catalyst

Introduction Dealing with incoming request parameters (both query and body parameters) is something nearly all Perl Catalyst applications need to cope with. Unfortunately Catalyst punts here and doesn't give you a lot of guidance and the built in handling leaves a lot to be desired. In this blog I will first example how the default handling works, some of the problems with it and how Catalyst developers have tried to improve it over the years (with minor success IMHO; I can say that since half the redos are my fault ;)). How Catalyst Handles Request Bodies and Query Parameters By…