NAME Dancer::Plugin::REST - A plugin for writing RESTful apps with Dancer VERSION version 0.08 DESCRIPTION This plugin helps you write a RESTful webservice with Dancer. SYNOPSYS package MyWebService; use Dancer; use Dancer::Plugin::REST; prepare_serializer_for_format; get '/user/:id.:format' => sub { User->find(params->{id}); }; # curl http://mywebservice/user/42.json { "id": 42, "name": "John Foo", email: "john.foo@example.com"} # curl http://mywebservice/user/42.yml -- id: 42 name: "John Foo" email: "john.foo@example.com" KEYWORDS prepare_serializer_for_format When this pragma is used, a before filter is set by the plugin to automatically change the serializer when a format is detected in the URI. That means that each route you define with a :format token will trigger a serializer definition, if the format is known. This lets you define all the REST actions you like as regular Dancer route handlers, without explicitly handling the outgoing data format. resource This keyword lets you declare a resource your application will handle. resource user => get => sub { # return user where id = params->{id} }, create => sub { # create a new user with params->{user} }, delete => sub { # delete user where id = params->{id} }, update => sub { # update user with params->{user} }; # this defines the following routes: # GET /user/:id # GET /user/:id.:format # POST /user # POST /user.:format # DELETE /user/:id # DELETE /user/:id.:format # PUT /user/:id # PUT /user/:id.:format helpers Some helpers are available. This helper will set an appropriate HTTP status for you. status_ok status_ok({users => {...}}); Set the HTTP status to 200 status_created status_created({users => {...}}); Set the HTTP status to 201 status_accepted status_accepted({users => {...}}); Set the HTTP status to 202 status_bad_request status_bad_request("user foo can't be found"); Set the HTTP status to 400. This function as for argument a scalar that will be used under the key error. status_not_found status_not_found("users doesn't exists"); Set the HTTP status to 404. This function as for argument a scalar that will be used under the key error. LICENCE This module is released under the same terms as Perl itself. AUTHORS This module has been written by Alexis Sukrieh "" and Franck Cuny. SEE ALSO Dancer AUTHORS * Alexis Sukrieh * Franck Cuny COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Alexis Sukrieh. This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.