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6 Catalyst::Action::REST - Automated REST Method Dispatching
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9 sub foo :Local :ActionClass('REST') {
10 ... do setup for HTTP method specific handlers ...
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14 ... do something for GET requests ...
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17 # alternatively use an Action
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23 This Action handles doing automatic method dispatching for REST
24 requests. It takes a normal Catalyst action, and changes the dispatch
25 to append an underscore and method name. First it will try dispatching
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29 For example, in the synopsis above, calling GET on "/foo" would result
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47 Catalyst::Controller::REST, which brings this class together with
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59 You likely want to look at Catalyst::Controller::REST, which implements
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62 This class automatically adds the Catalyst::TraitFor::Request::REST
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71 Q: I'm getting a "415 Unsupported Media Type" error. What gives?!
72 A: Most likely, you haven't set Content-type equal to
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78 NOTE Apache will refuse %2F unless configured otherwise. Make sure
79 "AllowEncodedSlashes On" is in your httpd.conf file in order for
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83 Adam Jacob <adam@stalecoffee.org>, with lots of help from mst and
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86 Marchex, Inc. paid me while I developed this module.
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90 Tomas Doran (t0m) <bobtfish@bobtfish.net>
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98 Hans Dieter Pearcey
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100 Brian Phillips <bphillips@cpan.org>
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112 Gerv http://www.gerv.net/
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121 Copyright (c) 2006-2015 the above named AUTHOR and CONTRIBUTORS
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