| CGI-ValidOp documentation | Contained in the CGI-ValidOp distribution. |
undef.CGI::ValidOp - Simple validation of CGI parameters and runmodes.
# given the following CGI parameters:
# op=add_item; name=William Blake; ssn=345-21-6789; crackme=$ENV{EVIL_MEAT};
use CGI::ValidOp;
my $cgi = CGI::ValidOp->new({
add_item => { # using full syntax
name => {
label => 'Name',
checks => [ 'required', 'text::words' ],
},
ssn => {
label => 'Social Security number',
checks => [ 'demographics::us_ssn' ],
},
},
remove_item => { # using shortcut syntax
ssn => [ 'Social Security number', 'required', 'demographics::us_ssn' ],
confirm => [ 'Confirmation checkbox', 'required', 'checkbox::boolean' ],
},
cgi_object => new CGI($fh),
});
my $name = $cgi->param( 'name' ); # eq "William Blake"
my $ssn = $cgi->param( 'ssn' ); # eq "345-21-6789"
my $crackme = $cgi->param( 'crackme' ); # is undef; it was removed by the check
my $confirm = $cgi->param( 'confirm' ); # is undef; it doesn't exist
my $op = $cgi->op; # eq "add_item"
my @errors = $cgi->errors; # eq ( 'Parameter "crackme" contained invalid data.' )
my %vars = $cgi->Vars; # eq (
# name => "William Blake",
# ssn => "345-21-6789",
# crackme => undef,
# )
CGI::ValidOp is a CGI parameter validator that also helps you manage runmodes. Its aims are similar to Perl's: make the easy jobs easy and the complex jobs possible. CGI parameter validation is boring, and precisely for that reason it's easy to get wrong or ignore. CGI::ValidOp takes as much of the repetition as possible out of this job, replacing it with a simple interface.
There are many CGI parameter validation modules on CPAN; why on earth would I write another one, and why should you use it? Before writing ValidOp I made a list of requirements and checked all available modules against it, hoping that even if nothing matched there'd be a project which I could subclass or contribute to. I didn't find anything. Here's what I think ValidOp does right:
In addition to validating parameters, CGI::ValidOp has a number of methods for dealing with runmodes (henceforth referred to as 'ops'). In fact, the 'op' concept is key to ValidOp's advanced usage: parameters are defined as children of ops. A "display_item" op may need only a numeric id, while an "add_item" op will take several parameters. All these can be defined once in a single location.
You can change the validation defaults for the entire app, all parameters for one runmode, or per-parameter.
Parameters can be accessed just like with CGI.pm: param for individual parameters and Vars for all of them.
While error message must be available globally, having per-parameter error messages is an important usability improvement. When returning a long form page to a user, it's good to show them error messages where they're most useful.
ValidOp is test-driven, object-oriented Perl.
If you're going to trust someone else's code for security purposes it's nice to have proof that it works. CGI::ValidOp has an extensive test suite that checks every part of its operation, particularly the validation routines. I keep the current version running at http://sonofhans.net validop with a full test page. If you can produce unexpected output, file a bug report.
Creates and returns a new CGI::ValidOp object. The initializing hashref is
optional. If supplied, it may contain two types of values: configuration
options and runmode definitions. Configuration options must be prepended with
a dash (-); runmodes must not be.
Setting 'cgi_object' will allow you to override the CGI object that would be provided by default, if say, you needed to use this module under mod_perl.
my $cgi = CGI::ValidOp->new({
-allow_unexpected => 0, # configuration option
add => {}, # op, or runmode definition
);
See Configuration and Runmode Management for more details.
param behaves similarly to the CGI.pm method of the same name, returning the value for the named parameter. The differences from CGI.pm's param are:
The \@checks arrayref is optional. If supplied, it replaces all previously defined checks for the parameter and overrides all defaults. An empty arrayref ([]) will give you the parameter as input by the user, unchecked; it will still be tainted.
Vars behaves similarly to the CGI.pm method of the same name, returning the entire parameter list. In scalar context it returns a hash reference; in list context it returns a hash. The differences from CGI.pm's Vars method are:
undef.Returns the current runmode name. In the normal case, this is the CGI parameter given for "op" (but see runmode_name). Several factors affect the return value:
Note that while ValidOp doesn't require you to use its runmode management features, it still uses them internally. Even in the of no defined parameters or runmodes, ValidOp uses "default" as its runmode and all parameters are subsidiary to it. This is invisible to the user.
Returns an arrayref of all error messages for the current parameter list and parameter definitions. Returns undef if there are no errors.
Returns the CGI::ValidOp::Op object for the current runmode, or the runmode given. See Op Objects for more details, or the documentation for CGI::ValidOp::Op for all the details.
Resets the parameter list to the given hash reference.
ValidOp has a number of configurable options which alter its behavior. These options can be given in the constructor, via accessor methods, or both:
my $cgi = CGI::ValidOp->new({
-allow_unexpected => 0,
-default_op => 'home',
});
$cgi->default_op( 'view' ); # overrides 'home' above
Default: 1. Accepts: 1 or 0. Controls whether ValidOp accepts incoming CGI parameters which you have not defined. If true, all incoming parameters are accepted and validated. If false, parameters you have not defined are ignored.
Default: 0. Accepts: 1 or 0. If true, will not return any data for a parameter not received in the query string. ValidOp's default behavior is to return an undef value in this situation.
Default: 'default'. Accepts: word. The default runmode name. If no runmode parameter is given, or if the runmode given does not exist, the runmode specified here will be used. See Runmode Management.
Default: 1. Accepts: positive integer. Passed through to CGI.pm when getting parameters. See CGI.pm.
Default: undef. Accepts: array. Text with which to surround parameter labels in error messages. If given a single scalar, it is inserted both before and after the label. If given an arrayref, the first value is inserted before and the second is inserted after.
Given an error message of $label is required. and a label of "Confirmation checkbox," ValidOp would normally output Confirmation checkbox is required.. Here's how various values affect the error message:
$cgi->error_decoration( '"' );
# "Confirmation checkbox" is required.
$cgi->error_decoration( '* ', undef );
# * Confirmation checkbox is required.
$cgi->error_decoration( undef, ':' );
# Confirmation checkbox: is required.
$cgi->error_decoration( '<strong>', '</strong>' );
# <strong>Confirmation checkbox</strong> is required.
Default: 25,000. Accepts: positive integer. Passed through to CGI.pm when getting parameters. See CGI.pm.
Default: 'op'. Accepts: word. The name of the runmode. ValidOp treates the runmode parameter differently from other parameters; see Runmode Management for more details.
These routines control what values are returned by Vars() and param(). They are mutually exclusive, and have the following order of precedence:
In other words, if both on_error_return_undef and on_error_return_tainted are given as true, on_error_return_undef will apply.
The default behavior. Values which fail validation are ignored, and returned as undef.
Values which fail validation are returned as input, but first encoded with HTML::Entities's encode() method.
Values which fail validation are returned unchanged. Don't do this.
When constructing a CGI::ValidOp object, you may pass a -checks option. The default checks are: ['text'].
When defining an op within the CGI::ValidOp constructor, you may pass a -checks option.
When defining a param within the op definition, you may pass a -checks option.
When calling the param method, you may pass an array reference as the second parameter. This arrayref is passed straight through to the parameter's checks accessor.
Copyright (c) 2003-2005 Randall Hansen. All rights reserved.
This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
See http://www.perl.com/perl/misc/Artistic.html
Randall Hansen <legless@cpan.org>
Chad Granum <exodist7@gmail.com>
| CGI-ValidOp documentation | Contained in the CGI-ValidOp distribution. |
package CGI::ValidOp; use strict; use warnings; our $VERSION = '0.56'; use base qw/ CGI::ValidOp::Base /; use CGI::ValidOp::Op; use CGI::ValidOp::Param; use CGI::ValidOp::Object; use CGI; use Carp qw/ croak confess /; use Data::Dumper; # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sub PROPERTIES { { ops => undef, print_warnings => 1, default_op => 'default', runmode_name => 'op', disable_uploads => 1, post_max => 25_000, -cgi_object => new CGI, -error_decoration => undef, -allow_unexpected => 1, -on_error_return_undef => 0, -on_error_return_encoded => 0, -on_error_return_tainted => 0, -return_only_received => 0, } } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # the argument parsing means: # 1) if an argument is prefixed with a '-', take it as a config option # 2) else take it as an op sub init { my $self = shift; my( $args ) = @_; my( %ops, %config ); if( ref $args eq 'HASH' ) { for( keys %$args ) { $_ =~ /^-(.*)$/ ? $config{ $1 } = $args->{ $_ } : $ops{ $_ } = $args->{ $_ }; } $config{ ops } = \%ops if keys %ops; $self->SUPER::init( \%config ); } else { $self->SUPER::init; } # order of precedence for on_error arguments -- only one of the three # shold be active at once $self->on_error_return_undef( 1 ) unless $self->on_error_return_encoded or $self->on_error_return_tainted; $self->on_error_return_tainted( 0 ) if $self->on_error_return_undef or $self->on_error_return_encoded; $self->on_error_return_encoded( 0 ) if $self->on_error_return_undef; $self->get_cgi_vars; $self; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sub cgi_object { my $self = shift; my( $value ) = @_; return $self->{ cgi_object } unless defined $value; $self->{cgi_object} = $value; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sub reset_on_error { my $self = shift; # we want object construction not to account for precedence return if $self->{ in_init }; $self->{ $_ } = 0 for qw/ on_error_return_undef on_error_return_encoded on_error_return_tainted /; return; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sub on_error_return_undef { my $self = shift; my( $value ) = @_; return $self->{ on_error_return_undef } unless defined $value; $self->reset_on_error if $value; $self->{ on_error_return_undef } = $value ? 1 : 0; return $self->{ on_error_return_undef }; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sub on_error_return_encoded { my $self = shift; my( $value ) = @_; return $self->{ on_error_return_encoded } unless defined $value; $self->reset_on_error if $value; $self->{ on_error_return_encoded } = $value ? 1 : 0; return $self->{ on_error_return_encoded }; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sub on_error_return_tainted { my $self = shift; my( $value ) = @_; return $self->{ on_error_return_tainted } unless defined $value; $self->reset_on_error if $value; $self->{ on_error_return_tainted } = $value ? 1 : 0; return $self->{ on_error_return_tainted }; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # FIXME if you add a param and then change allow_unexpected, that param will go away sub allow_unexpected { my $self = shift; return $self->{ allow_unexpected } unless @_; $self->{ allow_unexpected } = shift; $self->set_vars; # FIXME this is a hack; related to the above FIXME } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sub return_only_received { my $self = shift; return $self->{ return_only_received } unless @_; $self->{ return_only_received } = shift; $self->{ return_only_received }; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sub get_cgi_vars { my $self = shift; $CGI::POST_MAX = $self->post_max; $CGI::DISABLE_UPLOADS = $self->disable_uploads; $self->set_vars({ $self->cgi_object->Vars }); # next two lines may be necessary for file uploads, but break existing # multi-value param functionality # my $cgi = CGI->new; # $self->set_vars({ map { $_ => $cgi->param( $_ )} $cgi->param }); return; # so we can't get untainted user input } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # an empty hashref {} resets vars # TODO should accept arrayrefs as values sub set_vars { my $self = shift; my( $vars ) = @_; return if $self->{ in_init }; # if we're still being initialized if( ref $vars eq 'HASH' ) { if( keys %$vars == 0 ) { delete $self->{ _vars }; } else { $self->{ _vars } = $vars; } } $self->make_op; $self->make_params; return; # so we can't get untainted user input } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # make the current Op object and add the defined params sub make_op { my $self = shift; delete $self->{ Op }; my $options = $self->ops; return unless my $params = $options->{ $self->op }; for( keys %$params ) { next if /^-.*/; $self->add_param( $_, $params->{ $_ }); } return; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # makes parameters using incoming vars sub make_params { my $self = shift; my $vars = $self->{ _vars }; # create params if we need to and are allowed if( $self->allow_unexpected ) { for( keys %$vars ) { next if $_ eq $self->runmode_name; # don't make one for runmode if (/\[/ || /^object--/) { $self->append_to_object($_); } # Make it available even if it is added to an object $self->add_param( $_ ) unless $self->Op->Param( $_ ); } } # set all tainted values $_->tainted( $vars->{ $_->name }) for $self->Op->Param; return; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # appends a parameter to an object - takes a parameter name as an argument. sub append_to_object { my $self = shift; my ($param_name) = @_; $self->{_objects} ||= { }; $param_name =~ /^object--(\w+)--/ || $param_name =~ /^([^\[]+)/; my $name = $1; return unless ($self->{_objects}{$name}); $self->{_objects}{$name}->set_var({ name => $param_name, value => $self->{_vars}{$param_name} }); return $name; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # accepts: # ( $name ) # ( \%options ) # ( $name, \%options ) # ( $name, [ $label, @checks ]) sub add_param { my $self = shift; my $param; if( @_ == 1 ) { # either a hashref or a single name $param = $self->Op->add_param( @_ ); } else { # either a name and hashref or a name and arrayref my( $name, $vars ) = @_; my( $label, $checks ); if ( ref $vars eq 'ARRAY' ) { $label = $vars->[0]; # slice and take a reference to that, copying 1..-1 $checks = [@{$vars}[1..$#$vars]]; $param = $self->Op->add_param({ name => $name, label => $label, checks => $checks, }); } elsif( ref $vars eq 'HASH' ) { $self->{_objects} ||= { }; $param = $self->{_objects}{$name} = CGI::ValidOp::Object->new($name, $vars); } else { croak qr/Incorrect param definition./; } } if ($param->isa('CGI::ValidOp::Param')) { $param->tainted( $self->{ _vars }{ $param->name }) if defined $self->{ _vars }; } $param; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # capitalized for CGI compatibility sub Vars { my $self = shift; my %params; my @vars = keys %{ $self->{ _vars }} if $self->{ _vars }; for( $self->Op->Param ) { my $name = $_->name; next if $self->return_only_received and not grep /^$name$/ => @vars; $params{ $name } = $_->value; } return unless keys %params; wantarray ? %params : \%params; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # fetches an object collection sub objects { my $self = shift; my ($object_name) = @_; $self->{_objects} ||= { }; if (defined($object_name)) { return $self->{_objects}{$object_name} ? $self->{_objects}{$object_name}->objects : []; } my $hash = { }; foreach my $key (keys %{$self->{_objects}}) { $hash->{$key} = $self->{_objects}{$key}->objects || []; } return $hash; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # fetches all the errors for object collections sub object_errors { my $self = shift; my ($object_name) = @_; if (defined($object_name)) { # return the errors just for the requested object return $self->{_objects}{$object_name} ? $self->{_objects}{$object_name}->object_errors : {}; } my $hash = { }; # return all the object errors in a hash keyed by the object name foreach my $key (keys %{$self->{_objects}}) { $hash->{$key} = $self->{_objects}{$key}->object_errors; } return $hash; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sub op { my $self = shift; $self->Op( @_ )->name; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # given a scalar, returns the op for which that scalar is an alias # accounts both for alias being a string and an arrayref # alias is case-sensitive sub op_alias { my $self = shift; my( $alias ) = @_; return unless $alias and $self->ops; for( keys %{ $self->ops }) { next unless $self->ops->{ $_ }{ -alias }; return $_ if $self->ops->{ $_ }{ -alias } eq $alias; return $_ if ref $self->ops->{ $_ }{ -alias } eq 'ARRAY' and grep /^$alias$/, @{ $self->ops->{ $_ }{ -alias }}; } return; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sub get_op_name { my $self = shift; my $op_name; if( $self->{ _vars } and $self->{ _vars }{ $self->runmode_name }) { $op_name = $self->{ _vars }{ $self->runmode_name }; ( $op_name ) = split /\0/, $op_name; # if we get more than one, use the first $op_name = $self->op_alias( $op_name ) if $self->op_alias( $op_name ); $op_name = $self->default_op unless $self->ops and grep /^$op_name$/i => keys %{ $self->ops }; } else { $op_name = $self->default_op; } lc $op_name; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ # FIXME if you add a param and then change op, that param will go away sub Op { my $self = shift; my( $op_name ) = @_; croak 'Invalid op name; only a word is allowed.' if $op_name and $op_name !~ /^\w+$/; unless( $op_name ) { return $self->{ Op } if $self->{ Op }; $op_name = $self->get_op_name; } # print STDERR Dumper[ # $self->{ on_error_return_undef }, # $self->{ on_error_return_encoded }, # $self->{ on_error_return_tainted }, # ]; my $on_error_return = $self->on_error_return_encoded ? 'encoded' : $self->on_error_return_tainted ? 'tainted' : 'undef'; $self->{ Op } = CGI::ValidOp::Op->new({ name => $op_name, error_decoration => [ $self->error_decoration ], on_error_return => $on_error_return, }); $self->{ Op }; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sub param { my $self = shift; my( $param_name, $checks ) = @_; # return all param names if we're not asked for one unless( $param_name ) { my @params = map $_->name, $self->Op->Param; return @params if @params; return; } my $param = $self->Op->Param( $param_name, $checks ); if( !$param and $checks ) { # if we have checks create the param $param = $self->add_param($param_name, [ $param_name, @$checks ]); } return $param->value if $param; return; } # ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ sub errors { my $self = shift; return unless $self->Op->Param; my @errors; for( $self->Op->Param ) { $_->validate; # slightly nasty to have to do this next unless my $errors = $_->errors; push @errors => @$errors; } @errors = sort @errors; return \@errors if @errors; return; } 1; __END__
# $Id: ValidOp.pm 387 2005-04-21 23:45:27Z soh $