package Dancer2::Core::Request; # ABSTRACT: Interface for accessing incoming requests $Dancer2::Core::Request::VERSION = '1.1.2'; use strict; use warnings; use parent 'Plack::Request'; use Carp; use Encode; use URI; use URI::Escape; use Safe::Isa; use Hash::MultiValue; use Ref::Util qw< is_ref is_arrayref is_hashref is_coderef >; use Dancer2::Core::Types; use Dancer2::Core::Request::Upload; use Dancer2::Core::Cookie; # add an attribute for each HTTP_* variables # (HOST is managed manually) my @http_env_keys = (qw/ accept_charset accept_encoding accept_language connection keep_alive x_requested_with /); # apparently you can't eval core functions sub accept { $_[0]->env->{'HTTP_ACCEPT'} } eval << "_EVAL" or die $@ for @http_env_keys; ## no critic sub $_ { \$_[0]->env->{ 'HTTP_' . ( uc "$_" ) } } 1; _EVAL eval { require Unicode::UTF8; no warnings qw; *__decode = sub { Unicode::UTF8::decode_utf8($_[0]) }; 1; } or do { no warnings qw; *__decode = sub { decode( 'UTF-8', $_[0] ) }; }; # check presence of XS module to speedup request our $XS_URL_DECODE = eval { require URL::Encode::XS; 1; }; our $XS_PARSE_QUERY_STRING = eval { require CGI::Deurl::XS; 1; }; our $XS_HTTP_COOKIES = eval { require HTTP::XSCookies; 1; }; our $_id = 0; # self->new( env => {}, serializer => $s, is_behind_proxy => 0|1 ) sub new { my ( $class, @args ) = @_; # even sized list @args % 2 == 0 or croak 'Must provide even sized list'; my %opts = @args; my $env = $opts{'env'}; my $self = $class->SUPER::new($env); if ( my $s = $opts{'serializer'} ) { $s->$_does('Dancer2::Core::Role::Serializer') or croak 'Serializer provided not a Serializer object'; $self->{'serializer'} = $s; } # additionally supported attributes $self->{'id'} = ++$_id; $self->{'vars'} = {}; $self->{'is_behind_proxy'} = !!$opts{'is_behind_proxy'}; $self->{'uri_for_route'} = $opts{'uri_for_route'}; $opts{'body_params'} and $self->{'_body_params'} = $opts{'body_params'}; # Deserialize/parse body for HMV $self->data; $self->_build_uploads(); return $self; } # a buffer for per-request variables sub vars { $_[0]->{'vars'} } sub var { my $self = shift; @_ == 2 ? $self->vars->{ $_[0] } = $_[1] : $self->vars->{ $_[0] }; } # I don't like this. I know send_file uses this and I wonder # if we can remove it. # -- Sawyer sub set_path_info { $_[0]->env->{'PATH_INFO'} = $_[1] } # XXX: incompatible with Plack::Request sub body { $_[0]->raw_body } sub id { $_id } # Private 'read-only' attributes for request params. See the params() # method for the public interface. # # _body_params, _query_params and _route_params have setter methods that # decode byte string to characters before setting; If you know you have # decoded (character) params, such as output from a deserializer, you can # set these directly in the request object hash to avoid the decode op. sub _params { $_[0]->{'_params'} ||= $_[0]->_build_params } sub _has_params { defined $_[0]->{'_params'} } sub _body_params { $_[0]->{'_body_params'} ||= $_[0]->body_parameters->as_hashref_mixed } sub _query_params { $_[0]->{'_query_params'} } sub _set_query_params { my ( $self, $params ) = @_; $self->{_query_params} = _decode( $params ); } sub _route_params { $_[0]->{'_route_params'} ||= {} } sub _set_route_params { my ( $self, $params ) = @_; $self->{_route_params} = _decode( $params ); $self->_build_params(); } # XXX: incompatible with Plack::Request sub uploads { $_[0]->{'uploads'} } sub is_behind_proxy { $_[0]->{'is_behind_proxy'} || 0 } sub host { my ($self) = @_; if ( $self->is_behind_proxy and exists $self->env->{'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST'} ) { my @hosts = split /\s*,\s*/, $self->env->{'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST'}, 2; return $hosts[0]; } else { return $self->env->{'HTTP_HOST'}; } } # aliases, kept for backward compat sub agent { shift->user_agent } sub remote_address { shift->address } sub forwarded_for_address { shift->env->{'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'} } sub forwarded_host { shift->env->{'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_HOST'} } # there are two options sub forwarded_protocol { $_[0]->env->{'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'} || $_[0]->env->{'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTOCOL'} || $_[0]->env->{'HTTP_FORWARDED_PROTO'} } sub scheme { my ($self) = @_; my $scheme = $self->is_behind_proxy ? $self->forwarded_protocol : ''; return $scheme || $self->env->{'psgi.url_scheme'}; } sub serializer { $_[0]->{'serializer'} } sub data { $_[0]->{'data'} ||= $_[0]->deserialize() } sub deserialize { my $self = shift; # don't attempt to deserialize if the form is 'multipart/form-data' if ( $self->content_type && $self->content_type =~ /^multipart\/form-data/i ) { return; } my $serializer = $self->serializer or return; # The latest draft of the RFC does not forbid DELETE to have content, # rather the behaviour is undefined. Take the most lenient route and # deserialize any content on delete as well. return unless grep { $self->method eq $_ } qw/ PUT POST PATCH DELETE /; # try to deserialize my $body = $self->body; $body && length $body > 0 or return; # Catch serializer fails - which is tricky as Role::Serializer # wraps the deserializaion in an eval and returns undef. # We want to generate a 500 error on serialization fail (Ref #794) # to achieve that, override the log callback so we can catch a signal # that it failed. This is messy (messes with serializer internals), but # "works". my $serializer_fail; my $serializer_log_cb = $serializer->log_cb; local $serializer->{log_cb} = sub { $serializer_fail = $_[1]; $serializer_log_cb->(@_); }; # work-around to resolve a chicken-and-egg issue when instantiating a # request object; the serializer needs that request object to deserialize # the body params. Scalar::Util::weaken( my $request = $self ); $self->serializer->has_request || $self->serializer->set_request($request); my $data = $serializer->deserialize($body); die $serializer_fail if $serializer_fail; # Set _body_params directly rather than using the setter. Deserializiation # returns characters and skipping the decode op in the setter ensures # that numerical data "stays" numerical; decoding an SV that is an IV # converts that to a PVIV. Some serializers are picky (JSON).. $self->{_body_params} = $data; # Set body parameters (decoded HMV) $self->{'body_parameters'} = Hash::MultiValue->from_mixed( is_hashref($data) ? %$data : () ); return $data; } sub uri { $_[0]->request_uri } sub is_head { $_[0]->method eq 'HEAD' } sub is_post { $_[0]->method eq 'POST' } sub is_get { $_[0]->method eq 'GET' } sub is_put { $_[0]->method eq 'PUT' } sub is_delete { $_[0]->method eq 'DELETE' } sub is_patch { $_[0]->method eq 'PATCH' } sub is_options { $_[0]->method eq 'OPTIONS' } # public interface compat with CGI.pm objects sub request_method { $_[0]->method } sub input_handle { $_[0]->env->{'psgi.input'} } sub to_string { my ($self) = @_; return "[#" . $self->id . "] " . $self->method . " " . $self->path; } sub base { my $self = shift; my $uri = $self->_common_uri; return $uri->canonical; } sub _common_uri { my $self = shift; my $path = $self->env->{SCRIPT_NAME}; my $port = $self->env->{SERVER_PORT}; my $server = $self->env->{SERVER_NAME}; my $host = $self->host; my $scheme = $self->scheme; my $uri = URI->new; $uri->scheme($scheme); $uri->authority( $host || "$server:$port" ); $uri->path( $path || '/' ); return $uri; } sub uri_base { my $self = shift; my $uri = $self->_common_uri; my $canon = $uri->canonical; if ( $uri->path eq '/' ) { $canon =~ s{/$}{}; } return $canon; } sub dispatch_path { Carp::croak q{DEPRECATED: request->dispatch_path. Please use request->path instead}; } sub uri_for { my ( $self, $part, $params, $dont_escape ) = @_; $part ||= ''; my $uri = $self->base; # Make sure there's exactly one slash between the base and the new part my $base = $uri->path; $base =~ s|/$||; $part =~ s|^/||; $uri->path("$base/$part"); $uri->query_form($params) if $params; return $dont_escape ? uri_unescape( ${ $uri->canonical } ) : ${ $uri->canonical }; } sub uri_for_route { my ( $self, @args ) = @_; is_coderef( $self->{'uri_for_route'} ) or die 'uri_for_route called on a request instance without it'; return $self->{'uri_for_route'}->(@_); } sub params { my ( $self, $source ) = @_; return %{ $self->_params } if wantarray && @_ == 1; return $self->_params if @_ == 1; if ( $source eq 'query' ) { return %{ $self->_query_params || {} } if wantarray; return $self->_query_params; } elsif ( $source eq 'body' ) { return %{ $self->_body_params || {} } if wantarray; return $self->_body_params; } if ( $source eq 'route' ) { return %{ $self->_route_params } if wantarray; return $self->_route_params; } else { croak "Unknown source params \"$source\"."; } } sub query_parameters { my $self = shift; $self->{'query_parameters'} ||= do { if ($XS_PARSE_QUERY_STRING) { my $query = _decode(CGI::Deurl::XS::parse_query_string( $self->env->{'QUERY_STRING'} )); Hash::MultiValue->new( map {; my $key = $_; is_arrayref( $query->{$key} ) ? ( map +( $key => $_ ), @{ $query->{$key} } ) : ( $key => $query->{$key} ) } keys %{$query} ); } else { # defer to Plack::Request _decode($self->SUPER::query_parameters); } }; } # this will be filled once the route is matched sub route_parameters { $_[0]->{'route_parameters'} ||= Hash::MultiValue->new } sub _set_route_parameters { my ( $self, $params ) = @_; # remove reserved splat parameter name # you should access splat parameters using splat() keyword delete @{$params}{qw}; $self->{'route_parameters'} = Hash::MultiValue->from_mixed( %{_decode($params)} ); } sub body_parameters { my $self = shift; # defer to (the overridden) Plack::Request->body_parameters $self->{'body_parameters'} ||= _decode($self->SUPER::body_parameters()); } sub parameters { my ( $self, $type ) = @_; # handle a specific case if ($type) { my $attr = "${type}_parameters"; return $self->$attr; } # merge together the *decoded* parameters $self->{'merged_parameters'} ||= do { my $query = $self->query_parameters; my $body = $self->body_parameters; my $route = $self->route_parameters; # not in Plack::Request Hash::MultiValue->new( map $_->flatten, $query, $body, $route ); }; } sub captures { shift->params->{captures} || {} } sub splat { @{ shift->params->{splat} || [] } } # XXX: incompatible with Plack::Request sub param { shift->params->{ $_[0] } } sub _decode { my ($h) = @_; return if not defined $h; if ( !is_ref($h) && !utf8::is_utf8($h) ) { return __decode($h); } elsif ( ref($h) eq 'Hash::MultiValue' ) { return Hash::MultiValue->from_mixed(_decode($h->as_hashref_mixed)); } elsif ( is_hashref($h) ) { return { map {my $t = _decode($_); $t} (%$h) }; } elsif ( is_arrayref($h) ) { return [ map _decode($_), @$h ]; } return $h; } sub is_ajax { my $self = shift; return 0 unless defined $self->headers; return 0 unless defined $self->header('X-Requested-With'); return 0 if $self->header('X-Requested-With') ne 'XMLHttpRequest'; return 1; } # XXX incompatible with Plack::Request # context-aware accessor for uploads sub upload { my ( $self, $name ) = @_; my $res = $self->{uploads}{$name}; return $res unless wantarray; return () unless defined $res; return ( is_arrayref($res) ) ? @$res : $res; } sub _build_params { my ($self) = @_; # params may have been populated by before filters # _before_ we get there, so we have to save it first my $previous = $self->_has_params ? $self->_params : {}; # now parse environment params... my $get_params = $self->_parse_get_params(); # and merge everything $self->{_params} = { map +( is_hashref($_) ? %{$_} : () ), $previous, $get_params, $self->_body_params, $self->_route_params, }; } sub _url_decode { my ( $self, $encoded ) = @_; return URL::Encode::XS::url_decode($encoded) if $XS_URL_DECODE; my $clean = $encoded; $clean =~ tr/\+/ /; $clean =~ s/%([a-fA-F0-9]{2})/pack "H2", $1/eg; return $clean; } sub _parse_get_params { my ($self) = @_; return $self->_query_params if defined $self->{_query_params}; my $query_params = {}; my $source = $self->env->{QUERY_STRING}; return if !defined $source || $source eq ''; if ($XS_PARSE_QUERY_STRING) { $self->_set_query_params( CGI::Deurl::XS::parse_query_string($source) || {} ); return $self->_query_params; } foreach my $token ( split /[&;]/, $source ) { my ( $key, $val ) = split( /=/, $token ); next unless defined $key; $val = ( defined $val ) ? $val : ''; $key = $self->_url_decode($key); $val = $self->_url_decode($val); # looking for multi-value params if ( exists $query_params->{$key} ) { my $prev_val = $query_params->{$key}; if ( is_arrayref($prev_val) ) { push @{ $query_params->{$key} }, $val; } else { $query_params->{$key} = [ $prev_val, $val ]; } } # simple value param (first time we see it) else { $query_params->{$key} = $val; } } $self->_set_query_params( $query_params ); return $self->_query_params; } sub _build_uploads { my ($self) = @_; # parse body and build body params my $body_params = $self->_body_params; my $uploads = $self->SUPER::uploads; my %uploads; for my $name ( keys %$uploads ) { my @uploads = map Dancer2::Core::Request::Upload->new( # For back-compatibility, we use a HashRef of headers headers => {@{$_->{headers}->psgi_flatten_without_sort}}, tempname => $_->{tempname}, size => $_->{size}, filename => _decode( $_->{filename} ), ), $uploads->get_all($name); $uploads{$name} = @uploads > 1 ? \@uploads : $uploads[0]; # support access to the filename as a normal param my @filenames = map $_->{'filename'}, @uploads; $self->{_body_params}{$name} = @filenames > 1 ? \@filenames : $filenames[0]; } $self->{uploads} = \%uploads; } # XXX: incompatible with Plack::Request sub cookies { $_[0]->{'cookies'} ||= $_[0]->_build_cookies } sub _build_cookies { my $self = shift; my $cookies = {}; my $http_cookie = $self->header('Cookie'); return $cookies unless defined $http_cookie; # nothing to do if ( $XS_HTTP_COOKIES ) { $cookies = HTTP::XSCookies::crush_cookie($http_cookie); } else { # handle via Plack::Request $cookies = $self->SUPER::cookies(); } # convert to objects while (my ($name, $value) = each %{$cookies}) { $cookies->{$name} = Dancer2::Core::Cookie->new( name => $name, # HTTP::XSCookies v0.17+ will do the split and return an arrayref value => (is_arrayref($value) ? $value : [split(/[&;]/, $value)]) ); } return $cookies; } # poor man's clone sub _shallow_clone { my ($self, $params, $options) = @_; # shallow clone $env; we don't want to alter the existing one # in $self, then merge any overridden values my $env = { %{ $self->env }, %{ $options || {} } }; my $new_request = __PACKAGE__->new( env => $env, body_params => {}, ); # Clone and merge query params my $new_params = $self->params; $new_request->{_query_params} = { %{ $self->{_query_params} || {} } }; $new_request->{query_parameters} = $self->query_parameters->clone; for my $key ( keys %{ $params || {} } ) { my $value = $params->{$key}; $new_params->{$key} = $value; $new_request->{_query_params}->{$key} = $value; $new_request->{query_parameters}->add( $key => $value ); } # Copy params (these are already decoded) $new_request->{_params} = $new_params; $new_request->{_body_params} = $self->{_body_params}; $new_request->{_route_params} = $self->{_route_params}; $new_request->{headers} = $self->headers; # Copy remaining settings $new_request->{is_behind_proxy} = $self->{is_behind_proxy}; $new_request->{vars} = $self->{vars}; # Clone any existing decoded & cached body params. (GH#1116 GH#1269) $new_request->{'body_parameters'} = $self->body_parameters->clone; # Delete merged HMV parameters, allowing them to be reconstructed on first use. delete $new_request->{'merged_parameters'}; return $new_request; } sub _set_route { my ( $self, $route ) = @_; $self->{'route'} = $route; } sub route { $_[0]->{'route'} } sub body_data { my $self = shift; return $self->data if $self->serializer; $self->_body_params; return $self->{_body_params} if keys %{ $self->{_body_params} }; return $self->body; } 1; __END__ =pod =encoding UTF-8 =head1 NAME Dancer2::Core::Request - Interface for accessing incoming requests =head1 VERSION version 1.1.2 =head1 SYNOPSIS In a route handler, the current request object can be accessed by the C keyword: get '/foo' => sub { request->params; # request, params parsed as a hash ref request->body; # returns the request body, unparsed request->path; # the path requested by the client # ... }; =head1 DESCRIPTION An object representing a Dancer2 request. It aims to provide a proper interface to anything you might need from a web request. =head1 METHODS =head2 address Return the IP address of the client. =head2 base Returns an absolute URI for the base of the application. Returns a L object (which stringifies to the URL, as you'd expect). =head2 body_parameters Returns a L object representing the POST parameters. =head2 body Return the raw body of the request, unparsed. If you need to access the body of the request, you have to use this accessor and should not try to read C by hand. C already did it for you and kept the raw body untouched in there. =head2 body_data Returns the body of the request in data form, making it possible to distinguish between C, a representation of the request parameters (L) and other forms of content. If a serializer is set, this is the deserialized request body. Otherwise this is the decoded body parameters (if any), or the body content itself. =head2 content Returns the undecoded byte string POST body. =head2 cookies Returns a reference to a hash containing cookies, where the keys are the names of the cookies and values are L objects. =head2 data If the application has a serializer and if the request has serialized content, returns the deserialized structure as a hashref. =head2 dispatch_path Alias for L. Deprecated. =head2 env Return the current PSGI environment hash reference. =head2 header($name) Return the value of the given header, if present. If the header has multiple values, returns an the list of values if called in list context, the first one in scalar. =head2 headers Returns either an L or an L object representing the headers. =head2 id The ID of the request. This allows you to trace a specific request in loggers, per the string created using C. The ID of the request is essentially the number of requests run in the current class. =head2 input Alias to C method below. =head2 input_handle Alias to the PSGI input handle (C<< request->env->{'psgi.input'} >>) =head2 is_ajax Return true if the value of the header C is C. =head2 is_delete Return true if the method requested by the client is 'DELETE' =head2 is_get Return true if the method requested by the client is 'GET' =head2 is_head Return true if the method requested by the client is 'HEAD' =head2 is_post Return true if the method requested by the client is 'POST' =head2 is_put Return true if the method requested by the client is 'PUT' =head2 is_options Return true if the method requested by the client is 'OPTIONS' =head2 logger Returns the C code reference, if exists. =head2 method Return the HTTP method used by the client to access the application. While this method returns the method string as provided by the environment, it's better to use one of the following boolean accessors if you want to inspect the requested method. =head2 new The constructor of the class, used internally by Dancer2's core to create request objects. It uses the environment hash table given to build the request object: Dancer2::Core::Request->new( env => $env ); There are two additional parameters for instantiation: =over 4 =item * serializer A serializer object to work with when reading the request body. =item * body_params Provide body parameters. Used internally when we need to avoid parsing the body again. =back =head2 param($key) Calls the C method below and fetches the key provided. =head2 params($source) Called in scalar context, returns a hashref of params, either from the specified source (see below for more info on that) or merging all sources. So, you can use, for instance: my $foo = params->{foo} If called in list context, returns a list of key and value pairs, so you could use: my %allparams = params; Parameters are merged in the following order: query, body, route - i.e. route parameters have the highest priority: POST /hello/Ruth?name=Quentin name=Bobbie post '/hello/:name' => sub { return "Hello, " . route_parameters->get('name') . "!"; # returns Ruth return "Hello, " . query_parameters->get('name') . "!"; # returns Quentin return "Hello, " . body_parameters->get('name') . "!"; # returns Bobbie return "Hello, " . param('name') . "!"; # returns Ruth }; The L, L, and L keywords provide a L result from the three different parameters. We recommend using these rather than C, because of the potential for unintentional behaviour - consider the following request and route handler: POST /artist/104/new-song name=Careless Dancing post '/artist/:id/new-song' => sub { find_artist(param('id'))->create_song(params); # oops! we just passed id into create_song, # but we probably only intended to pass name find_artist(param('id'))->create_song(body_parameters); }; POST /artist/104/join-band id=4 name=Dancing Misfits post '/artist/:id/new-song' => sub { find_artist(param('id'))->join_band(params); # oops! we just passed an id of 104 into join_band, # but we probably should have passed an id of 4 }; =head2 parameters Returns a L object with merged GET and POST parameters. Parameters are merged in the following order: query, body, route - i.e. route parameters have the highest priority - see L for how this works, and associated risks and alternatives. =head2 path The path requested by the client, normalized. This is effectively C or a single forward C. =head2 path_info The raw requested path. This could be empty. Use C instead. =head2 port Return the port of the server. =head2 protocol Return the protocol (I or I) used for the request. =head2 query_parameters Returns a L parameters object. =head2 query_string Returns the portion of the request defining the query itself - this is what comes after the C in a URI. =head2 raw_body Alias to C method. =head2 remote_address Alias for C
method. =head2 remote_host Return the remote host of the client. This only works with web servers configured to do a reverse DNS lookup on the client's IP address. =head2 request_method Alias to the C accessor, for backward-compatibility with C interface. =head2 request_uri Return the raw, undecoded request URI path. =head2 route Return the L which this request matched. =head2 scheme Return the scheme of the request =head2 script_name Return script_name from the environment. =head2 secure Return true or false, indicating whether the connection is secure - this is effectively checking if the scheme is I or not. =head2 serializer Returns the optional serializer object used to deserialize request parameters. =head2 session Returns the C hash, if exists. =head2 session_options Returns the C hash, if exists. =head2 to_string Return a string representing the request object (e.g., C). =head2 upload($name) Context-aware accessor for uploads. It's a wrapper around an access to the hash table provided by C. It looks at the calling context and returns a corresponding value. If you have many file uploads under the same name, and call C in an array context, the accessor will unroll the ARRAY ref for you: my @uploads = request->upload('many_uploads'); # OK Whereas with a manual access to the hash table, you'll end up with one element in C<@uploads>, being the arrayref: my @uploads = request->uploads->{'many_uploads'}; # $uploads[0]: ARRAY(0xXXXXX) That is why this accessor should be used instead of a manual access to C. =head2 uploads Returns a reference to a hash containing uploads. Values can be either a L object, or an arrayref of L objects. You should probably use the C accessor instead of manually accessing the C hash table. =head2 uri An alias to C. =head2 uri_base Same thing as C above, except it removes the last trailing slash in the path if it is the only path. This means that if your base is I, C will return I (notice no trailing slash). This is considered very useful when using templates to do the following thing: =head2 uri_for(path, params) Constructs a URI from the base and the passed path. If params (hashref) is supplied, these are added to the query string of the URI. Thus, with the following base: http://localhost:5000/foo You get the following behavior: my $uri = request->uri_for('/bar', { baz => 'baz' }); print $uri; # http://localhost:5000/foo/bar?baz=baz C returns a L object (which can stringify to the value). =head2 uri_for_route(route_name, route_params, query_params, escape) Constructs a URI from the base and the path of the specified route name. Read more about it in the C document under C. =head2 user Return remote user if defined. =head2 var By-name interface to variables stored in this request object. my $stored = $request->var('some_variable'); returns the value of 'some_variable', while $request->var('some_variable' => 'value'); will set it. =head2 vars Access to the internal hash of variables: my $value = $request->vars->{'my_key'}; You want to use C above. =head1 Common HTTP request headers Commonly used client-supplied HTTP request headers are available through specific accessors: =over 4 =item C HTTP header: C. =item C HTTP header: C. =item C HTTP header: C. =item C HTTP header: C. =item C Alias for C) below. =item C HTTP header: C. =item C HTTP header: C. =item C HTTP header: C. =item C HTTP header: C. =item C HTTP header: C. =item C HTTP header: C. =item C One of either C, C, or C. =item C Checks whether we are behind a proxy using the C configuration option, and if so returns the first C, since this is a comma separated list. If you have not configured that you are behind a proxy, it returns HTTP header C. =item C HTTP header: C. =item C HTTP header: C. =item C HTTP header: C. =item C HTTP header: C. =back =head1 Fetching only params from a given source If a required source isn't specified, a mixed hashref (or list of key value pairs, in list context) will be returned; this will contain params from all sources (route, query, body). In practical terms, this means that if the param C is passed both on the querystring and in a POST body, you can only access one of them. If you want to see only params from a given source, you can say so by passing the C<$source> param to C: my %querystring_params = params('query'); my %route_params = params('route'); my %post_params = params('body'); If source equals C, then only params parsed from the route pattern are returned. If source equals C, then only params parsed from the query string are returned. If source equals C, then only params sent in the request body will be returned. If another value is given for C<$source>, then an exception is triggered. =head1 EXTRA SPEED If L detects the following modules as installed, it will use them to speed things up: =over 4 =item * L =item * L =back =head1 AUTHOR Dancer Core Developers =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2024 by Alexis Sukrieh. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself. =cut