NAME
Web::Paste::Simple - simple PSGI-based pastebin-like website
SYNOPSIS
#!/usr/bin/plackup
use Web::Paste::Simple;
Web::Paste::Simple->new(
storage => Path::Class::Dir->new(...),
codemirror => "...",
template => Text::Template->new(...),
)->app;
DESCRIPTION
Web::Paste::Simple is a lightweight PSGI app for operating a pastebin-like
website. It provides syntax highlighting via the CodeMirror
Javascript library. It should be fast enough for
deployment via CGI.
It does not provide any authentication facilities or similar, instead
relying on you to use subclassing/roles or Plack middleware to accomplish
such things.
Constructor
`new(%attrs)`
Standard Moose-style constructor.
This class is not based on Moose though; instead it uses Moo.
Attributes
The following attributes are defined:
`storage`
A Path::Class::Dir indicating the directory where pastes should be
stored. Pastes are kept indefinitely. Each is a single file.
`codemirror`
Path to the CodeMirror syntax highlighter as a string. For example, if
CodeMirror is available at `http://example.com/js/lib/codemirror.js`
then this string should be `http://example.com/js` with no trailing
slash.
This defaults to an address on my server, but for production sites,
*please* set up your own copy: it only takes a couple of minutes; just
a matter of unzipping a single archive. I offer no guarantees about
the continued availability of my copy of CodeMirror.
Nothing is actually done with this variable, but it's passed to the
template.
`template`
A Text::Template template which will be used for *all* HTML output.
The following variables are available to the template...
* $DATA - the text pasted on the curent page (if any), already HTML
escaped
* $MODE - the currently selected syntax highlighting mode (if any),
already HTML escaped
* @MODES - all configured highlighting modes
* $CODEMIRROR - the path to codemirror
* $APP - the blessed Web::Paste::Simple object
* $REQUEST - a blessed Plack::Request for the current request
* $PACKAGE - the string "Web::Paste::Simple"
* $VERSION - the Web::Paste::Simple version number
The default template is minimal, but works.
`modes`
The list of CodeMirror highlighting modes to offer to the user.
Nothing is actually done with this variable, but it's passed to the
template.
`default_mode`
The default highlighting mode.
`uuid_gen`
A Data::UUID object used to generate URIs. The default should be fine.
Methods
The following methods may be of interest to people subclassing
Web::Paste::Simple.
`app`
Technically this is another attribute, but one that should not be set
in the constructor. Call this method to retrieve the PSGI coderef.
This coderef is built by `_build_app` (a Moo lazy builder).
`dispatch`
Basic request router/dispatcher. Given a Plack::Request, returns a
Plack::Response.
`create_paste`
Given a Plack::Request corresponding to an HTTP `POST` request, saves
the paste and returns a Plack::Reponse. The response may be an arror
message, success message, or (as per the current implementation) a
redirect to the paste's URI.
`retrieve_paste`
Given a Plack::Request and a paste ID, returns a Plack::Response with
a representation of the paste, or an error message.
`show_error`
Given an error string and optionally an HTTP status code, returns a
Plack::Response.
`show_template`
Given a Plack::Request and a hashref of data (possibly including
`paste` and `mode` keys) returns a Plack::Response with the rendered
template, and the pasted data plugged into it.
`make_paste_id`
Returns a unique ID string for a paste. The current implementation is
a base64-encoded UUID.
BUGS
Please report any bugs to
.
SEE ALSO
Plack, Moo, CodeMirror .
AUTHOR
Toby Inkster .
COPYRIGHT AND LICENCE
This software is copyright (c) 2012 by Toby Inkster.
This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.
DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTIES
THIS PACKAGE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.