Re: apreq_parse_generic example

No that=92s fine if you don=92t mind enabling your the
parser for ALL json stuff.  It=92d probably have been
saner for us to have the dummy param appear in the
body table, but what you=92re doing will work reliably
and isn=92t too much more conceptually difficult.


On Nov 9, 2013, at 3:00 PM, Brian J. France <[email protected]> =
wrote:

> Finally got some working code. Registered the parser for the content =
type:
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>  apreq_register_parser("application/json", apreq_parse_generic);
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> in a pre_init hook, then normal apreq_handle_apache2 and apreq_body =
calls, then a apreq_parser_get call to get the parser and:
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>  dummy =3D *(apreq_param_t **)parser->ctx;
>  apr_brigade_pflatten(dummy->upload, &val, &vlen, r->pool);
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> to get the string of the body in val/vlen.  Is there a better way?
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> Thanks,
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> Brian
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> On Nov 9, 2013, at 9:32 AM, Joseph Schaefer <[email protected]> =
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>> The generic parser stores the POST data in the upload
>> brigade of a  param named =93_dummy_=94 but it=92s not in
>> the output table, its in the parser=92s ctx pointer.
>> The struct is declared in parser.c so it=92s technically
>> private but the param is in the first slot and that=92s
>> meant to be public.
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>> On Nov 8, 2013, at 1:02 PM, Joseph Schaefer <[email protected]> =
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>>> Been a while since I thought about this, but
>>> apreq is really only suited for table-based
>>> data structures.  JSON is a little too generic
>>> for that unless you know the data is restricted
>>> to only key-value pairs.
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>>> On Nov 8, 2013, at 12:45 PM, Brian J. France <[email protected]> =
wrote:
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>>>> Does anybody have example code of how to use apreq_parse_generic in =
an httpd module hook (non-handler)?
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>>>> Need to use apreq2 and mod_apreq2 to read json data and not having =
any luck.
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>>>> Thanks,
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>>>> Brian
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>>>> - Please keep me looped into any reply, not subscribed.
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