Improvements to HTTP::Parser - now builds responses and requests by reference and has getUrl() method to get the URL without URI-parameters.

lib/http_parser.cpp

@@ -24,18 +24,18 @@ void HTTP::Parser::Clean(){
 /// The request is build from internal variables set before this call is made.
 /// To be precise, method, url, protocol, headers and body are used.
 /// \return A string containing a valid HTTP 1.0 or 1.1 request, ready for sending.
-std::string HTTP::Parser::BuildRequest(){
+std::string & HTTP::Parser::BuildRequest(){
   /// \todo Include GET/POST variable parsing?
   std::map<std::string, std::string>::iterator it;
   if (protocol.size() < 5 || protocol.substr(0, 4) != "HTTP"){protocol = "HTTP/1.0";}
-  std::string tmp = method+" "+url+" "+protocol+"\n";
+  builder = method+" "+url+" "+protocol+"\n";
   for (it=headers.begin(); it != headers.end(); it++){
     if ((*it).first != "" && (*it).second != ""){
-      tmp += (*it).first + ": " + (*it).second + "\n";
+      builder += (*it).first + ": " + (*it).second + "\n";
     }
   }
-  tmp += "\n" + body;
-  return tmp;
+  builder += "\n" + body;
+  return builder;
 }
 
 /// Returns a string containing a valid HTTP 1.0 or 1.1 response, ready for sending.
@@ -44,21 +44,21 @@ std::string HTTP::Parser::BuildRequest(){
 /// \param code The HTTP response code. Usually you want 200.
 /// \param message The HTTP response message. Usually you want "OK".
 /// \return A string containing a valid HTTP 1.0 or 1.1 response, ready for sending.
-std::string HTTP::Parser::BuildResponse(std::string code, std::string message){
+std::string & HTTP::Parser::BuildResponse(std::string code, std::string message){
   /// \todo Include GET/POST variable parsing?
   std::map<std::string, std::string>::iterator it;
   if (protocol.size() < 5 || protocol.substr(0, 4) != "HTTP"){protocol = "HTTP/1.0";}
-  std::string tmp = protocol+" "+code+" "+message+"\n";
+  builder = protocol+" "+code+" "+message+"\n";
   for (it=headers.begin(); it != headers.end(); it++){
     if ((*it).first != "" && (*it).second != ""){
       if ((*it).first != "Content-Length" || (*it).second != "0"){
-        tmp += (*it).first + ": " + (*it).second + "\n";
+        builder += (*it).first + ": " + (*it).second + "\n";
       }
     }
   }
-  tmp += "\n";
-  tmp += body;
-  return tmp;
+  builder += "\n";
+  builder += body;
+  return builder;
 }
 
 /// Trims any whitespace at the front or back of the string.
@@ -86,6 +86,15 @@ void HTTP::Parser::SetBody(char * buffer, int len){
   SetHeader("Content-Length", len);
 }
 
+/// Returns header i, if set.
+std::string HTTP::Parser::getUrl(){
+  if (url.find('?') != std::string::npos){
+    return url.substr(0, url.find('?'));
+  }else{
+    return url;
+  }
+}
+
 /// Returns header i, if set.
 std::string HTTP::Parser::GetHeader(std::string i){return headers[i];}
 /// Returns POST variable i, if set.
@@ -150,7 +159,6 @@ bool HTTP::Parser::parse(std::string & HTTPbuffer){
             protocol = tmpA;
             if (url.find('?') != std::string::npos){
               parseVars(url.substr(url.find('?')+1)); //parse GET variables
-              url.resize(url.find('?'));
             }
           }else{seenReq = false;}
         }else{seenReq = false;}

lib/http_parser.h

@@ -16,13 +16,14 @@ namespace HTTP{
       bool Read(std::string & strbuf);
       std::string GetHeader(std::string i);
       std::string GetVar(std::string i);
+      std::string getUrl();
       void SetHeader(std::string i, std::string v);
       void SetHeader(std::string i, int v);
       void SetVar(std::string i, std::string v);
       void SetBody(std::string s);
       void SetBody(char * buffer, int len);
-      std::string BuildRequest();
-      std::string BuildResponse(std::string code, std::string message);
+      std::string & BuildRequest();
+      std::string & BuildResponse(std::string code, std::string message);
       void Chunkify(std::string & bodypart);
       void Clean();
       static std::string urlunescape(const std::string & in);
@@ -37,6 +38,7 @@ namespace HTTP{
       bool seenReq;
       bool parse(std::string & HTTPbuffer);
       void parseVars(std::string data);
+      std::string builder;
       std::string read_buffer;
       std::map<std::string, std::string> headers;
       std::map<std::string, std::string> vars;