Module: Sinatra::LinkHeader

Defined in:
lib/sinatra/link_header.rb

Overview

Sinatra::LinkHeader

Sinatra::LinkHeader adds a set of helper methods to generate link HTML tags and their corresponding Link HTTP headers.

Usage

Once you had set up the helpers in your application (see below), you will be able to call the following methods from inside your route handlers, filters and templates:

prefetch

Sets the Link HTTP headers and returns HTML tags to prefetch the given resources.

stylesheet

Sets the Link HTTP headers and returns HTML tags to use the given stylesheets.

link

Sets the Link HTTP headers and returns the corresponding HTML tags for the given resources.

link_headers

Returns the corresponding HTML tags for the current Link HTTP headers.

Classic Application

In a classic application simply require the helpers, and start using them:

require "sinatra"
require "sinatra/link_header"

# The rest of your classic application code goes here...

Modular Application

In a modular application you need to require the helpers, and then tell the application you will use them:

require "sinatra/base"
require "sinatra/link_header"

class MyApp < Sinatra::Base
  helpers Sinatra::LinkHeader

  # The rest of your modular application code goes here...
end

Class Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Summary collapse

Class Method Details

.registered(base) ⇒ Object



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# File 'lib/sinatra/link_header.rb', line 126

def self.registered(base)
  puts "WARNING: #{self} is a helpers module, not an extension."
end

Instance Method Details

Sets Link HTTP header and returns corresponding HTML tags.

Example:

# Sets header:
#   Link: </foo>; rel="next"
# Returns String:
#   '<link href="/foo" rel="next" />'
link '/foo', :rel => :next

# Multiple URLs
link :stylesheet, '/a.css', '/b.css'


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# File 'lib/sinatra/link_header.rb', line 84

def link(*urls)
  opts          = urls.last.respond_to?(:to_hash) ? urls.pop : {}
  opts[:rel]    = urls.shift unless urls.first.respond_to? :to_str
  options       = opts.map { |k, v| " #{k}=#{v.to_s.inspect}" }
  html_pattern  = "<link href=\"%s\"#{options.join} />"
  http_pattern  = ["<%s>", *options].join ";"
  link          = (response["Link"] ||= "")

  urls.map do |url|
    link << "\n" unless link.empty?
    link << (http_pattern % url)
    html_pattern % url
  end.join "\n"
end

Takes the current value of th Link header(s) and generates HTML tags from it.

Example:

get '/' do
  # You can of course use fancy helpers like #link, #stylesheet
  # or #prefetch
  response["Link"] = '</foo>; rel="next"'
  haml :some_page
end

__END__


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# File 'lib/sinatra/link_header.rb', line 117

def link_headers
  yield if block_given?
  return "" unless response.include? "Link"
  response["Link"].lines.map do |line|
    url, *opts = line.split(';').map(&:strip)
    "<link href=\"#{url[1..-2]}\" #{opts.join " "} />"
  end.join "\n"
end

#prefetch(*urls) ⇒ Object

Set Link HTTP header and returns HTML tags for telling the browser to prefetch given resources (only supported by Opera and Firefox at the moment).



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# File 'lib/sinatra/link_header.rb', line 59

def prefetch(*urls)
  link(:prefetch, *urls)
end

#stylesheet(*urls) ⇒ Object

Sets Link HTTP header and returns HTML tags for using stylesheets.



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# File 'lib/sinatra/link_header.rb', line 65

def stylesheet(*urls)
  urls << {} unless urls.last.respond_to? :to_hash
  urls.last[:type] ||= mime_type(:css)
  link(:stylesheet, *urls)
end