NAME

HTTP::Roles - Roles for an HTTP::Server with interchangeable backends

SYNOPSIS

use HTTP::Roles;

my class HTTP::Server::MyWay does HTTP::Server::Role {
    ...
}
my class HTTP::Request::MyWay does HTTP::Request::Role {
    ...
}
my class HTTP::Response::MyWay does HTTP::Response::Role {
    ...
}

DESCRIPTION

HTTP::Roles provides a set of roles to define the functionality of an HTTP server, and handling requests and responses.

ROLES

HTTP::Server::Role

All of the methods defined by the HTTP::Server::Role take a Callable as the argument, which should provide the necessary functionality.

listen

Calling the listen method is telling the server to start up and start accepting connections.

middleware

The middleware method should be called with a Callable during server setup: the specified Callable is to be executed whenever the reception of the request headers of a request is complete.

handler

The handler method should be called with a Callable during server setup: the specified Callable is to be executed whenever the reception of the request headers and the body of a request is complete.

after

The after method should be called with a Callable during server setup: the specified Callable is to be executed whenever the response is complete and sent.

HTTP::Request::Role

The HTTP::Request::Role provides some generic attributes for the class that should be present in any decent HTTP::Request class. These are:

has Str $.method;
has Str $.uri;
has Str $.version;
has Buf $.data is rw;
has     %.params;
has     %.headers;

header

A generic header method to retrieve headers in a case insensitive way from the %.headers attribute.

HTTP::Response::Role

The HTTP::Response::Role provides some generic attributes for the class that should be present in any decent HTTP::Response class.

has Int:D $.status is rw = 200;
has       %.headers is rw;
has       $.connection;
has       %.statuscodes = HTTP::Status.Map;

write

The write method is expected to write the given data of the response.

close

The close method is expected to close the connection to the client, taking any optional data to be sent, and a named argument :force to forcefully close the connection (which defaults to False).

AUTHOR

Tony O'Dell

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the Artistic License 2.0.