require 'action_controller/mime_type'
require 'action_controller/request'
require 'action_controller/response'
require 'action_controller/routing'
require 'action_controller/resources'
require 'action_controller/url_rewriter'
require 'action_controller/status_codes'
require 'drb'
require 'set'
module ActionController #:nodoc:
class ActionControllerError < StandardError #:nodoc:
end
class SessionRestoreError < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
end
class MissingTemplate < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
end
class RoutingError < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
attr_reader :failures
def initialize(message, failures=[])
super(message)
@failures = failures
end
end
class UnknownController < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
end
class UnknownAction < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
end
class MissingFile < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
end
class RenderError < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
end
class SessionOverflowError < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
DEFAULT_MESSAGE = 'Your session data is larger than the data column in which it is to be stored. You must increase the size of your data column if you intend to store large data.'
def initialize(message = nil)
super(message || DEFAULT_MESSAGE)
end
end
class DoubleRenderError < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
DEFAULT_MESSAGE = "Render and/or redirect were called multiple times in this action. Please note that you may only call render OR redirect, and only once per action. Also note that neither redirect nor render terminate execution of the action, so if you want to exit an action after redirecting, you need to do something like \"redirect_to(...) and return\". Finally, note that to cause a before filter to halt execution of the rest of the filter chain, the filter must return false, explicitly, so \"render(...) and return false\"."
def initialize(message = nil)
super(message || DEFAULT_MESSAGE)
end
end
class RedirectBackError < ActionControllerError #:nodoc:
DEFAULT_MESSAGE = 'No HTTP_REFERER was set in the request to this action, so redirect_to :back could not be called successfully. If this is a test, make sure to specify request.env["HTTP_REFERER"].'
def initialize(message = nil)
super(message || DEFAULT_MESSAGE)
end
end
# Action Controllers are the core of a web request in Rails. They are made up of one or more actions that are executed
# on request and then either render a template or redirect to another action. An action is defined as a public method
# on the controller, which will automatically be made accessible to the web-server through Rails Routes.
#
# A sample controller could look like this:
#
# class GuestBookController < ActionController::Base
# def index
# @entries = Entry.find(:all)
# end
#
# def sign
# Entry.create(params[:entry])
# redirect_to :action => "index"
# end
# end
#
# Actions, by default, render a template in the <tt>app/views</tt> directory corresponding to the name of the controller and action
# after executing code in the action. For example, the +index+ action of the +GuestBookController+ would render the
# template <tt>app/views/guestbook/index.rhtml</tt> by default after populating the <tt>@entries</tt> instance variable.
#
# Unlike index, the sign action will not render a template. After performing its main purpose (creating a
# new entry in the guest book), it initiates a redirect instead. This redirect works by returning an external
# "302 Moved" HTTP response that takes the user to the index action.
#
# The index and sign represent the two basic action archetypes used in Action Controllers. Get-and-show and do-and-redirect.
# Most actions are variations of these themes.
#
# == Requests
#
# Requests are processed by the Action Controller framework by extracting the value of the "action" key in the request parameters.
# This value should hold the name of the action to be performed. Once the action has been identified, the remaining
# request parameters, the session (if one is available), and the full request with all the http headers are made available to
# the action through instance variables. Then the action is performed.
#
# The full request object is available with the request accessor and is primarily used to query for http headers. These queries
# are made by accessing the environment hash, like this:
#
# def server_ip
# location = request.env["SERVER_ADDR"]
# render :text => "This server hosted at #{location}"
# end
#
# == Parameters
#
# All request parameters, whether they come from a GET or POST request, or from the URL, are available through the params method
# which returns a hash. For example, an action that was performed through <tt>/weblog/list?category=All&limit=5</tt> will include
# <tt>{ "category" => "All", "limit" => 5 }</tt> in params.
#
# It's also possible to construct multi-dimensional parameter hashes by specifying keys using brackets, such as:
#
# <input type="text" name="post[name]" value="david">
# <input type="text" name="post[address]" value="hyacintvej">
#
# A request stemming from a form holding these inputs will include <tt>{ "post" => { "name" => "david", "address" => "hyacintvej" } }</tt>.
# If the address input had been named "post[address][street]", the params would have included
# <tt>{ "post" => { "address" => { "street" => "hyacintvej" } } }</tt>. There's no limit to the depth of the nesting.
#
# == Sessions
#
# Sessions allows you to store objects in between requests. This is useful for objects that are not yet ready to be persisted,
# such as a Signup object constructed in a multi-paged process, or objects that don't change much and are needed all the time, such
# as a User object for a system that requires login. The session should not be used, however, as a cache for objects where it's likely
# they could be changed unknowingly. It's usually too much work to keep it all synchronized -- something databases already excel at.
#
# You can place objects in the session by using the <tt>session</tt> method, which accesses a hash:
#
# session[:person] = Person.authenticate(user_name, password)
#
# And retrieved again through the same hash:
#
# Hello #{session[:person]}
#
# For removing objects from the session, you can either assign a single key to nil, like <tt>session[:person] = nil</tt>, or you can
# remove the entire session with reset_session.
#
# By default, sessions are stored on the file system in <tt>RAILS_ROOT/tmp/sessions</tt>. Any object can be placed in the session
# (as long as it can be Marshalled). But remember that 1000 active sessions each storing a 50kb object could lead to a 50MB store on the filesystem.
# In other words, think carefully about size and caching before resorting to the use of the session on the filesystem.
#
# An alternative to storing sessions on disk is to use ActiveRecordStore to store sessions in your database, which can solve problems
# caused by storing sessions in the file system and may speed up your application. To use ActiveRecordStore, uncomment the line:
#
# config.action_controller.session_store = :active_record_store
#
# in your <tt>environment.rb</tt> and run <tt>rake db:sessions:create</tt>.
#
# == Responses
#
# Each action results in a response, which holds the headers and document to be sent to the user's browser. The actual response
# object is generated automatically through the use of renders and redirects and requires no user intervention.
#
# == Renders
#
# Action Controller sends content to the user by using one of five rendering methods. The most versatile and common is the rendering
# of a template. Included in the Action Pack is the Action View, which enables rendering of ERb templates. It's automatically configured.
# The controller passes objects to the view by assigning instance variables:
#
# def show
# @post = Post.find(params[:id])
# end
#
# Which are then automatically available to the view:
#
# Title: <%= @post.title %>
#
# You don't have to rely on the automated rendering. Especially actions that could result in the rendering of different templates will use
# the manual rendering methods:
#
# def search
# @results = Search.find(params[:query])
# case @results
# when 0 then render :action => "no_results"
# when 1 then render :action => "show"
# when 2..10 then render :action => "show_many"
# end
# end
#
# Read more about writing ERb and Builder templates in link:classes/ActionView/Base.html.
#
# == Redirects
#
# Redirects are used to move from one action to another. For example, after a <tt>create</tt> action, which stores a blog entry to a database,
# we might like to show the user the new entry. Because we're following good DRY principles (Don't Repeat Yourself), we're going to reuse (and redirect to)
# a <tt>show</tt> action that we'll assume has already been created. The code might look like this:
#
# def create
# @entry = Entry.new(params[:entry])
# if @entry.save
# # The entry was saved correctly, redirect to show
# redirect_to :action => 'show', :id => @entry.id
# else
# # things didn't go so well, do something else
# end
# end
#
# In this case, after saving our new entry to the database, the user is redirected to the <tt>show</tt> method which is then executed.
#
# == Calling multiple redirects or renders
#
# An action should conclude with a single render or redirect. Attempting to try to do either again will result in a DoubleRenderError:
#
# def do_something
# redirect_to :action => "elsewhere"
# render :action => "overthere" # raises DoubleRenderError
# end
#
# If you need to redirect on the condition of something, then be sure to add "and return" to halt execution.
#
# def do_something
# redirect_to(:action => "elsewhere") and return if monkeys.nil?
# render :action => "overthere" # won't be called unless monkeys is nil
# end
#
class Base
DEFAULT_RENDER_STATUS_CODE = "200 OK"
include Reloadable::Deprecated
include StatusCodes
# Determines whether the view has access to controller internals @request, @response, @session, and @template.
# By default, it does.
@@view_controller_internals = true
cattr_accessor :view_controller_internals
# Protected instance variable cache
@@protected_variables_cache = nil
cattr_accessor :protected_variables_cache
# Prepends all the URL-generating helpers from AssetHelper. This makes it possible to easily move javascripts, stylesheets,
# and images to a dedicated asset server away from the main web server. Example:
# ActionController::Base.asset_host = "http://assets.example.com"
@@asset_host = ""
cattr_accessor :asset_host
# All requests are considered local by default, so everyone will be exposed to detailed debugging screens on errors.
# When the application is ready to go public, this should be set to false, and the protected method <tt>local_request?</tt>
# should instead be implemented in the controller to determine when debugging screens should be shown.
@@consider_all_requests_local = true
cattr_accessor :consider_all_requests_local
# Enable or disable the collection of failure information for RoutingErrors.
# This information can be extremely useful when tweaking custom routes, but is
# pointless once routes have been tested and verified.
@@debug_routes = true
cattr_accessor :debug_routes
# Controls whether the application is thread-safe, so multi-threaded servers like WEBrick know whether to apply a mutex
# around the performance of each action. Action Pack and Active Record are by default thread-safe, but many applications
# may not be. Turned off by default.
@@allow_concurrency = false
cattr_accessor :allow_concurrency
# Modern REST web services often need to submit complex data to the web application.
# The param_parsers hash lets you register handlers which will process the http body and add parameters to the
# <tt>params</tt> hash. These handlers are invoked for post and put requests.
#
# By default application/xml is enabled. A XmlSimple class with the same param name as the root will be instanciated
# in the <tt>params</tt>. This allows XML requests to mask themselves as regular form submissions, so you can have one
# action serve both regular forms and web service requests.
#
# Example of doing your own parser for a custom content type:
#
# ActionController::Base.param_parsers[Mime::Type.lookup('application/atom+xml')] = Proc.new do |data|
# node = REXML::Document.new(post)
# { node.root.name => node.root }
# end
#
# Note: Up until release 1.1 of Rails, Action Controller would default to using XmlSimple configured to discard the
# root node for such requests. The new default is to keep the root, such that "<r><name>David</name></r>" results
# in params[:r][:name] for "David" instead of params[:name]. To get the old behavior, you can
# re-register XmlSimple as application/xml handler ike this:
#
# ActionController::Base.param_parsers[Mime::XML] =
# Proc.new { |data| XmlSimple.xml_in(data, 'ForceArray' => false) }
#
# A YAML parser is also available and can be turned on with:
#
# ActionController::Base.param_parsers[Mime::YAML] = :yaml
@@param_parsers = { Mime::XML => :xml_simple }
cattr_accessor :param_parsers
# Controls the default charset for all renders.
@@default_charset = "utf-8"
cattr_accessor :default_charset
# Template root determines the base from which template references will be made. So a call to render("test/template")
# will be converted to "#{template_root}/test/template.rhtml".
class_inheritable_accessor :template_root
# The logger is used for generating information on the action run-time (including benchmarking) if available.
# Can be set to nil for no logging. Compatible with both Ruby's own Logger and Log4r loggers.
cattr_accessor :logger
# Determines which template class should be used by ActionController.
cattr_accessor :template_class
# Turn on +ignore_missing_templates+ if you want to unit test actions without making the associated templates.
cattr_accessor :ignore_missing_templates
# Controls the resource action separator
@@resource_action_separator = "/"
cattr_accessor :resource_action_separator
# Holds the request object that's primarily used to get environment variables through access like
# <tt>request.env["REQUEST_URI"]</tt>.
attr_internal :request
# Holds a hash of all the GET, POST, and Url parameters passed to the action. Accessed like <tt>params["post_id"]</tt>
# to get the post_id. No type casts are made, so all values are returned as strings.
attr_internal :params
# Holds the response object that's primarily used to set additional HTTP headers through access like
# <tt>response.headers["Cache-Control"] = "no-cache"</tt>. Can also be used to access the final body HTML after a template
# has been rendered through response.body -- useful for <tt>after_filter</tt>s that wants to manipulate the output,
# such as a OutputCompressionFilter.
attr_internal :response
# Holds a hash of objects in the session. Accessed like <tt>session[:person]</tt> to get the object tied to the "person"
# key. The session will hold any type of object as values, but the key should be a string or symbol.
attr_internal :session
# Holds a hash of header names and values. Accessed like <tt>headers["Cache-Control"]</tt> to get the value of the Cache-Control
# directive. Values should always be specified as strings.
attr_internal :headers
# Holds the hash of variables that are passed on to the template class to be made available to the view. This hash
# is generated by taking a snapshot of all the instance variables in the current scope just before a template is rendered.
attr_accessor :assigns
# Returns the name of the action this controller is processing.
attr_accessor :action_name
# Templates that are exempt from layouts
@@exempt_from_layout = Set.new([/\.rjs$/])
class << self
# Factory for the standard create, process loop where the controller is discarded after processing.
def process(request, response) #:nodoc:
new.process(request, response)
end
# Converts the class name from something like "OneModule::TwoModule::NeatController" to "NeatController".
def controller_class_name
@controller_class_name ||= name.demodulize
end
# Converts the class name from something like "OneModule::TwoModule::NeatController" to "neat".
def controller_name
@controller_name ||= controller_class_name.sub(/Controller$/, '').underscore
end
# Converts the class name from something like "OneModule::TwoModule::NeatController" to "one_module/two_module/neat".
def controller_path
@controller_path ||= name.gsub(/Controller$/, '').underscore
end
# Return an array containing the names of public methods that have been marked hidden from the action processor.
# By default, all methods defined in ActionController::Base and included modules are hidden.
# More methods can be hidden using <tt>hide_actions</tt>.
def hidden_actions
write_inheritable_attribute(:hidden_actions, ActionController::Base.public_instance_methods) unless read_inheritable_attribute(:hidden_actions)
read_inheritable_attribute(:hidden_actions)
end
# Hide each of the given methods from being callable as actions.
def hide_action(*names)
write_inheritable_attribute(:hidden_actions, hidden_actions | names.collect { |n| n.to_s })
end
# Replace sensitive paramater data from the request log.
# Filters paramaters that have any of the arguments as a substring.
# Looks in all subhashes of the param hash for keys to filter.
# If a block is given, each key and value of the paramater hash and all
# subhashes is passed to it, the value or key
# can be replaced using String#replace or similar method.
#
# Examples:
# filter_parameter_logging
# => Does nothing, just slows the logging process down
#
# filter_parameter_logging :password
# => replaces the value to all keys matching /password/i with "[FILTERED]"
#
# filter_parameter_logging :foo, "bar"
# => replaces the value to all keys matching /foo|bar/i with "[FILTERED]"
#
# filter_parameter_logging { |k,v| v.reverse! if k =~ /secret/i }
# => reverses the value to all keys matching /secret/i
#
# filter_parameter_logging(:foo, "bar") { |k,v| v.reverse! if k =~ /secret/i }
# => reverses the value to all keys matching /secret/i, and
# replaces the value to all keys matching /foo|bar/i with "[FILTERED]"
def filter_parameter_logging(*filter_words, &block)
parameter_filter = Regexp.new(filter_words.collect{ |s| s.to_s }.join('|'), true) if filter_words.length > 0
define_method(:filter_parameters) do |unfiltered_parameters|
filtered_parameters = {}
unfiltered_parameters.each do |key, value|
if key =~ parameter_filter
filtered_parameters[key] = '[FILTERED]'
elsif value.is_a?(Hash)
filtered_parameters[key] = filter_parameters(value)
elsif block_given?
key = key.dup
value = value.dup if value
yield key, value
filtered_parameters[key] = value
else
filtered_parameters[key] = value
end
end
filtered_parameters
end
end
# Don't render layouts for templates with the given extensions.
def exempt_from_layout(*extensions)
@@exempt_from_layout.merge extensions.collect { |extension|
if extension.is_a?(Regexp)
extension
else
/\.#{Regexp.escape(extension.to_s)}$/
end
}
end
end
public
# Extracts the action_name from the request parameters and performs that action.
def process(request, response, method = :perform_action, *arguments) #:nodoc:
initialize_template_class(response)
assign_shortcuts(request, response)
initialize_current_url
assign_names
forget_variables_added_to_assigns
log_processing
send(method, *arguments)
assign_default_content_type_and_charset
response
ensure
process_cleanup
end
# Returns a URL that has been rewritten according to the options hash and the defined Routes.
# (For doing a complete redirect, use redirect_to).
#
# <tt>url_for</tt> is used to:
#
# All keys given to url_for are forwarded to the Route module, save for the following:
# * <tt>:anchor</tt> -- specifies the anchor name to be appended to the path. For example,
# <tt>url_for :controller => 'posts', :action => 'show', :id => 10, :anchor => 'comments'</tt>
# will produce "/posts/show/10#comments".
# * <tt>:only_path</tt> -- if true, returns the relative URL (omitting the protocol, host name, and port) (<tt>false</tt> by default)