require 'abstract_controller/collector' require 'active_support/core_ext/class/attribute' require 'active_support/core_ext/object/inclusion' module ActionController #:nodoc: module MimeResponds extend ActiveSupport::Concern included do class_attribute :responder, :mimes_for_respond_to self.responder = ActionController::Responder clear_respond_to end module ClassMethods # Defines mime types that are rendered by default when invoking # respond_with. # # respond_to :html, :xml, :json # # Specifies that all actions in the controller respond to requests # for :html, :xml and :json. # # To specify on per-action basis, use :only and # :except with an array of actions or a single action: # # respond_to :html # respond_to :xml, :json, :except => [ :edit ] # # This specifies that all actions respond to :html # and all actions except :edit respond to :xml and # :json. # # respond_to :json, :only => :create # # This specifies that the :create action and no other responds # to :json. def respond_to(*mimes) options = mimes.extract_options! only_actions = Array(options.delete(:only)).map(&:to_s) except_actions = Array(options.delete(:except)).map(&:to_s) new = mimes_for_respond_to.dup mimes.each do |mime| mime = mime.to_sym new[mime] = {} new[mime][:only] = only_actions unless only_actions.empty? new[mime][:except] = except_actions unless except_actions.empty? end self.mimes_for_respond_to = new.freeze end # Clear all mime types in respond_to. # def clear_respond_to self.mimes_for_respond_to = Hash.new.freeze end end # Without web-service support, an action which collects the data for displaying a list of people # might look something like this: # # def index # @people = Person.all # end # # Here's the same action, with web-service support baked in: # # def index # @people = Person.all # # respond_to do |format| # format.html # format.xml { render :xml => @people } # end # end # # What that says is, "if the client wants HTML in response to this action, just respond as we # would have before, but if the client wants XML, return them the list of people in XML format." # (Rails determines the desired response format from the HTTP Accept header submitted by the client.) # # Supposing you have an action that adds a new person, optionally creating their company # (by name) if it does not already exist, without web-services, it might look like this: # # def create # @company = Company.find_or_create_by_name(params[:company][:name]) # @person = @company.people.create(params[:person]) # # redirect_to(person_list_url) # end # # Here's the same action, with web-service support baked in: # # def create # company = params[:person].delete(:company) # @company = Company.find_or_create_by_name(company[:name]) # @person = @company.people.create(params[:person]) # # respond_to do |format| # format.html { redirect_to(person_list_url) } # format.js # format.xml { render :xml => @person.to_xml(:include => @company) } # end # end # # If the client wants HTML, we just redirect them back to the person list. If they want JavaScript, # then it is an Ajax request and we render the JavaScript template associated with this action. # Lastly, if the client wants XML, we render the created person as XML, but with a twist: we also # include the person's company in the rendered XML, so you get something like this: # # # ... # ... # # ... # ... # ... # # # # Note, however, the extra bit at the top of that action: # # company = params[:person].delete(:company) # @company = Company.find_or_create_by_name(company[:name]) # # This is because the incoming XML document (if a web-service request is in process) can only contain a # single root-node. So, we have to rearrange things so that the request looks like this (url-encoded): # # person[name]=...&person[company][name]=...&... # # And, like this (xml-encoded): # # # ... # # ... # # # # In other words, we make the request so that it operates on a single entity's person. Then, in the action, # we extract the company data from the request, find or create the company, and then create the new person # with the remaining data. # # Note that you can define your own XML parameter parser which would allow you to describe multiple entities # in a single request (i.e., by wrapping them all in a single root node), but if you just go with the flow # and accept Rails' defaults, life will be much easier. # # If you need to use a MIME type which isn't supported by default, you can register your own handlers in # config/initializers/mime_types.rb as follows. # # Mime::Type.register "image/jpg", :jpg # # Respond to also allows you to specify a common block for different formats by using any: # # def index # @people = Person.all # # respond_to do |format| # format.html # format.any(:xml, :json) { render request.format.to_sym => @people } # end # end # # In the example above, if the format is xml, it will render: # # render :xml => @people # # Or if the format is json: # # render :json => @people # # Since this is a common pattern, you can use the class method respond_to # with the respond_with method to have the same results: # # class PeopleController < ApplicationController # respond_to :html, :xml, :json # # def index # @people = Person.all # respond_with(@people) # end # end # # Be sure to check respond_with and respond_to documentation for more examples. def respond_to(*mimes, &block) raise ArgumentError, "respond_to takes either types or a block, never both" if mimes.any? && block_given? if collector = retrieve_collector_from_mimes(mimes, &block) response = collector.response response ? response.call : render({}) end end # For a given controller action, respond_with generates an appropriate # response based on the mime-type requested by the client. # # If the method is called with just a resource, as in this example - # # class PeopleController < ApplicationController # respond_to :html, :xml, :json # # def index # @people = Person.all # respond_with @people # end # end # # then the mime-type of the response is typically selected based on the # request's Accept header and the set of available formats declared # by previous calls to the controller's class method +respond_to+. Alternatively # the mime-type can be selected by explicitly setting request.format in # the controller. # # If an acceptable format is not identified, the application returns a # '406 - not acceptable' status. Otherwise, the default response is to render # a template named after the current action and the selected format, # e.g. index.html.erb. If no template is available, the behavior # depends on the selected format: # # * for an html response - if the request method is +get+, an exception # is raised but for other requests such as +post+ the response # depends on whether the resource has any validation errors (i.e. # assuming that an attempt has been made to save the resource, # e.g. by a +create+ action) - # 1. If there are no errors, i.e. the resource # was saved successfully, the response +redirect+'s to the resource # i.e. its +show+ action. # 2. If there are validation errors, the response # renders a default action, which is :new for a # +post+ request or :edit for +put+. # Thus an example like this - # # respond_to :html, :xml # # def create # @user = User.new(params[:user]) # flash[:notice] = 'User was successfully created.' if @user.save # respond_with(@user) # end # # is equivalent, in the absence of create.html.erb, to - # # def create # @user = User.new(params[:user]) # respond_to do |format| # if @user.save # flash[:notice] = 'User was successfully created.' # format.html { redirect_to(@user) } # format.xml { render :xml => @user } # else # format.html { render :action => "new" } # format.xml { render :xml => @user } # end # end # end # # * for a javascript request - if the template isn't found, an exception is # raised. # * for other requests - i.e. data formats such as xml, json, csv etc, if # the resource passed to +respond_with+ responds to to_, # the method attempts to render the resource in the requested format # directly, e.g. for an xml request, the response is equivalent to calling # render :xml => resource. # # === Nested resources # # As outlined above, the +resources+ argument passed to +respond_with+ # can play two roles. It can be used to generate the redirect url # for successful html requests (e.g. for +create+ actions when # no template exists), while for formats other than html and javascript # it is the object that gets rendered, by being converted directly to the # required format (again assuming no template exists). # # For redirecting successful html requests, +respond_with+ also supports # the use of nested resources, which are supplied in the same way as # in form_for and polymorphic_url. For example - # # def create # @project = Project.find(params[:project_id]) # @task = @project.comments.build(params[:task]) # flash[:notice] = 'Task was successfully created.' if @task.save # respond_with(@project, @task) # end # # This would cause +respond_with+ to redirect to project_task_url # instead of task_url. For request formats other than html or # javascript, if multiple resources are passed in this way, it is the last # one specified that is rendered. # # === Customizing response behavior # # Like +respond_to+, +respond_with+ may also be called with a block that # can be used to overwrite any of the default responses, e.g. - # # def create # @user = User.new(params[:user]) # flash[:notice] = "User was successfully created." if @user.save # # respond_with(@user) do |format| # format.html { render } # end # end # # The argument passed to the block is an ActionController::MimeResponds::Collector # object which stores the responses for the formats defined within the # block. Note that formats with responses defined explicitly in this way # do not have to first be declared using the class method +respond_to+. # # Also, a hash passed to +respond_with+ immediately after the specified # resource(s) is interpreted as a set of options relevant to all # formats. Any option accepted by +render+ can be used, e.g. # respond_with @people, :status => 200 # However, note that these options are ignored after an unsuccessful attempt # to save a resource, e.g. when automatically rendering :new # after a post request. # # Two additional options are relevant specifically to +respond_with+ - # 1. :location - overwrites the default redirect location used after # a successful html +post+ request. # 2. :action - overwrites the default render action used after an # unsuccessful html +post+ request. def respond_with(*resources, &block) raise "In order to use respond_with, first you need to declare the formats your " << "controller responds to in the class level" if self.class.mimes_for_respond_to.empty? if collector = retrieve_collector_from_mimes(&block) options = resources.size == 1 ? {} : resources.extract_options! options[:default_response] = collector.response (options.delete(:responder) || self.class.responder).call(self, resources, options) end end protected # Collect mimes declared in the class method respond_to valid for the # current action. def collect_mimes_from_class_level #:nodoc: action = action_name.to_s self.class.mimes_for_respond_to.keys.select do |mime| config = self.class.mimes_for_respond_to[mime] if config[:except] !action.in?(config[:except]) elsif config[:only] action.in?(config[:only]) else true end end end # Returns a Collector object containing the appropriate mime-type response # for the current request, based on the available responses defined by a block. # In typical usage this is the block passed to +respond_with+ or +respond_to+. # # Sends :not_acceptable to the client and returns nil if no suitable format # is available. def retrieve_collector_from_mimes(mimes=nil, &block) #:nodoc: mimes ||= collect_mimes_from_class_level collector = Collector.new(mimes) block.call(collector) if block_given? format = collector.negotiate_format(request) if format self.content_type ||= format.to_s lookup_context.formats = [format.to_sym] lookup_context.rendered_format = lookup_context.formats.first collector else raise ActionController::UnknownFormat end end # A container for responses available from the current controller for # requests for different mime-types sent to a particular action. # # The public controller methods +respond_with+ and +respond_to+ may be called # with a block that is used to define responses to different mime-types, e.g. # for +respond_to+ : # # respond_to do |format| # format.html # format.xml { render :xml => @people } # end # # In this usage, the argument passed to the block (+format+ above) is an # instance of the ActionController::MimeResponds::Collector class. This # object serves as a container in which available responses can be stored by # calling any of the dynamically generated, mime-type-specific methods such # as +html+, +xml+ etc on the Collector. Each response is represented by a # corresponding block if present. # # A subsequent call to #negotiate_format(request) will enable the Collector # to determine which specific mime-type it should respond with for the current # request, with this response then being accessible by calling #response. class Collector include AbstractController::Collector attr_accessor :order, :format def initialize(mimes) @order, @responses = [], {} mimes.each { |mime| send(mime) } end def any(*args, &block) if args.any? args.each { |type| send(type, &block) } else custom(Mime::ALL, &block) end end alias :all :any def custom(mime_type, &block) mime_type = Mime::Type.lookup(mime_type.to_s) unless mime_type.is_a?(Mime::Type) @order << mime_type @responses[mime_type] ||= block end def response @responses[format] || @responses[Mime::ALL] end def negotiate_format(request) @format = request.negotiate_mime(order) end end end end