Dancer::Plugin::RESTModel - REST model class for Dancer apps
set the REST endpoint in your Dancer configuration file:
plugins: RESTModel: MyData: server: http://localhost:5000 type: application/json clientattrs: timeout: 5
then use it from any of your routes/controllers:
use Dancer ':syntax'; use Dancer::Plugin::RESTModel; get '/' => sub { my $res = model('MyData')->post( 'foo/bar/baz', { meep => 'moop' } ); my $code = $res->code; # e.g. 200 my $data = $res->data; ... };
This plugin lets you talk to a REST server as a separate model from within your Dancer app. It is useful for keeping your API decoupled from your app while still being able to manage it through the configuration file.
It is a a thin wrapper over Role::REST::Client.
The exported model() function returns a REST Model object which provides the standard HTTP 1.1 verbs as methods:
model()
post get put delete options head
All methods take these parameters:
url - the REST service being accessed
data - The data structure to send (hashref, arrayref). The data will be encoded according to the value of the type attribute
args - optional hashref with arguments to augment the way the call is handled. It currently provides the 'deserializer' key to change the deserializer if you know that the response's content-type is incorrect, and also the 'preserve_headers' which, if set to true, will keep the headers between calls:
my $res = model('MyData')->post( 'users/123', { foo => 'bar' }, { deserializer => 'application/yaml', preserve_headers => 1 }, );
The third parameter, args, is an optional hashref which lets you give extra information to the object. It currently provides
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-dancer-plugin-restmodel@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org.
bug-dancer-plugin-restmodel@rt.cpan.org
Breno G. de Oliveira <garu@cpan.org>
<garu@cpan.org>
Copyright (c) 2013, Breno G. de Oliveira <garu@cpan.org>. All rights reserved.
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To install Dancer::Plugin::RESTModel, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm Dancer::Plugin::RESTModel
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install Dancer::Plugin::RESTModel
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.