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. 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.