Requests

Accessing The Request

In the parameter from a controller you get a inter.Request instance. From the request you can view all information that has been sent to you. Think for example of cookies, headers, body and query parameters.

package controller

import (
    "github.com/confetti-framework/contract/inter"
    "github.com/confetti-framework/routing/outcome"
)

func UserStore(request inter.Request) inter.Response {
    name := request.Parameter("name").String()

    return outcome.Html("Username:" + name)
}

More information about receiving a parameter, see: Route Parameters

Accessing The Request Via Route Closures

You can also receive the request interface on a route Closure. Confetti inject the incoming request into the Closure when it is executed:

Get("/", func(request inter.Request) inter.Response {
    //
})

Original Request

If you need to use net.Request for a library, or you want information that is only available in the original Golang request. Then you can retrieve it by the Source method:

request.Source().URL.Scheme

Request Path & Method

The inter.Request instance provides a variety of methods for examining the HTTP request for your application. We will discuss a few of the most important methods below.

Retrieving The Request Path

The Path method returns the request's path information. So, if the incoming request is targeted at http://domain.com/foo/bar, the Path method will return foo/bar:

path := request.Path()

Retrieving The Request URL

To retrieve the full URL for the incoming request you may use the Url or FullUrl methods. The Url method will return the URL without the query string, while the FullUrl method includes the query string:

Without Query String:

url := request.Url()

With Query String:

url := request.FullUrl()

Retrieving The Request Method

The Method method will return the HTTP verb for the request:

method := request.Method()

You may use the IsMethod helper method to verify that the HTTP verb matches a given string:

if http_helper.IsMethod(request, method.Post) {
    //
}

Retrieving Input Value

Retrieving An Input Value

Using a few simple methods, you may access the user input from your http.request instance. Depending on the Content-Type header, the Content method may be used to retrieve user input:

name := request.Content("name").String()

You may pass a default value as the second argument to the ContentOr method. This value will be returned if the requested input value is not present on the request:

name := request.ContentOr("name", "Sally").String()

When working with forms that contain array inputs, use "dot" notation to access the arrays:

name := request.Content("names.1").String()
name, err := request.Content("names.1").StringE()
names := request.Content("names.*").Collection()

You may call the Content method with an empty string in order to retrieve all of the input values as support.Map:

requestValues = request.Content("").Map()

Retrieving JSON Input Values

When sending JSON requests to your application, you may access the JSON data via the Body method as long as the Content-Type header of the request is properly set to application/json. You may even use "dot" syntax to dig into JSON arrays:

name := request.Content("data.address.street").String()

Retrieving Raw Content Data

To receive the data as it was sent, use the Body method. In that case you will always receive a string

rawContent := request.Body()

Retrieving Input From The Query String

While the Content method retrieves values from the request payload, the Parameter method will retrieve values from the url, and the query string:

name := request.Parameter("name")

You may pass a default value as the second argument to the ParameterOr method. If the requested query string value data is not present, the second argument to this method will be returned:

name := request.ParameterOr("name", "Sally").String()

You may call the Parameter method with an empty string in order to retrieve all the query string values as support.Map:

parameters := request.Parameter("").Map()

Retrieving Boolean Input Values

When dealing with HTML elements like checkboxes, your application may receive "truthy" values that are actually strings. For example, "true" or "on". For convenience, you may use the Bool method to retrieve these values as booleans. The Bool method returns true for 1, "1", true, "true", "on", and "yes". All other values will return false:

archived := request.Content("archived").Bool()

Retrieving A Portion Of The Input Data

If you need to retrieve a subset of the input data, you may use the Only and Except methods. Both of these methods accept dynamic list of arguments:

request.Content("data.user").Map().Only("username", "password")
request.Content("data.user").Map().Except("username", "password")

The only method returns all of the key / value pairs that you request; however, it will not return key / value pairs that are not present on the request.

Determining If An Input Value Is Present

You should use the Has method to determine if a value is present on the request. The Has method returns true if the value is present on the request:

user := request.Content("data.user").Map()
if user.Has("name") {
    //
}

When given multiple strings, the Has method will determine if all of the specified values are present:

user := request.Content("data.user").Map()
if user.Has("name", "email") {
    //
}

The HasAny method returns true if any of the specified values are present:

user := request.Content("data.user").Map()
if user.HasAny("name", "email") {
    //
}

To determine if a given key is absent from the request, you may use the Missing method:

user := request.Content("data.user").Map()
if user.Missing("name") {
    //
}

If you would like to determine if a value is present on the request and is not empty, you may use the Filled method:

user := request.Content("data.user").Map()
if user.Filled("name") {
    //
}

If you have a slice with multiple keys, you can use the spread operator: .Has(keys...)

Retrieving Cookies From Requests

To retrieve a cookie value from the request, use the Cookie method on a inter.Request instance:

latestPage := request.Cookie("latest_page")
latestPage, err := request.CookieE("latest_page")

If you are looking for how to set a cookie, you can read Attaching Cookies To Responses

If you want to receive all original cookies, you can get the cookies from source by request.Source().Cookies()

Files

Retrieving Uploaded Files

You may access uploaded files from a inter.Request instance using the File method. The File method returns an instance of the support.File, which holds the Go multipart.File interface (via file.Source()) and provides a variety of methods for interacting with the file:

file := request.File("photo")
file, err := request.FileE("photo")

Or you can use the Files method to retrieve multiple files:

files := request.Files("photos")
files, err := request.FilesE("photos")

You may determine if a file is present on the request:

if file, err := request.FileE("photo"); err == nil {
    //
}

File Paths & Extensions

The support.File struct also contains methods for accessing the file's fully-qualified path and its extension. The Extension method will attempt to guess the file's extension based on its contents. This extension may be different from the extension that was supplied by the client:

name := request.File("photo").Name()
// photo.jpg

extension := request.File("photo").Extension()
// .jpg