Net-API-REST

Changes for version v0.6.3 - 2022-06-28

Added method is_allowed() in Net::API::REST to check early on if an ip is allowed to access the REST api.
Added documentation and added Apache constants to Net::API::REST::Status
Added methods escape, unescape, uri_escape and uri_unescape in Net::API::REST::Response
Added handlers to check allowance for various attributes, such as network, api access before calling endpoint code
Added check for request content-type if provided against supported content-type. See <https://cheatsheetseries.owasp.org/cheatsheets/REST_Security_Cheat_Sheet.html>
Added an option to set a size limit for payload sent to the server using the perl option Net_API_REST_MAX_SIZE in Apache configuration. See data method in Net::API::REST::Request.
Minor improvement to accept array as object in Net::API::REST, Net::API::REST::Request and Net::API::REST::Response
Improvement in print() in autoloading data-compressing library
Added package Net::API::REST::RC to represent a return code and message
Updated route() and routes() to check for method capability only using class ( $cl->can( $meth) ) rather than object
Added methods parse_date, str2datetime, str2time, time2datetime, time2str pointing to their equivalent in Net::API::REST::DateTime for backward compatibility