NAME
Limper::SendFile - add static content support to Limper
VERSION
version 0.005
SYNOPSIS
# order is important:
use Limper::SendFile;
use Limper;
# some other routes
get qr{^/} => sub {
send_file; # sends request->{uri} by default
};
limp;DESCRIPTION
Limper::SendFile extends Limper to also return actual files. Because sometimes that's needed.
EXPORTS
The following are all additionally exported by default:
public send_fileAlso exportable:
mime_types parse_dateFUNCTIONS
send_file
Sends either the file name given, or the value of request->{uri} if no file name given.
The following as the last defined route will have Limper look for the file as a last resort:
get qr{^/} => sub { send_file }Content-Type will be set by file extension if known and header has not already been defined. Default is text/plain.
public
Get or set the public root directory. Default is ./public/.
my $public = public;
public '/var/www/langlang.us/public_html';ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS
parse_date
Liberally parses whatever date a client might give, returning a Unix timestamp.
# these all return 784111777
my $date = parse_date("Sun, 06 Nov 1994 08:49:37 GMT");
my $date = parse_date("Sunday, 06-Nov-94 08:49:37 GMT");
my $date = parse_date("Sun Nov 6 08:49:37 1994");mime_types
Returns a HASH of file extension / content-type pairs.
HOOKS
after
An after hook is created to support If-Modified-Since and If-Unmodified-Since, comparing to Last-Modified. This runs for all defined routes, not just those using send_file.
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2014 by Ashley Willis <ashley+perl@gitable.org>
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.12.4 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.