DEPENDENCIES

IO::Socket

JSON::Create

JSON::Parse

SEE ALSO

JRPC

JSON::RPC::Dispatcher

JSON::RPC

RPC::JSON

AUTHOR

Ben Bullock, <bkb@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT & LICENCE

This package and associated files are copyright (C) 2021 Ben Bullock.

You can use, copy, modify and redistribute this package and associated files under the Perl Artistic Licence or the GNU General Public Licence.