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.IX Title "HTTP::Headers::Util 3"
.TH HTTP::Headers::Util 3 "2004-04-06" "perl v5.8.4" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
.SH "NAME"
HTTP::Headers::Util \- Header value parsing utility functions
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 2
\&  use HTTP::Headers::Util qw(split_header_words);
\&  @values = split_header_words($h->header("Content-Type"));
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
This module provides a few functions that helps parsing and
construction of valid \s-1HTTP\s0 header values.  None of the functions are
exported by default.
.PP
The following functions are available:
.ie n .IP "split_header_words( @header_values )" 4
.el .IP "split_header_words( \f(CW@header_values\fR )" 4
.IX Item "split_header_words( @header_values )"
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list of anonymous arrays containing key/value pairs.  The function
knows how to deal with \*(L",\*(R", \*(L";\*(R" and \*(L"=\*(R" as well as quoted values after
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separated by \*(L";\*(R".
.Sp
If the \f(CW@header_values\fR passed as argument contains multiple values,
then they are treated as if they were a single value separated by
comma \*(L",\*(R".
.Sp
This means that this function is useful for parsing header fields that
follow this syntax (\s-1BNF\s0 as from the \s-1HTTP/1\s0.1 specification, but we relax
the requirement for tokens).
.Sp
.Vb 2
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\&  header            = (token | parameter) *( [";"] (token | parameter))
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pairs.  The value for a simple token (not part of a parameter) is \f(CW\*(C`undef\*(C'\fR.
Syntactically incorrect headers will not necessary be parsed as you
would want.
.Sp
This is easier to describe with some examples:
.Sp
.Vb 3
\&   split_header_words('foo="bar"; port="80,81"; discard, bar=baz');
\&   split_header_words('text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"');
\&   split_header_words('Basic realm="\e\e"foo\e\e\e\ebar\e\e""');
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.Ve
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.el .IP "join_header_words( \f(CW@arrays\fR )" 4
.IX Item "join_header_words( @arrays )"
This will do the opposite of the conversion done by \fIsplit_header_words()\fR.
It takes a list of anonymous arrays as arguments (or a list of
key/value pairs) and produces a single header value.  Attribute values
are quoted if needed.
.Sp
Example:
.Sp
.Vb 2
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.Vb 1
\&   text/plain; charset="iso-8859/1"
.Ve
.SH "COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT"
Copyright 1997\-1998, Gisle Aas
.PP
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.