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NAME

Multipart::Encoder - encoder for mime-type multipart/form-data.

VERSION

v0.0.3

SINOPSIS

        `echo "Simple text." > /tmp/file.txt`;
        $?      #  0
        `gzip < /tmp/file.txt > /tmp/file.gz`;
        $?      #  0
        
        use Multipart::Encoder;
        
        my $multipart = Multipart::Encoder->new(
                x=>1,
                file_name => \"/tmp/file.txt",
                y=>[
                        "Content-Type" => "text/json",
                        name => 'my-name',
                        filename => 'my-filename',
                        _ => '{"count": 666}',
                        'Any-Header' => 123,
                ],
                z => {
                        _ => \'/tmp/file.gz',
                        'Any-Header' => 123,
                }
        )->buffer_size(2048)->boundary("xYzZY");
        
        my $str = $multipart->as_string;
        
        utf8::is_utf8($str)                     ## ""
        
        $str                                            #~ \r\n--xYzZY--\r\n\z
        
        $multipart->to("/tmp/file.form-data");
        
        open my $f, "<", "/tmp/file.form-data"; binmode $f; read $f, my $buf, -s $f; close $f;
        
        utf8::is_utf8($buf)                     ## ""
        
        $buf                                            ## $str
        
        $multipart->to(\*STDOUT);       ##>> $str
        

DESCRIPTION

The encoder in 'multipart/form-data' is not represented in perl libraries. It is only used as part of other libraries, for example, CHTTP::Tiny::Multipart.

But there is no such library for AnyEvent::HTTP.

The only module CHTTP::Body::Builder::MultiPart does not allow adding a file as a string to a multipart.

INSTALL

$ cpm install -g Multipart::Encoder

SUBROUTINES/METHODS

new

Constructor.

        my $multipart1 = Multipart::Encoder->new;
        my $multipart2 = $multipart1->new;
        $multipart2     ##!= $multipart1
        
        ref Multipart::Encoder::new(0)  # 0
        

Return new object.

Arguments is a params for serialize to multipart-format.

        Multipart::Encoder->new(x=>123)->as_string    #~ 123    
        

content_type

        $multipart->content_type        # multipart/form-data
        

buffer_size

Set or get buffer size. Buffer using for write to file.

        $multipart->buffer_size(1024)->buffer_size              # 1024
        

Default buffer size:

        Multipart::Encoder->new->buffer_size                    # 2048
        

boundary

Boundary is a separator before params in multipart-data.

        $multipart->boundary("XYZooo")->boundary                # XYZooo
        

Default boundary:

        Multipart::Encoder->new->boundary                               # xYzZY
        

as_string

Serialize params to a string.

        Multipart::Encoder->new(x=>123, y=>456)->as_string   #~ 123
        

to

Serialize params and print it in multipart format to a file use buffer with buffer_size. Argument for to must by path or filehandle.

        $multipart->to("/tmp/file.form-data");
        
        open my $f, ">", "/tmp/file.form-data"; binmode $f;
        $multipart->to($f);
        close $f;
        

If file not open raise the die.

        $multipart->to("/")             #@ ~ Not open file `/`. Is a directory
        

PARAMS

Param types is file and string.

String param type

        Multipart::Encoder->new(x=>"Simple string")->as_string  #~ Simple string
        

With headers:

        my $str = Multipart::Encoder->new(
                x => {
                        _ => "Simple string",
                        header => 123,
                },
        )->as_string;
        
        $str #~ Simple string
        $str #~ header: 123
        

Header Content-Disposition added automically.

        Multipart::Encoder->new(x=>"Simple string")->as_string  #~ Content-Disposition: form-data; name="x"
        

Name in Content-Disposition set as key, or name-header:

        my $str = Multipart::Encoder->new(
                x => {
                        _ => "Simple string",
                        name => "xyz",
                },
        )->as_string;
        
        $str #~ Content-Disposition: form-data; name="xyz"
        

If need filename in Content-Disposition, add it:

        my $str = Multipart::Encoder->new(
                0 => {
                        _ => "Simple string",
                        filename => "xyz.tgz",
                },
        )->as_string;
        
        $str #~ Content-Disposition: form-data; name="0"; filename="xyz.tgz"
        

If Content-Disposition is, then it use once.

        my $str = Multipart::Encoder->new(
                x => {
                        _ => "Simple string",
                        'content-disposition' => "form-data; name=\"z\"; filename=\"xyz\"",
                },
        )->as_string;
        
        $str #~ content-disposition: form-data; name="z"; filename="xyz"
        

File param type

Header Content-Disposition added automically.

        open my $f, ">/tmp/0"; close $f;
        
        Multipart::Encoder->new(x=>\"/tmp/0")->as_string        #~ Content-Disposition: form-data; name="x"; filename="0"
        

Header Content-Type added automically.

        Multipart::Encoder->new(x=>\"/tmp/file.gz")->as_string  #~ Content-Type: application/x-gzip; charset=binary
        

But if it is, then used once.

        my $str = Multipart::Encoder->new(
                x => [
                        _ => \"/tmp/file.gz",
                        'content-type' => 'text/plain',
                ]
        )->as_string;
        
        $str #~ content-type: text/plain
        $str #!~ Content-Type
        

Name in Content-Disposition set as key, or name-header:

        my $str = Multipart::Encoder->new(
                x => {
                        _ => \"/tmp/file.txt",
                        name => "xyz",
                },
        )->as_string;
        
        $str #~ Content-Disposition: form-data; name="xyz"; filename="file.txt"
        

If need filename in Content-Disposition, add it:

        my $str = Multipart::Encoder->new(
                0 => {
                        _ => \"/tmp/file.txt",
                        filename => "xyz.tgz",
                },
        )->as_string;
        
        $str #~ Content-Disposition: form-data; name="0"; filename="xyz.tgz"
        

If Content-Disposition is, then it use once.

        my $str = Multipart::Encoder->new(
                x => [
                        _ => \"/tmp/file.txt",
                        'content-disposition' => "form-data; name=\"z\"; filename=\"xyz\"",
                ],
        )->as_string;
        
        $str #~ content-disposition: form-data; name="z"; filename="xyz"
        

Big file.

        open my $f, ">", "/tmp/bigfile"; binmode $f; print $f 0 x 65534; close $f;
        Multipart::Encoder->new(x=>\"/tmp/bigfile")->as_string  #~ \n0{65534}\r
        

Raise if not open file.

        Multipart::Encoder->new(x=>\"/tmp/NnKkMm346485923")->as_string #@ ~ Not open file `/tmp/NnKkMm346485923`: No such file or directory 
        
        

SEE ALSO

LICENSE

Copyright (C) Yaroslav O. Kosmina.

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

AUTHOR

Yaroslav O. Kosmina mailto:darviarush@mail.ru