Provided by: openguides_0.84-1.1_all bug

NAME

       OpenGuides::CGI - An OpenGuides helper for CGI-related things.

DESCRIPTION

       Does CGI stuff for OpenGuides.  Distributed and installed as part of the OpenGuides project, not intended
       for independent installation.  This documentation is probably only useful to OpenGuides developers.

SYNOPSIS

       Saving preferences in a cookie:

         use OpenGuides::CGI;
         use OpenGuides::Config;
         use OpenGuides::Template;
         use OpenGuides::Utils;

         my $config = OpenGuides::Config->new( file => "wiki.conf" );

         my $cookie = OpenGuides::CGI->make_prefs_cookie(
             config                     => $config,
             username                   => "Kake",
             include_geocache_link      => 1,
             preview_above_edit_box     => 1,
             latlong_traditional        => 1,
             omit_help_links            => 1,
             show_minor_edits_in_rc     => 1,
             default_edit_type          => "tidying",
             cookie_expires             => "never",
             track_recent_changes_views => 1,
             display_google_maps        => 1,
             is_admin                   => 1
         );

         my $wiki = OpenGuides::Utils->make_wiki_object( config => $config );
         print OpenGuides::Template->output( wiki     => $wiki,
                                             config   => $config,
                                             template => "preferences.tt",
                                             cookies  => $cookie
         );

         # and to retrive prefs later:
         my %prefs = OpenGuides::CGI->get_prefs_from_cookie(
             config => $config
         );

       Tracking visits to Recent Changes:

         use OpenGuides::CGI;
         use OpenGuides::Config;
         use OpenGuides::Template;
         use OpenGuides::Utils;

         my $config = OpenGuides::Config->new( file => "wiki.conf" );

         my $cookie = OpenGuides::CGI->make_recent_changes_cookie(
             config => $config,
         );

METHODS

       extract_node_param
               my $config_file = $ENV{OPENGUIDES_CONFIG_FILE} || "wiki.conf";
               my $config = OpenGuides::Config->new( file => $config_file );
               my $guide = OpenGuides->new( config => $config );
               my $wiki = $guide->wiki;

               my $q = CGI->new;

               my $node_param = OpenGuides::CGI->extract_node_param(
                                   wiki => $wiki, cgi_obj => $q );

           Returns  the  title,  id,  or  keywords parameter from the URL.  Normally this will be something like
           "British_Museum", i.e. with underscores instead of spaces.  However if the URL  does  contain  spaces
           (encoded as %20 or +), the return value will be e.g. "British Museum" instead.

           Croaks unless a Wiki::Toolkit object is supplied as "wiki" and a CGI object is supplied as "cgi_obj".

       extract_node_name
               my $config_file = $ENV{OPENGUIDES_CONFIG_FILE} || "wiki.conf";
               my $config = OpenGuides::Config->new( file => $config_file );
               my $guide = OpenGuides->new( config => $config );
               my $wiki = $guide->wiki;

               my $q = CGI->new;

               my $node_name = OpenGuides::CGI->extract_node_name(
                                   wiki => $wiki, cgi_obj => $q );

           Returns  the  name of the node the user wishes to display/manipulate, as we expect it to be stored in
           the database.  Normally this will be something like "British Museum", i.e. with  spaces  in.   Croaks
           unless a Wiki::Toolkit object is supplied as "wiki" and a CGI object is supplied as "cgi_obj".

       escape
               my $param = OpenGuides::CGI->escape( "foo?!!??!?!" );

           Does  exactly  the  same  as CGI->escape (that is, encodes a string so it can safely be included in a
           URL), but doesn't escape commas (because it's not necessary, and looks ugly).

       check_spaces_redirect
               my $config_file = $ENV{OPENGUIDES_CONFIG_FILE} || "wiki.conf";
               my $config = OpenGuides::Config->new( file => $config_file );
               my $guide = OpenGuides->new( config => $config );

               my $q = CGI->new;

               my $url = OpenGuides::CGI->check_spaces_redirect(
                                            wiki => $wiki, cgi_obj => $q );

           If the user seems to have typed a URL with spaces in the node  param  instead  of  underscores,  this
           method will return the URL with the underscores put in.  Otherwise, it returns false.

       make_prefs_cookie
             my $cookie = OpenGuides::CGI->make_prefs_cookie(
                 config                     => $config,
                 username                   => "Kake",
                 include_geocache_link      => 1,
                 preview_above_edit_box     => 1,
                 latlong_traditional        => 1,
                 omit_help_links            => 1,
                 show_minor_edits_in_rc     => 1,
                 default_edit_type          => "tidying",
                 cookie_expires             => "never",
                 track_recent_changes_views => 1,
                 display_google_maps        => 1,
                 is_admin                   => 1
             );

           Croaks  unless  an  OpenGuides::Config  object  is  supplied  as  "config".   Acceptable  values  for
           "cookie_expires" are "never", "month", "year"; anything else will default to "month".

       get_prefs_from_cookie
             my %prefs = OpenGuides::CGI->get_prefs_from_cookie(
                 config => $config,
                 cookies => \@cookies
             );

           Croaks unless an OpenGuides::Config object is supplied as "config".  Returns default values  for  any
           parameter not specified in cookie.

           If  "cookies"  is  provided, and includes a preferences cookie, this overrides any preferences cookie
           submitted by the browser.

       make_recent_changes_cookie
             my $cookie = OpenGuides::CGI->make_recent_changes_cookie(
                 config => $config,
             );

           Makes a cookie that stores the time now as the time of the latest visit to Recent  Changes.   Or,  if
           "clear_cookie" is specified and true, makes a cookie with an expiration date in the past:

             my $cookie = OpenGuides::CGI->make_recent_changes_cookie(
                 config       => $config,
                 clear_cookie => 1,
             );

       get_last_recent_changes_visit_from_cookie
             my %prefs = OpenGuides::CGI->get_last_recent_changes_visit_from_cookie(
                 config => $config
             );

           Croaks  unless  an  OpenGuides::Config  object is supplied as "config".  Returns the time (as seconds
           since epoch) of the user's last visit to Recent Changes.

       make_index_form_dropdowns
               my @dropdowns = OpenGuides::CGI->make_index_form_dropdowns (
                   guide    => $guide,
                   selected => [
                                 { type => "category", value => "pubs" },
                                 { type => "locale", value => "holborn" },
                               ],
               );
               %tt_vars = ( %tt_vars, dropdowns => \@dropdowns );

               # In the template
               [% FOREACH dropdown = dropdowns %]
                 [% dropdown.type.ucfirst | html %]:
                 [% dropdown.html %]
                 <br />
               [% END %]

           Makes HTML dropdown selects suitable for passing to an indexing template.

           The "selected" argument is optional; if supplied, it gives default  values  for  the  dropdowns.   At
           least one category and one locale dropdown will be returned; if no defaults are given for either then
           they'll default to everything/everywhere.

AUTHOR

       The OpenGuides Project (openguides-dev@lists.openguides.org)

COPYRIGHT

            Copyright (C) 2003-2013 The OpenGuides Project.  All Rights Reserved.

       This  module  is  free  software;  you  can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl
       itself.

perl v5.40.0                                       2025-01-02                               OpenGuides::CGI(3pm)