1 --[[--

2 value = -- value of GET/POST parameter, or value list if multiple == true

3 request.get_param{

4 method = method, -- "GET", "POST", or nil to query both (POST has precedence)

5 name = name, -- field name

6 index = index, -- defaults to 1 to get first occurrence, only applicable if multiple == false

7 multiple = multiple, -- boolean to indicate whether to return a single value or a value list

8 meta = meta -- set to true to get metadata (table with "file_name" and "content_type")

9 }

10

11 Reads GET/POST parameters directly from the underlaying request.

12

13 --]]--

14

15 function request.get_param(args)

16 local param_list

17 if args.metadata then

18 if args.method == "GET" then

19 error("HTTP GET parameters do not have metadata")

20 elseif args.method == "POST" or not args.method then

21 param_list = request._http_request.post_metadata_list[args.name]

22 else

23 error("Unknown HTTP method selected")

24 end

25 else

26 if args.method == "GET" then

27 param_list = request._http_request.get_params_list[args.name]

28 elseif args.method == "POST" then

29 param_list = request._http_request.post_params_list[args.name]

30 elseif not args.method then

31 param_list = request._http_request.post_params_list[args.name]

32 if not param_list[args.index or 1] then

33 param_list = request._http_request.get_params_list[args.name]

34 end

35 else

36 error("Unknown HTTP method selected")

37 end

38 end

39 if args.multiple then

40 return param_list

41 else

42 return param_list[args.index or 1]

43 end

44 end

45

46 --//--