• NAME
• VERSION
• SYNOPSIS
• ATTRIBUTES
  • string
  • values
• METHODS
  • new
  • match
• AUTHOR
• COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

NAME

HTTP::Accept - Parse the HTTP header 'Accept'

VERSION

version 0.03

SYNOPSIS

    use HTTP::Accept;
    
    my $header         = 'text/html, application/json;q=0.5';
    my $accept_header  = HTTP::Accept->new( $header );
    
    # returns text/html
    my $use_accept     = $accept_header->match( qw(text/html application/json) );

ATTRIBUTES

string

The header string as passed to new.

values

The given media types in the prioritized order.

  Header                            | Values
  ----------------------------------+----------------------------
  text/html, application/json;q=0.5 | text/html, application/json
  application/json;q=0.5, text/html | text/html, application/*
  application/*;q=0.5, text/html    | text/html, application/*
  */*                               | */*

METHODS

new

    my $header         = 'text/html, application/json;q=0.5';
    my $accept_header  = HTTP::Accept->new( $header );

match

    # header: 'text/html, application/json;q=0.5'
    my $accept = $accept_header->match('text/html');                     # text/html
    my $accept = $accept_header->match('application/json');              # application/json
    my $accept = $accept_header->match('application/json', 'text/html'); # text/html
    my $accept = $accept_header->match();                                # empty string
    my $accept = $accept_header->match(undef);                           # empty string
    my $accept = $accept_header->match('image/png');                     # empty string

AUTHOR

Renee Baecker <reneeb@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This software is Copyright (c) 2018 by Renee Baecker.

This is free software, licensed under:

  The Artistic License 2.0 (GPL Compatible)