Class | ActionController::Request
In: | lib/action_controller/request.rb
Parent: | Rack::Request

### Methods

GET POST accepts body cache_format content_length content_type delete? domain etag_matches? form_data? format format= fresh? get? head? headers host host_with_port if_modified_since if_none_match key? media_type method not_modified? parameters params path path_parameters port port_string post? protocol put? query_parameters query_string raw_host_with_port raw_post remote_ip request_method request_parameters request_uri reset_session server_port server_software session session_options session_options= ssl? standard_port subdomains symbolized_path_parameters template_format url xhr? xml_http_request?

### Constants

HTTP_METHODS | = | %w(get head put post delete options)
HTTP_METHOD_LOOKUP | = | HTTP_METHODS.inject({}) { |h, m| h[m] = h[m.upcase] = m.to_sym;
TRUSTED_PROXIES | = | /^127\.0\.0\.1$|^(10|172\.(1[6-9]|2[0-9]|30|31)|192\.168)\./i |  | Which IP addresses are "trusted proxies" that can be stripped from the right-hand-side of X-Forwarded-For

### Public Instance methods

GET()

Override Rack‘s GET method to support indifferent access

POST()

Override Rack‘s POST method to support indifferent access

accepts()

Returns the accepted MIME type for the request.

body()

The request body is an IO input stream. If the RAW_POST_DATA environment variable is already set, wrap it in a StringIO.

cache_format()
content_length()

Returns the content length of the request as an integer.

content_type()

The MIME type of the HTTP request, such as Mime::XML.

For backward compatibility, the post \format is extracted from the X-Post-Data-Format HTTP header if present.

delete?()

Is this a DELETE request? Equivalent to `request.method == :delete`.

domain(tld_length = 1)

Returns the \domain part of a \host, such as "rubyonrails.org" in "www.rubyonrails.org". You can specify a different `tld_length`, such as 2 to catch rubyonrails.co.uk in "www.rubyonrails.co.uk".

etag_matches?(etag)
form_data?()
format()

Returns the Mime type for the \format used in the request.

      GET /posts/5.xml   | request.format => Mime::XML
      GET /posts/5.xhtml | request.format => Mime::HTML
      GET /posts/5       | request.format => Mime::HTML or MIME::JS, or request.accepts.first depending on the value of <tt>ActionController::Base.use_accept_header</tt>

format=(extension)

Sets the \format by string extension, which can be used to force custom formats that are not controlled by the extension.

      class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
        before_filter :adjust_format_for_iphone

        private
          def adjust_format_for_iphone
            request.format = :iphone if request.env["HTTP_USER_AGENT"][/iPhone/]
          end
      end

fresh?(response)

Check response freshness (Last-Modified and ETag) against request If-Modified-Since and If-None-Match conditions. If both headers are supplied, both must match, or the request is not considered fresh.

get?()

Is this a GET (or HEAD) request? Equivalent to `request.method == :get`.

head?()

Is this a HEAD request? Since `request.method` sees HEAD as `:get`, this \method checks the actual HTTP \method directly.

headers()

Provides access to the request‘s HTTP headers, for example:

      request.headers["Content-Type"] # => "text/plain"

host()

Returns the host for this request, such as example.com.

host_with_port()

Returns a \host:\port string for this request, such as "example.com" or "example.com:8080".

if_modified_since()
if_none_match()
key?(key)
media_type()
method()

Returns the HTTP request \method used for action processing as a lowercase symbol, such as `:post`. (Unlike request_method, this method returns `:get` for a HEAD request because the two are functionally equivalent from the application‘s perspective.)

not_modified?(modified_at)
parameters()

Returns both GET and POST \parameters in a single hash.

params()

Alias for parameters

path()

Returns the interpreted \path to requested resource after all the installation directory of this application was taken into account.

path_parameters()

Returns a hash with the \parameters used to form the \path of the request. Returned hash keys are strings:

      {'action' => 'my_action', 'controller' => 'my_controller'}

See `symbolized_path_parameters` for symbolized keys.

port()

Returns the port number of this request as an integer.

port_string()

Returns a \port suffix like ":8080" if the \port number of this request is not the default HTTP \port 80 or HTTPS \port 443.

post?()

Is this a POST request? Equivalent to `request.method == :post`.

protocol()

Returns ‘https://’ if this is an SSL request and ‘http://’ otherwise.

put?()

Is this a PUT request? Equivalent to `request.method == :put`.

query_parameters()

Alias for GET

query_string()

Returns the query string, accounting for server idiosyncrasies.

raw_host_with_port()

Returns the \host for this request, such as "example.com".

raw_post()

Read the request \body. This is useful for web services that need to work with raw requests directly.

remote_ip()

Determines originating IP address. REMOTE_ADDR is the standard but will fail if the user is behind a proxy. HTTP_CLIENT_IP and/or HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR are set by proxies so check for these if REMOTE_ADDR is a proxy. HTTP_X_FORWARDED_FOR may be a comma- delimited list in the case of multiple chained proxies; the last address which is not trusted is the originating IP.

request_method()

Returns the true HTTP request \method as a lowercase symbol, such as `:get`. If the request \method is not listed in the HTTP_METHODS constant above, an UnknownHttpMethod exception is raised.

request_parameters()

Alias for POST

request_uri()

Returns the request URI, accounting for server idiosyncrasies. WEBrick includes the full URL. IIS leaves REQUEST_URI blank.

reset_session()
server_port()
server_software()

Returns the lowercase name of the HTTP server software.

session()
session_options()
session_options=(options)
ssl?()

Is this an SSL request?

standard_port()

Returns the standard \port number for this request‘s protocol.

subdomains(tld_length = 1)

Returns all the \subdomains as an array, so `["dev", "www"]` would be returned for "dev.www.rubyonrails.org". You can specify a different `tld_length`, such as 2 to catch `["www"]` instead of `["www", "rubyonrails"]` in "www.rubyonrails.co.uk".

symbolized_path_parameters()

The same as `path_parameters` with explicitly symbolized keys.

template_format()

Returns a symbolized version of the `:format` parameter of the request. If no \format is given it returns `:js`for Ajax requests and `:html` otherwise.

url()

Returns the complete URL used for this request.

xhr?()

Alias for xml_http_request?

xml_http_request?()

Returns true if the request‘s "X-Requested-With" header contains "XMLHttpRequest". (The Prototype Javascript library sends this header with every Ajax request.)

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