NAME

Mojolicious - Real-time web framework

SYNOPSIS

# Application
package MyApp;
use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious';

# Route
sub startup {
  my $self = shift;
  $self->routes->get('/hello')->to('foo#hello');
}

# Controller
package MyApp::Foo;
use Mojo::Base 'Mojolicious::Controller';

# Action
sub hello {
  my $self = shift;
  $self->render_text('Hello World!');
}

DESCRIPTION

Take a look at our excellent documentation in Mojolicious::Guides!

ATTRIBUTES

Mojolicious inherits all attributes from Mojo and implements the following new ones.

`controller_class`

my $class = $app->controller_class;
$app      = $app->controller_class('Mojolicious::Controller');

Class to be used for the default controller, defaults to Mojolicious::Controller.

`mode`

my $mode = $app->mode;
$app     = $app->mode('production');

The operating mode for your application, defaults to the value of the MOJO_MODE environment variable or development. You can also add per mode logic to your application by defining methods named ${mode}_mode in the application class, which will be called right before startup.

sub development_mode {
  my $self = shift;
  ...
}

sub production_mode {
  my $self = shift;
  ...
}

Right before calling startup and mode specific methods, Mojolicious will pick up the current mode, name the log file after it and raise the log level from debug to info if it has a value other than development.

`plugins`

my $plugins = $app->plugins;
$app        = $app->plugins(Mojolicious::Plugins->new);

The plugin loader, defaults to a Mojolicious::Plugins object. You can usually leave this alone, see Mojolicious::Plugin if you want to write a plugin or the plugin method below if you want to load a plugin.

`renderer`

my $renderer = $app->renderer;
$app         = $app->renderer(Mojolicious::Renderer->new);

Used in your application to render content, defaults to a Mojolicious::Renderer object. The two main renderer plugins Mojolicious::Plugin::EPRenderer and Mojolicious::Plugin::EPLRenderer contain more information.

# Add another "templates" directory
push @{$app->renderer->paths}, '/foo/bar/templates';

`routes`

my $routes = $app->routes;
$app       = $app->routes(Mojolicious::Routes->new);

The routes dispatcher, defaults to a Mojolicious::Routes object. You use this in your startup method to define the url endpoints for your application.

sub startup {
  my $self = shift;

  my $r = $self->routes;
  $r->route('/:controller/:action')->to('test#welcome');
}

`secret`

my $secret = $app->secret;
$app       = $app->secret('passw0rd');

A secret passphrase used for signed cookies and the like, defaults to the application name which is not very secure, so you should change it!!! As long as you are using the unsecure default there will be debug messages in the log file reminding you to change your passphrase.

`sessions`

my $sessions = $app->sessions;
$app         = $app->sessions(Mojolicious::Sessions->new);

Simple signed cookie based sessions, defaults to a Mojolicious::Sessions object. You can usually leave this alone, see "session" in Mojolicious::Controller for more information about working with session data.

`static`

my $static = $app->static;
$app       = $app->static(Mojolicious::Static->new);

For serving static files from your public directories, defaults to a Mojolicious::Static object.

# Add another "public" directory
push @{$app->static->paths}, '/foo/bar/public';

`types`

my $types = $app->types;
$app      = $app->types(Mojolicious::Types->new);

Responsible for connecting file extensions with MIME types, defaults to a Mojolicious::Types object.

$app->types->type(twt => 'text/tweet');

METHODS

Mojolicious inherits all methods from Mojo and implements the following new ones.

`new`

my $app = Mojolicious->new;

Construct a new Mojolicious application. Will automatically detect your home directory and set up logging based on your current operating mode. Also sets up the renderer, static dispatcher and a default set of plugins.

`build_tx`

my $tx = $app->build_tx;

Transaction builder, defaults to building a Mojo::Transaction::HTTP object.

`defaults`

my $defaults = $app->defaults;
my $foo      = $app->defaults('foo');
$app         = $app->defaults({foo => 'bar'});
$app         = $app->defaults(foo => 'bar');

Default values for "stash" in Mojolicious::Controller, assigned for every new request.

$app->defaults->{foo} = 'bar';
my $foo = $app->defaults->{foo};
delete $app->defaults->{foo};

`dispatch`

$app->dispatch($c);

The heart of every Mojolicious application, calls the static and routes dispatchers for every request and passes them a Mojolicious::Controller object.

`handler`

$app->handler($tx);
$app->handler($c);

Sets up the default controller and calls process for every request.

`helper`

$app->helper(foo => sub {...});

Add a new helper that will be available as a method of the controller object and the application object, as well as a function in ep templates.

# Helper
$app->helper(add => sub { $_[1] + $_[2] });

# Controller/Application
my $result = $self->add(2, 3);

# Template
%= add 2, 3

`hook`

$app->hook(after_dispatch => sub {...});

Extend Mojolicious with hooks.

# Dispatchers will not run if there's already a response code defined
$app->hook(before_dispatch => sub {
  my $c = shift;
  $c->render(text => 'Skipped dispatchers!')
    if $c->req->url->path->contains('/do_not_dispatch');
});

These hooks are currently available and are emitted in the listed order:

after_build_tx

Emitted right after the transaction is built and before the HTTP request gets parsed.

$app->hook(after_build_tx => sub {
  my ($tx, $app) = @_;
  ...
});

This is a very powerful hook and should not be used lightly, it makes some rather advanced features such as upload progress bars possible, just note that it will not work for embedded applications. (Passed the transaction and application object)

before_dispatch

Emitted right before the static and routes dispatchers start their work.

$app->hook(before_dispatch => sub {
  my $c = shift;
  ...
});

Very useful for rewriting incoming requests and other preprocessing tasks. (Passed the default controller object)

after_static_dispatch

Emitted in reverse order after the static dispatcher determined if a static file should be served and before the routes dispatcher starts its work.

$app->hook(after_static_dispatch => sub {
  my $c = shift;
  ...
});

Mostly used for custom dispatchers and postprocessing static file responses. (Passed the default controller object)

after_dispatch

Emitted in reverse order after a response has been rendered. Note that this hook can trigger before after_static_dispatch due to its dynamic nature.

$app->hook(after_dispatch => sub {
  my $c = shift;
  ...
});

Useful for all kinds of postprocessing tasks. (Passed the current controller object)

around_dispatch

Emitted right before the before_dispatch hook and wraps around the whole dispatch process, so you have to manually forward to the next hook if you want to continue the chain.

$app->hook(around_dispatch => sub {
  my ($next, $c) = @_;
  ...
  $next->();
  ...
});

This is a very powerful hook and should not be used lightly, consider it the sledgehammer in your toolbox. (Passed a closure leading to the next hook and the current controller object)

`plugin`

$app->plugin('some_thing');
$app->plugin('some_thing', foo => 23);
$app->plugin('some_thing', {foo => 23});
$app->plugin('SomeThing');
$app->plugin('SomeThing', foo => 23);
$app->plugin('SomeThing', {foo => 23});
$app->plugin('MyApp::Plugin::SomeThing');
$app->plugin('MyApp::Plugin::SomeThing', foo => 23);
$app->plugin('MyApp::Plugin::SomeThing', {foo => 23});

Load a plugin with "register_plugin" in Mojolicious::Plugins.

These plugins are included in the Mojolicious distribution as examples:

Mojolicious::Plugin::Charset: Change the application charset.
Mojolicious::Plugin::Config: Perl-ish configuration files.
Mojolicious::Plugin::DefaultHelpers: General purpose helper collection.
Mojolicious::Plugin::EPLRenderer: Renderer for plain embedded Perl templates.
Mojolicious::Plugin::EPRenderer: Renderer for more sophisiticated embedded Perl templates.
Mojolicious::Plugin::HeaderCondition: Route condition for all kinds of headers.
Mojolicious::Plugin::I18N: Internationalization helpers.
Mojolicious::Plugin::JSONConfig: JSON configuration files.
Mojolicious::Plugin::Mount: Mount whole Mojolicious applications.
Mojolicious::Plugin::PODRenderer: Renderer for POD files and documentation browser.
Mojolicious::Plugin::PoweredBy: Add an X-Powered-By header to outgoing responses.
Mojolicious::Plugin::RequestTimer: Log timing information.
Mojolicious::Plugin::TagHelpers: Template specific helper collection.

`start`

Mojolicious->start;
Mojolicious->start('daemon');

Start the Mojolicious::Commands command line interface for your application.

`startup`

$app->startup;

This is your main hook into the application, it will be called at application startup.

sub startup {
  my $self = shift;
  ...
}

HELPERS

In addition to the attributes and methods above you can also call helpers on Mojolicious objects. This includes all helpers from Mojolicious::Plugin::DefaultHelpers and Mojolicious::Plugin::TagHelpers. Note that application helpers are always called with a new controller_class object, so they can't depend on or change controller state, which includes request, response and stash.

$app->log->debug($app->dumper({foo => 'bar'}));

SUPPORT

Web

http://mojolicio.us

IRC

#mojo on irc.perl.org

Mailing-List

http://groups.google.com/group/mojolicious

DEVELOPMENT

Repository

http://github.com/kraih/mojo

BUNDLED FILES

Mojolicious ships with a few popular static files bundled in the public directory.

Mojolicious Artwork

Copyright (C) 2010-2012, Sebastian Riedel.

Licensed under the CC-SA License, Version 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0.

jQuery

Copyright 2011, John Resig.

Licensed under the MIT License, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/MIT.

prettify.js

Copyright (C) 2006, Google Inc.

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.

CODE NAMES

Every major release of Mojolicious has a code name, these are the ones that have been used in the past.

2.0, Leaf Fluttering In Wind (u1F343)

1.4, Smiling Face With Sunglasses (u1F60E)

1.3, Tropical Drink (u1F379)

1.1, Smiling Cat Face With Heart-Shaped Eyes (u1F63B)

1.0, Snowflake (u2744)

0.999930, Hot Beverage (u2615)

0.999927, Comet (u2604)

0.999920, Snowman (u2603)

PROJECT FOUNDER

Sebastian Riedel, sri@cpan.org

CORE DEVELOPERS

Current members of the core team in alphabetical order:

Abhijit Menon-Sen, ams@cpan.org

Glen Hinkle, tempire@cpan.org

Marcus Ramberg, mramberg@cpan.org

CREDITS

In alphabetical order:

Adam Kennedy

Adriano Ferreira

Al Newkirk

Alex Salimon

Alexey Likhatskiy

Anatoly Sharifulin

Andre Vieth

Andreas Jaekel

Andrew Fresh

Andreas Koenig

Andy Grundman

Aristotle Pagaltzis

Ashley Dev

Ask Bjoern Hansen

Audrey Tang

Ben van Staveren

Benjamin Erhart

Bernhard Graf

Breno G. de Oliveira

Brian Duggan

Burak Gursoy

Ch Lamprecht

Charlie Brady

Chas. J. Owens IV

Christian Hansen

chromatic

Curt Tilmes

Daniel Kimsey

Danijel Tasov

David Davis

Diego Kuperman

Dmitriy Shalashov

Dmitry Konstantinov

Douglas Christopher Wilson

Eugene Toropov

Gisle Aas

Graham Barr

Henry Tang

Hideki Yamamura

James Duncan

Jan Jona Javorsek

Jaroslav Muhin

Jesse Vincent

Johannes Plunien

John Kingsley

Jonathan Yu

Kazuhiro Shibuya

Kevin Old

KITAMURA Akatsuki

Lars Balker Rasmussen

Leon Brocard

Magnus Holm

Maik Fischer

Mark Stosberg

Matthew Lineen

Maksym Komar

Maxim Vuets

Michael Harris

Mirko Westermeier

Mons Anderson

Moritz Lenz

Neil Watkiss

Nils Diewald

Oleg Zhelo

Pascal Gaudette

Paul Tomlin

Pedro Melo

Peter Edwards

Pierre-Yves Ritschard

Quentin Carbonneaux

Rafal Pocztarski

Randal Schwartz

Robert Hicks

Robin Lee

Roland Lammel

Ryan Jendoubi

Sascha Kiefer

Sergey Zasenko

Simon Bertrang

Simone Tampieri

Shu Cho

Skye Shaw

Stanis Trendelenburg

Stephane Este-Gracias

Tatsuhiko Miyagawa

Terrence Brannon

The Perl Foundation

Tomas Znamenacek

Ulrich Habel

Ulrich Kautz

Uwe Voelker

Viacheslav Tykhanovskyi

Victor Engmark

Viliam Pucik

Wes Cravens

Yaroslav Korshak

Yuki Kimoto

Zak B. Elep

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This program is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the Artistic License version 2.0.

To install Mojolicious, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.

cpanm

cpanm Mojolicious

CPAN shell

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Mojolicious

For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.

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NAME

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

ATTRIBUTES

controller_class

mode

plugins

renderer

routes

secret

sessions

static

types