JSON::Server - JSON-only server
use JSON::Server; my $js = JSON::Server->new (handler => \& hello, port => '7777', data => 'OK'); $js->serve (); sub hello { my ($data, $input) = @_; return {%$input, hello => 'world', data => $data}; }
(This example is included as synopsis.pl in the distribution.)
Then test your server:
$ perl examples/synopsis.pl & $ telnet localhost 7777 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost. Escape character is '^]'. {"I'm feeling lucky":"punk"} { "I'm feeling lucky":"punk", "data":"OK", "hello":"world" } Connection closed by foreign host.
This documents version 0.00_01 of JSON-Server corresponding to git commit d8f31a5f05392d8254c0079fe3ed6827d8a0b1fc released on Fri Jan 15 18:26:31 2021 +0900.
This sets up an internet socket through which JSON passes.
my $js = JSON::Server->new (handler => \& something, data => $my_data, port => '3737');
Your data which you want to pass to the handler. This can be omitted, in which case the handler will be sent an undefined value as its first argument.
Your handler (callback).
sub handler ($data, $input) { return {error => "I don't like this input"}; } my $js = JSON::Server->new (handler => \&handler);
The handler function should accept two arguments, the first is the user data which is supplied to "new" and the second is the parsed input from the socket. It should return one value which is then passed back through the socket as JSON. The user handler function does not serialize or deserialize anything, usually it would take a hash reference as an argument and return a hash reference as result.
The port to serve on. This needs to be specified, there is no default value.
$js->serve ();
Serves JSON on the specified port. Input is JSON, output is JSON. Non-JSON input results in an error value being returned. What is or is not valid JSON is decided by "valid_json" in JSON::Parse.
Ben Bullock, <bkb@cpan.org>
This package and associated files are copyright (C) 2021 Ben Bullock.
You can use, copy, modify and redistribute this package and associated files under the Perl Artistic Licence or the GNU General Public Licence.
To install JSON::Server, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm JSON::Server
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install JSON::Server
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.