src::mod_perl::docs::api::Apache2::URI(3)

NAME
Apache2::URI - Perl API for manipulating URIs

Synopsis
  use Apache2::URI ();

  $hostport = $r->construct_server();
  $hostport = $r->construct_server($hostname);
  $hostport = $r->construct_server($hostname, $port);
  $hostport = $r->construct_server($hostname, $port, $pool);

  $url = $r->construct_url();
  $url = $r->construct_url($rel_uri);
  $url = $r->construct_url($rel_uri, $pool);

  $parsed_uri = $r->parse_uri($uri);

  $parsed_uri = $r->parsed_uri();

  $url = join '%20', qw(one two three);
  Apache2::URI::unescape_url($url);

Description
While "APR::URI" provides a generic API to dissect, adjust and put together any given URI string, "Apache2::URI" provides an API specific to Apache, by taking the information directly from the $r object. Therefore when manipulating the URI of the current HTTP request usually methods from both classes are used.

API
"Apache2::URI" provides the following functions and methods:

  "construct_server"
Construct a string made of hostname and port

  $hostport = $r->construct_server();
  $hostport = $r->construct_server($hostname);
  $hostport = $r->construct_server($hostname, $port);
  $hostport = $r->construct_server($hostname, $port, $pool);

obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
    The current request object

opt arg1: $hostname ( string )
    The hostname of the server.

    If that argument is not passed, "$r->get_server_name" is used.

opt arg2: $port ( string )
    The port the server is running on.

    If that argument is not passed, "$r->get_server_port" is used.

opt arg3: $pool ( "APR::Pool object" )
    The pool to allocate the string from.

    If that argument is not passed, "$r->pool" is used.

ret: $hostport ( string )
    The server's hostport string

since: 2.0.00

Examples:

•   Assuming that:

      $r->get_server_name == "localhost";
      $r->get_server_port == 8001;

    The code:

      $hostport = $r->construct_server();

    returns a string:

      localhost:8001

•   The following code sets the values explicitly:

      $hostport = $r->construct_server("my.example.com", 8888);

    and it returns a string:

      my.example.com:8888

  "construct_url"
Build a fully qualified URL from the uri and information in the request rec:

  $url = $r->construct_url();
  $url = $r->construct_url($rel_uri);
  $url = $r->construct_url($rel_uri, $pool);

obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
    The current request object

opt arg1: $rel_uri ( string )
    The path to the requested file (it may include a concatenation of path, query and fragment components).

    If that argument is not passed, "$r->uri" is used.

opt arg2: $pool ( "APR::Pool object" )
    The pool to allocate the URL from

    If that argument is not passed, "$r->pool" is used.

ret: $url ( string )
    A fully qualified URL

since: 2.0.00

Examples:

•   Assuming that the request was

      http://localhost.localdomain:8529/test?args

    The code:

      my $url = $r->construct_url;

    returns the string:

      http://localhost.localdomain:8529/test

    notice that the query (args) component is not in the string. You need to append it manually if it's needed.

•   Assuming that the request was

      http://localhost.localdomain:8529/test?args

    The code:

      my $rel_uri = "/foo/bar?tar";
      my $url = $r->construct_url($rel_uri);

    returns the string:

      http://localhost.localdomain:8529/foo/bar?tar

  "parse_uri"
Break apart URI (affecting the current request's uri components)

  $r->parse_uri($uri);

obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
    The current request object

arg1: $uri ( string )
    The uri to break apart

ret: no return value
warning:
    This method has several side-effects explained below

since: 2.0.00

This method call has the following side-effects:

1.  sets "$r->args" to the rest after '?' if such exists in the passed $uri, otherwise sets it to "undef".

2.  sets "$r->uri" to the passed $uri without the "$r->args" part.

3.  sets "$r->hostname" (if not set already) using the ("scheme://host:port") parts of the passed $uri.

  "parsed_uri"
Get the current request's parsed uri object

  my $uri = $r->parsed_uri();

obj: $r ( "Apache2::RequestRec object" )
    The current request object

ret: $uri ( "APR::URI object" )
    The parsed uri

since: 2.0.00
    This object is suitable for using with "APR::URI::rpath"

  "unescape_url"
Unescape URLs

  Apache2::URI::unescape_url($url);

obj: $url ( string )
    The URL to unescape

ret: no return value
    The argument $url is now unescaped

since: 2.0.00

Example:

  my $url = join '%20', qw(one two three);
  Apache2::URI::unescape_url($url);

$url now contains the string:

  "one two three";

See Also
"APR::URI", mod_perl 2.0 documentation.

Copyright
mod_perl 2.0 and its core modules are copyrighted under The Apache Software License, Version 2.0.

Authors
The mod_perl development team and numerous contributors.