SYNOPSIS

package Foo::Controller::Bar;
__PACKAGE__->config(
'default' => 'text/x-yaml',
'stash_key' => 'rest',
'map' => {
'text/x-yaml' => 'YAML',
'text/x-data-dumper' => [ 'Data::Serializer', 'Data::Dumper' ],
},
);
sub begin :ActionClass('Deserialize') {}

DESCRIPTION

This action will deserialize HTTP POST, PUT, OPTIONS and DELETE requests. It assumes that the body of the HTTP Request is a serialized object. The serializer is selected by introspecting the requests content-type header.

If you want deserialize any other HTTP method besides POST, PUT, OPTIONS and DELETE you can do this by setting the "deserialize_http_methods" list via "action_args". Just modify the config in your controller and define a list of HTTP methods the deserialization should happen for:

    __PACKAGE__->config(
        action_args => {
            '*' => {
                deserialize_http_methods => [qw(POST PUT OPTIONS DELETE GET)]
            }
        }
    );

See also ``action_args'' in Catalyst::Controller.

The specifics of deserializing each content-type is implemented as a plugin to Catalyst::Action::Deserialize. You can see a list of currently implemented plugins in Catalyst::Controller::REST.

The results of your Deserializing will wind up in $c->req->data. This is done through the magic of Catalyst::Request::REST.

While it is common for this Action to be called globally as a "begin" method, there is nothing stopping you from using it on a single routine:

   sub foo :Local :Action('Deserialize') {}

Will work just fine.

When you use this module, the request class will be changed to Catalyst::Request::REST.

CUSTOM ERRORS

For building custom error responses when de-serialization fails, you can create an ActionRole (and use Catalyst::Controller::ActionRole to apply it to the "begin" action) which overrides "unsupported_media_type" and/or "serialize_bad_request" methods.

AUTHORS

See Catalyst::Action::REST for authors.

LICENSE

You may distribute this code under the same terms as Perl itself.