Class: ActionController::AbstractRequest

Inherits:
Object
  • Object
show all
Defined in:
lib/action_controller/request.rb,
lib/action_controller/deprecated_request_methods.rb

Overview

These methods are available in both the production and test Request objects.

Direct Known Subclasses

CgiRequest, TestRequest

Instance Attribute Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Attribute Details

#envObject (readonly)

Returns the hash of environment variables for this request, such as { ‘RAILS_ENV’ => ‘production’ }.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 8

def env
  @env
end

Instance Method Details

#acceptsObject



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 68

def accepts
  @accepts ||=
    if @env['HTTP_ACCEPT'].to_s.strip.empty?
      [ content_type, Mime::ALL ]
    else
      Mime::Type.parse(@env['HTTP_ACCEPT'])
    end
end

#content_typeObject

Determine whether the body of a HTTP call is URL-encoded (default) or matches one of the registered param_parsers.

For backward compatibility, the post format is extracted from the X-Post-Data-Format HTTP header if present.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 50

def content_type
  @content_type ||=
    begin
      content_type = @env['CONTENT_TYPE'].to_s.downcase
      
      if x_post_format = @env['HTTP_X_POST_DATA_FORMAT']
        case x_post_format.to_s.downcase
        when 'yaml'
          content_type = 'application/x-yaml'
        when 'xml'
          content_type = 'application/xml'
        end
      end
      
      Mime::Type.lookup(content_type)
    end
end

#cookiesObject

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 236

def cookies #:nodoc:
end

#delete?Boolean

Is this a DELETE request? Equivalent to request.method == :delete

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 36

def delete?
  method == :delete
end

#domain(tld_length = 1) ⇒ Object

Returns the domain part of a host, such as rubyonrails.org in “www.rubyonrails.org”. You can specify a different tld_length, such as 2 to catch rubyonrails.co.uk in “www.rubyonrails.co.uk”.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 107

def domain(tld_length = 1)
  return nil if !/\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}\.\d{1,3}/.match(host).nil? or host.nil?

  host.split('.').last(1 + tld_length).join('.')
end

#formatted_post?Boolean

Is this a POST request formatted as XML or YAML?

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/action_controller/deprecated_request_methods.rb', line 20

def formatted_post?
  post? && (post_format == :yaml || post_format == :xml)
end

#get?Boolean

Is this a GET request? Equivalent to request.method == :get

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 21

def get?
  method == :get
end

#head?Boolean

Is this a HEAD request? Equivalent to request.method == :head

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 41

def head?
  method == :head
end

#hostObject

Returns the host for this request, such as example.com.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 233

def host
end

#host_with_portObject

Returns a host:port string for this request, such as example.com or example.com:8080.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 201

def host_with_port
  host + port_string
end

#methodObject

Returns the HTTP request method as a lowercase symbol (:get, for example)



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 16

def method
  @request_method ||= @env['REQUEST_METHOD'].downcase.to_sym
end

#parametersObject

Returns both GET and POST parameters in a single hash.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 11

def parameters
  @parameters ||= request_parameters.update(query_parameters).update(path_parameters).with_indifferent_access
end

#pathObject

Returns the interpreted path to requested resource after all the installation directory of this application was taken into account



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 156

def path
  path = (uri = request_uri) ? uri.split('?').first : ''

  # Cut off the path to the installation directory if given
  root = relative_url_root
  path[0, root.length] = '' if root
  path || ''
end

#path_parametersObject



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 214

def path_parameters
  @path_parameters ||= {}
end

#path_parameters=(parameters) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 205

def path_parameters=(parameters)
  @path_parameters = parameters
  @symbolized_path_parameters = @parameters = nil
end

#portObject

Returns the port number of this request as an integer.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 181

def port
  @port_as_int ||= @env['SERVER_PORT'].to_i
end

#port_stringObject

Returns a port suffix like “:8080” if the port number of this request is not the default HTTP port 80 or HTTPS port 443.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 195

def port_string
  (port == standard_port) ? '' : ":#{port}"
end

#post?Boolean

Is this a POST request? Equivalent to request.method == :post

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 26

def post?
  method == :post
end

#post_formatObject

Determine whether the body of a HTTP call is URL-encoded (default) or matches one of the registered param_parsers.

For backward compatibility, the post format is extracted from the X-Post-Data-Format HTTP header if present.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/deprecated_request_methods.rb', line 8

def post_format
  case content_type.to_s
  when 'application/xml'
    :xml
  when 'application/x-yaml'
    :yaml
  else
    :url_encoded
  end
end

#protocolObject

Return ‘https://’ if this is an SSL request and ‘http://’ otherwise.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 146

def protocol
  ssl? ? 'https://' : 'http://'
end

#put?Boolean

Is this a PUT request? Equivalent to request.method == :put

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 31

def put?
  method == :put
end

#query_parametersObject

– Must be implemented in the concrete request ++



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 226

def query_parameters #:nodoc:
end

#raw_postObject

Receive the raw post data. This is useful for services such as REST, XMLRPC and SOAP which communicate over HTTP POST but don’t use the traditional parameter format.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 125

def raw_post
  @env['RAW_POST_DATA']
end

#relative_url_rootObject

Returns the path minus the web server relative installation directory. This can be set with the environment variable RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT. It can be automatically extracted for Apache setups. If the server is not Apache, this method returns an empty string.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 169

def relative_url_root
  @@relative_url_root ||= case
    when @env["RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT"]
      @env["RAILS_RELATIVE_URL_ROOT"]
    when server_software == 'apache'
      @env["SCRIPT_NAME"].to_s.sub(/\/dispatch\.(fcgi|rb|cgi)$/, '')
    else
      ''
  end
end

#remote_ipObject

Determine originating IP address. REMOTE_ADDR is the standard but will fail if the user is behind a proxy. HTTP_CLIENT_IP and/or HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR are set by proxies so check for these before falling back to REMOTE_ADDR. HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR may be a comma- delimited list in the case of multiple chained proxies; the first is the originating IP.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 91

def remote_ip
  return @env['HTTP_CLIENT_IP'] if @env.include? 'HTTP_CLIENT_IP'

  if @env.include? 'HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR' then
    remote_ips = @env['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR'].split(',').reject do |ip|
        ip =~ /^unknown$|^(10|172\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|30|31)|192\.168)\./i
    end

    return remote_ips.first.strip unless remote_ips.empty?
  end

  @env['REMOTE_ADDR']
end

#request_parametersObject

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 229

def request_parameters #:nodoc:
end

#request_uriObject

Returns the request URI correctly, taking into account the idiosyncracies of the various servers.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 131

def request_uri
  if uri = @env['REQUEST_URI']
    (%r{^\w+\://[^/]+(/.*|$)$} =~ uri) ? $1 : uri # Remove domain, which webrick puts into the request_uri.
  else  # REQUEST_URI is blank under IIS - get this from PATH_INFO and SCRIPT_NAME
    script_filename = @env['SCRIPT_NAME'].to_s.match(%r{[^/]+$})
    uri = @env['PATH_INFO']
    uri = uri.sub(/#{script_filename}\//, '') unless script_filename.nil?
    unless (env_qs = @env['QUERY_STRING']).nil? || env_qs.empty?
      uri << '?' << env_qs
    end
    uri
  end
end

#reset_sessionObject

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 246

def reset_session #:nodoc:
end

#server_softwareObject

Returns the lowercase name of the HTTP server software.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 219

def server_software
  (@env['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] && /^([a-zA-Z]+)/ =~ @env['SERVER_SOFTWARE']) ? $1.downcase : nil
end

#sessionObject

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 239

def session #:nodoc:
end

#session=(session) ⇒ Object

:nodoc:



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 242

def session=(session) #:nodoc:
  @session = session
end

#ssl?Boolean

Is this an SSL request?

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 151

def ssl?
  @env['HTTPS'] == 'on' || @env['HTTP_X_FORWARDED_PROTO'] == 'https'
end

#standard_portObject

Returns the standard port number for this request’s protocol



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 186

def standard_port
  case protocol
    when 'https://' then 443
    else 80
  end
end

#subdomains(tld_length = 1) ⇒ Object

Returns all the subdomains as an array, so [“dev”, “www”] would be returned for “dev.www.rubyonrails.org”. You can specify a different tld_length, such as 2 to catch [“www”] instead of [“www”, “rubyonrails”] in “www.rubyonrails.co.uk”.



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 116

def subdomains(tld_length = 1)
  return [] unless host
  parts = host.split('.')
  parts[0..-(tld_length+2)]
end

#symbolized_path_parametersObject



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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 210

def symbolized_path_parameters
  @symbolized_path_parameters ||= path_parameters.symbolize_keys
end

#xml_http_request?Boolean Also known as: xhr?

Returns true if the request’s “X-Requested-With” header contains “XMLHttpRequest”. (The Prototype Javascript library sends this header with every Ajax request.)

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/action_controller/request.rb', line 80

def xml_http_request?
  not /XMLHttpRequest/i.match(@env['HTTP_X_REQUESTED_WITH']).nil?
end

#xml_post?Boolean

Is this a POST request formatted as XML?

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/action_controller/deprecated_request_methods.rb', line 25

def xml_post?
  post? && post_format == :xml
end

#yaml_post?Boolean

Is this a POST request formatted as YAML?

Returns:

  • (Boolean)


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# File 'lib/action_controller/deprecated_request_methods.rb', line 30

def yaml_post?
  post? && post_format == :yaml
end