#8 Add a helper for parsing URL arguments 1 year, 8 days ago

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#8 Add a helper for parsing URL arguments 1 year, 8 days ago

Comment by ~panda-roux on ~panda-roux/MoonGem

After starting to implement this feature, I came to the realization that, since MoonGem doesn't have a concept of virtual directories (i.e. it can only process URLs that refer to physical files or directories with 'index.gmi' files in them), this isn't going to be feasible to implement.

As much as I would like to emulate the functionality that ASP.NET offers here, there just isn't a simple way for developers to indicate to the server that URLs with arbitrary dynamic data should correspond to specific files on-disk. ASP.NET uses attributes (compile-time metadata markers) to accomplish this, and implementing something like that would be far outside the scope of MoonGem.

#8 Add a helper for parsing URL arguments 1 year, 10 days ago

Feature added by ~panda-roux on ~panda-roux/MoonGem

#8 Add a helper for parsing URL arguments 1 year, 10 days ago

Ticket created by ~panda-roux on ~panda-roux/MoonGem

A means of parsing arguments from a URL into named fields in a Lua table object would be incredibly useful. I think that ASP.NET does a good job of this with its parameter routing feature, so I'm basing this functionality on that.

Example usage:

Assuming a path /dir/start/3:

local  params = PATH:params('/dir/{document}/{id}')
assert(params.document == 'start')
assert(params.id == 3)

Considerations:

• Would it make sense to implement this as a member of the "PATH" object? If so, we'd have to switch PATH from a simple global string to a table with a __tostring metatable method (which isn't a big deal, just need to note that).

#1 Add automatic directory listing 1 year, 16 days ago

Comment by ~panda-roux on ~panda-roux/MoonGem

I agree that hiding .dotfiles in directories is a good idea, both in terms of safety and as a means of configuration.

Disabling directory listing by default makes sense. I think a file name like "directory-listing-ok" is a bit wordy though. I'm likely to forget it. I would like that either to be configurable, or something shorter, like ".list".

#3 Expose client certificates to the Lua API 1 year, 1 month ago

Comment by ~panda-roux on ~panda-roux/MoonGem

The following methods were added to the Lua API:

HEAD:has_cert() - checks for a cert and returns a boolean indicating the presence of one

HEAD:get_cert([prompt]) - if a cert exists, returns a table with the cert's expiration time and fingerprint; otherwise, sends a code-60 status to the client along with the provided optional prompt in order to request that such a cert be sent with the next request

#3 Expose client certificates to the Lua API 1 year, 1 month ago

Comment by ~panda-roux on ~panda-roux/MoonGem

Added in c6e9420297bf861ff09552d6a2d8ca29374101b3

REPORTED RESOLVED IMPLEMENTED

#2 Add some kind of mechanism for handling input 1 year, 1 month ago

Comment by ~panda-roux on ~panda-roux/MoonGem

Implemented by 8bccc062a0e6f8904583249284f8faba4ed35eff

REPORTED RESOLVED IMPLEMENTED

#4 Implement buffered response messages 1 year, 1 month ago

Comment by ~panda-roux on ~panda-roux/MoonGem

Implemented in a120aea988c627b2d78e35b5d7d79a69d14c3a70

REPORTED RESOLVED IMPLEMENTED

#7 Allow listening on user-specified port 1 year, 1 month ago

Comment by ~panda-roux on ~panda-roux/MoonGem

Environment variable checked is MOONGEM_PORT