NAME

Net::FastCGI::Protocol - Provides functions to build and parse FastCGI messages.

SYNOPSIS

    # FCGI_Header
    $octets = build_header($type, $request_id, $content_length, $padding_length);
    @values = parse_header($octets);
    $header = parse_header($octets);
    
    # FCGI_BeginRequestBody
    $octets = build_begin_request_body($role, $flags);
    @values = parse_begin_request_body($octets);
    
    # FCGI_EndRequestBody
    $octets = build_end_request_body($app_status, $protocol_status);
    @values = parse_end_request_body($octets);
    
    # FCGI_UnknownTypeBody
    $octets = build_unknown_type_body($type);
    @values = parse_unknown_type_body($octets);
    
    # FCGI_BeginRequestRecord
    $octets = build_begin_request_record($request_id, $role, $flags);
    
    # FCGI_EndRequestRecord
    $octets = build_end_request_record($request_id, $app_status, $protocol_status);
    
    # FCGI_UnknownTypeRecord
    $octets = build_unknown_type_record($type);
    
    # FCGI_NameValuePair's
    $octets = build_params($params);
    $params = parse_params($octets);
    
    # FCGI_Record
    $octets = build_record($type, $request_id);
    $octets = build_record($type, $request_id, $content);
    $record = parse_record($octets);
    $record = parse_record_body($type, $request_id, $content);
    
    # Stream
    $octets = build_stream($type, $request_id, $octets);
    $octets = build_stream($type, $request_id, $octets, $terminate);
    
    # Begin Request
    $octets = build_begin_request($request_id, $role, $flags, $params);
    $octets = build_begin_request($request_id, $role, $flags, $params, $stdin);
    $octets = build_begin_request($request_id, $role, $flags, $params, $stdin, $data);
    
    # End Request
    $octets = build_end_request($request_id, $app_status, $protocol_status);
    $octets = build_end_request($request_id, $app_status, $protocol_status, $stdout);
    $octets = build_end_request($request_id, $app_status, $protocol_status, $stdout, $stderr);

DESCRIPTION

Provides functions to build and parse FastCGI messages.

Please note that all functions in this package expects octets, not unicode strings. It's the callers responsibility to ensure this. If any of theese functions is called with unicode strings containing code points above 255, they will most likely produce malformed messages.

FUNCTIONS

build_begin_request

Builds a Begin Request message.

Usage

    $octets = build_begin_request($request_id, $role, $flags, $params);
    $octets = build_begin_request($request_id, $role, $flags, $params, $stdin);
    $octets = build_begin_request($request_id, $role, $flags, $params, $stdin, $data);

Arguments

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer. ID of the request.

$role

An unsigned 16-bit integer. This should be set to either FCGI_RESPONDER, FCGI_AUTHORIZER or FCGI_FILTER.

$flags

An unsigned 8-bit integer. This should be set to either 0 or contain the mask FCGI_KEEP_CONN if a persistent connection is desired.

$params

A hash reference containing name/value pairs. Typically this is the CGI environ that the application expects.

$stdin (optional)

A string of octets containing the FCGI_STDIN data. This should only be provided if $role is set to either FCGI_RESPONDER or FCGI_FILTER. Maybe undef or empty. Stream is terminated if provided.

$data (optional)

A string of octets containing the FCGI_DATA data. This should only be provided if $role is set to FCGI_FILTER. Maybe undef or empty. Stream is terminated if provided.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the message.

build_begin_request_body

Builds a FCGI_BeginRequestBody.

Usage

    $octets = build_begin_request_body($role, $flags);

Arguments

$role

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$flags

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the body. String is 8 octets in length.

build_begin_request_record

Builds a FCGI_BeginRequestRecord.

Usage

    $octets = build_begin_request_record($request_id, $role, $flags);

Arguments

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$role

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$flags

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the record. String is 16 octets in length.

build_end_request

Builds a End Request message

Usage

    $octets = build_end_request($request_id, $app_status, $protocol_status);
    $octets = build_end_request($request_id, $app_status, $protocol_status, $stdout);
    $octets = build_end_request($request_id, $app_status, $protocol_status, $stdout, $stderr);

Arguments

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer. ID of the request.

$app_status

An unsigned 32-bit integer. Application status code of the request.

$protocol_status

An unsigned 8-bit integer. This should be set to either FCGI_REQUEST_COMPLETE, FCGI_CANT_MPX_CONN, FCGI_OVERLOADED or FCGI_UNKNOWN_ROLE.

$stdout (optional)

A string of octets containing the FCGI_STDOUT data. Maybe undef or empty. Stream is terminated if provided.

$stderr (optional)

A string of octets containing the FCGI_STDERR data. Maybe undef or empty. Stream is terminated if provided.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the message.

Note

This function is equivalent to build_end_request_record() if called without $stdout and $stderr.

build_end_request_body

Builds a FCGI_EndRequestBody.

Usage

    $octets = build_end_request_body($app_status, $protocol_status);

Arguments

$app_status

An unsigned 32-bit integer.

$protocol_status

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the body. String is 8 octets in length.

build_end_request_record

Builds a FCGI_EndRequestRecord.

Usage

    $octets = build_end_request_record($request_id, $app_status, $protocol_status);

Arguments

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$app_status

An unsigned 32-bit integer.

$protocol_status

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the record. String is 16 octets in length.

build_header

Builds a FCGI_Header.

Usage

    $octets = build_header($type, $request_id, $content_length, $padding_length);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$content_length

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$padding_length

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the header. String is 8 octets in length.

build_params

Builds FCGI_NameValuePair's.

Usage

    $octets = build_params($params);

Arguments

$params

A hash reference containing name/value pairs.

Returns

$octets

build_record

Builds a FCGI_Record.

Usage

    $octets = build_record($type, $request_id);
    $octets = build_record($type, $request_id, $content);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$content (optional)

A string of octets containing the content, cannot exceed 65535 octets in length. May be undef.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the record.

Note

Follows the recommendation in specification and pads the record by 8-(content_length mod 8) zero-octets.

build_stream

Builds a series of stream records.

Usage

    $octets = build_stream($type, $request_id, $content);
    $octets = build_stream($type, $request_id, $content, $terminate);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$content

A string of octets containing the stream content. May be undef.

$terminate (optional)

A boolean indicating whether or not the stream should be terminated. Defaults to false.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the stream.

Note

Stream is not terminated if $content is undef or empty unless $terminate is set.

$content is split in segment sizes of 32760 octets (32768 - FCGI_HEADER_LEN).

build_unknown_type_body

Builds a FCGI_UnknownTypeBody.

Usage

    $octets = build_unknown_type_body($type);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the body. String is 8 octets in length.

build_unknown_type_record

Builds a FCGI_UnknownTypRecord.

Usage

    $octets = build_unknown_type_record($type);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$octets

A string of octets containing the record. String is 16 octets in length.

check_params

Determine wheter or not params is well-formed.

Usage

    $boolean = check_params($octets);

Arguments

$octets

A string of octets containing FCGI_NameValuePair's.

Returns

$boolean

A boolean indicating whether or not $octets consist of well-formed FCGI_NameValuePair's.

dump_record

Dump a FCGI_Record.

Usage

    $string = dump_record($type, $request_id);
    $string = dump_record($type, $request_id, $content);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$content (optional)

A string of octets containing the content. Maybe undef.

Returns

$string

A string consisting of a short (less than 100 characters) representation of record in printable US-ASCII.

parse_begin_request_body

Parses a FCGI_BeginRequestBody.

Usage

    ($role, $flags) = parse_begin_request_body($octets);

Arguments

$octets

A string of octets containing the body, must be greater than or equal to 8 octets in length.

Returns

$role

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$flags

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

parse_end_request_body

Parses a FCGI_EndRequestBody.

Usage

    ($app_status, $protocol_status) = parse_end_request_body($octets);

Arguments

$octets

A string of octets containing the body, must be greater than or equal to 8 octets in length.

Returns

$app_status

An unsigned 32-bit integer.

$flags

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

parse_header

Parses a FCGI_Header.

Usage

    ($type, $request_id, $content_length, $padding_length)
      = parse_header($octets);
    
    $header = parse_header($octets);
    print $header->{type};
    print $header->{request_id};

Arguments

$octets

A string of octets containing the header, must be greater than or equal to 8 octets in length.

Returns

In list context:

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$content_length

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$padding_length

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

In scalar context a hash reference containing above variable names as keys.

parse_params

Parses FCGI_NameValuePair's.

Usage

    $params = parse_params($octets);

Arguments

$octets

A string of octets containing FCGI_NameValuePair's.

Returns

$params

A hash reference containing name/value pairs.

parse_record

Parses a FCGI_Record.

Usage

    $record = parse_record($octets);

Arguments

$octets

A string of octets containing at least one record.

Returns

A hash reference which represents the record. The content depends on the type of record. All record types have the keys: type and request_id.

FCGI_BEGIN_REQUEST
role
flags
FCGI_END_REQUEST
app_status
protocol_status
FCGI_PARAMS
FCGI_STDIN
FCGI_DATA
FCGI_STDOUT
FCGI_STDERR
content

A string of octets containing the content of the stream. Can be empty but not undef.

FCGI_GET_VALUES
FCGI_GET_VALUES_RESULT
values

A hash reference containing name-value pairs.

FCGI_UNKNOWN_TYPE
unknown_type

parse_record_body

Parses a FCGI_Record body.

Usage

    $record = parse_record_body($type, $request_id, $content);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

$request_id

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

$content

A string of octets containing the record content.

Returns

Returns a hash reference containing the FCGI_Record components. See "parse_record".

parse_unknown_type_body

Parses a FCGI_UnknownTypeBody.

Usage

    $type = parse_unknown_type_body($octets);

Arguments

$octets

$octets must be greater than or equal to 8 octets in length.

Returns

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

get_type_name

Usage

    $name = get_type_name($type);
    $name = get_type_name(FCGI_BEGIN_REQUEST);  # 'FCGI_BEGIN_REQUEST'
    $name = get_type_name(255);                 # '0xFF'

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$name

A string containing the name of the type. If $type is not a known v1.0 type, a hexadecimal value is returned.

Note

See also ":name" in Net::FastCGI::Constant.

get_role_name

Usage

    $name = get_role_name($type);
    $name = get_role_name(FCGI_RESPONDER);  # 'FCGI_RESPONDER'
    $name = get_role_name(65535);           # '0xFFFF'

Arguments

$role

An unsigned 16-bit integer.

Returns

$name

A string containing the name of the role. If $role is not a known v1.0 role, a hexadecimal value is returned.

Note

See also ":name" in Net::FastCGI::Constant.

get_protocol_status_name

Usage

    $name = get_protocol_status_name($protocol_status);
    $name = get_protocol_status_name(FCGI_REQUEST_COMPLETE);    # 'FCGI_REQUEST_COMPLETE'
    $name = get_protocol_status_name(255);                      # '0xFF'

Arguments

$protocol_status

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$name

A string containing the name of the protocol status. If $protocol_status is not a known v1.0 protocol status code, a hexadecimal value is returned.

Note

See also ":name" in Net::FastCGI::Constant.

is_known_type

Usage

    $boolean = is_known_type($type);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$boolean

A boolean indicating whether or not $type is a known FastCGI v1.0 type.

is_management_type

Usage

    $boolean = is_management_type($type);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$boolean

A boolean indicating whether or not $type is a management type.

is_discrete_type

Usage

    $boolean = is_discrete_type($type);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$boolean

A boolean indicating whether or not $type is a discrete type.

is_stream_type

Usage

    $boolean = is_stream_type($type);

Arguments

$type

An unsigned 8-bit integer.

Returns

$boolean

A boolean indicating whether or not $type is a stream type.

EXPORTS

None by default. All functions can be exported using the :all tag or individually.

DIAGNOSTICS

(F) Usage: %s

Subroutine called with wrong number of arguments.

(F) Invalid Argument: %s
(F) FastCGI: Insufficient number of octets to parse %s
(F) FastCGI: Malformed record %s
(F) FastCGI: Protocol version mismatch (0x%.2X)

SEE ALSO

FastCGI Specification Version 1.0

http://www.fastcgi.com/devkit/doc/fcgi-spec.html

The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Version 1.1

http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3875

Net::FastCGI::Constant

AUTHOR

Christian Hansen chansen@cpan.org

COPYRIGHT

Copyright 2008-2010 by Christian Hansen.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.