NAME¶

Atompub::Server - A server for the Atom Publishing Protocol

SYNOPSIS¶

    package My::Server;
    use base qw(Atompub::Server);
    sub handle_request {
        my($server) = @_;
        $server->authenticate or return;
        my $method = $server->request_method;
        if ($method eq 'POST') {
            return $server->new_post;
        }
        ...
    }
    my %Passwords;
    sub password_for_user {
        my($server, $username) = @_;
        $Passwords{$username};
    }
    sub new_post {
        my($server) = @_;
        my $entry = $server->atom_body or return;
        # $entry is an XML::Atom::Entry object.
        # ... Save the new entry ...
    }
    package main;
    my $server = My::Server->new;
    $server->run;

DESCRIPTION¶

Atompub::Server provides a base class for Atom Publishing Protocol servers. It handles all core server processing, and Basic and WSSE authentication. It can also run as either a mod_perl handler or as part of a CGI program.

It does not provide functions specific to any particular implementation, such as creating an entry, retrieving a list of entries, deleting an entry, etc. Implementations should subclass Atompub::Server, overriding the "handle_request" method, and handle all functions such as this themselves.

Atompub::Server extends XML::Atom::Server, and basically provides same functions. However, this module has been fixed based on the Atom Publishing Protocol described at <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc5023.txt>, and supports Basic authentication rather than WSSE.

SUBCLASSING¶

    sub handle_request {
        my($server) = @_;
        my $method = $server->request_method;
        if ($method eq 'POST') {
            return $server->new_post;
        }
        # ... handle GET, PUT, etc
    }
    sub new_post {
        my($server) = @_;
        my $entry = $server->atom_body or return;
        # Implementation-specific
        my $id = save_this_entry($entry);
        my $location = join '/', $server->uri, $id;
        my $etag = calc_etag($entry);
        $server->response_header(Location => $location);
        $server->response_header(ETag     => $etag    );
        $server->response_code(RC_CREATED);
        $server->response_content_type('application/atom+xml;type=entry');
        # Implementation-specific
        return serialize_entry($entry);
    }

    my %Passwords = (foo => 'bar');   # The password for "foo" is "bar".
    sub password_for_user {
        my($server, $username) = @_;
        $Passwords{$username};
    }

METHODS¶

Atompub::Server provides a variety of methods to be used by subclasses for retrieving headers, content, and other request information, and for setting the same on the response.

USAGE¶

Once you have defined your server subclass, you can set it up either as a CGI program or as a mod_perl handler.

See XML::Atom::Server in details.

SEE ALSO¶

XML::Atom XML::Atom::Service Atompub Catalyst::Controller::Atompub

AUTHOR¶

Takeru INOUE, <takeru.inoue _ gmail.com>

LICENCE AND COPYRIGHT¶

Copyright (c) 2007, Takeru INOUE "<takeru.inoue _ gmail.com>". All rights reserved.

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

DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY¶

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