Method: Cyclid::API::APIHelpers#parse_request_body

Defined in:
app/cyclid/sinatra/api_helpers.rb

#parse_request_body ⇒ Object

Safely parse & validate the request body



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# File 'app/cyclid/sinatra/api_helpers.rb', line 32

def parse_request_body
  # Parse the the request
  begin
    request.body.rewind

    if request.content_type == 'application/json' or \
       request.content_type == 'text/json'

      data = Oj.load request.body.read
    elsif request.content_type == 'application/x-yaml' or \
          request.content_type == 'text/x-yaml'

      data = YAML.load request.body.read
    else
      halt_with_json_response(415, \
                              Errors::HTTPErrors::INVALID_JSON, \
                              "unsupported content type #{request.content_type}")
    end
  rescue Oj::ParseError, YAML::Exception => ex
    Cyclid.logger.debug ex.message
    halt_with_json_response(400, Errors::HTTPErrors::INVALID_JSON, ex.message)
  end

  # Sanity check the request
  halt_with_json_response(400, \
                          Errors::HTTPErrors::INVALID_JSON, \
                          'request body can not be empty') if data.nil?
  halt_with_json_response(400, \
                          Errors::HTTPErrors::INVALID_JSON, \
                          'request body is invalid') unless data.is_a?(Hash)

  return data
end