mvc

package mvc

Contains the Controller/Action/Result API to handle HTTP requests.

For example, a typical controller:

class HomeController @Inject() (val controllerComponents: ControllerComponents) extends BaseController {

  def index = Action {
    Ok("It works!")
  }

}

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abstract class AbstractController extends BaseController
An abstract implementation of BaseController to make it slightly easier to use.
trait AcceptExtractors extends AnyRef
Define a set of extractors allowing to pattern match on the Accept HTTP header of a request
case class Accepting(mimeType: String) extends Product with Serializable
Convenient class to generate extractors checking if a given mime type matches the Accept header of a request.
Convenient class to generate extractors checking if a given mime type matches the Accept header of a request. Example of use:
```
val AcceptsMp3 = Accepting("audio/mp3")
```
Then:
```
request match {
  case AcceptsMp3() => ...
}
```
trait Action[A] extends EssentialAction
An action is essentially a (Request[A] => Result) function that handles a request and generates a result to be sent to the client.
An action is essentially a (Request[A] => Result) function that handles a request and generates a result to be sent to the client.
For example,
```
val echo = Action { request =>
  Ok("Got request [" + request + "]")
}
```
A
the type of the request body
trait ActionBuilder[+R[_], B] extends ActionFunction[Request, R]
Provides helpers for creating Action values.
class ActionBuilderImpl[B] extends ActionBuilder[Request, B]
trait ActionFilter[R[_]] extends ActionRefiner[R, R]
A simple kind of ActionRefiner which, given a request (of type R), may either immediately produce a Result (for example, an error), or continue its Action block with the same request.
A simple kind of ActionRefiner which, given a request (of type R), may either immediately produce a Result (for example, an error), or continue its Action block with the same request. The critical (abstract) function is filter.
trait ActionFunction[-R[_], +P[_]] extends AnyRef
A builder for generic Actions that generalizes over the type of requests.
A builder for generic Actions that generalizes over the type of requests. An ActionFunction[R,P] may be chained onto an existing ActionBuilder[R] to produce a new ActionBuilder[P] using andThen. The critical (abstract) function is invokeBlock. Most users will want to use ActionBuilder instead.
R
the type of the request on which this is invoked (input)
P
the parameter type which blocks executed by this builder take (output)
trait ActionRefiner[-R[_], +P[_]] extends ActionFunction[R, P]
A simple kind of ActionFunction which, given a request (of type R), may either immediately produce a Result (for example, an error), or call its Action block with a parameter (of type P).
A simple kind of ActionFunction which, given a request (of type R), may either immediately produce a Result (for example, an error), or call its Action block with a parameter (of type P). The critical (abstract) function is refine.
trait ActionTransformer[-R[_], +P[_]] extends ActionRefiner[R, P]
A simple kind of ActionRefiner which, given a request (of type R), unconditionally transforms it to a new parameter type (P) to be passed to its Action block.
A simple kind of ActionRefiner which, given a request (of type R), unconditionally transforms it to a new parameter type (P) to be passed to its Action block. The critical (abstract) function is transform.
sealed trait AnyContent extends AnyRef
A request body that adapts automatically according the request Content-Type.
case class AnyContentAsFormUrlEncoded(data: Map[String, Seq[String]]) extends AnyContent with Product with Serializable
AnyContent - Form url encoded body
case class AnyContentAsJson(json: JsValue) extends AnyContent with Product with Serializable
AnyContent - Json body
case class AnyContentAsMultipartFormData(mfd: MultipartFormData[TemporaryFile]) extends AnyContent with Product with Serializable
AnyContent - Multipart form data body
case class AnyContentAsRaw(raw: RawBuffer) extends AnyContent with Product with Serializable
AnyContent - Raw body (give access to the raw data as bytes).
case class AnyContentAsText(txt: String) extends AnyContent with Product with Serializable
AnyContent - Text body
case class AnyContentAsXml(xml: NodeSeq) extends AnyContent with Product with Serializable
AnyContent - XML body
trait BaseController extends BaseControllerHelpers
Defines utility methods to generate Action and Results types.
Defines utility methods to generate Action and Results types.
For example:
```
class HomeController @Inject() (val controllerComponents: ControllerComponents) extends BaseController {

  def hello(name:String) = Action { request =>
    Ok("Hello " + name)
  }

}
```
This is intended to provide the idiomatic Play API for actions, allowing you to use "Action" for the default action builder and "parse" to access Play's default body parsers. You may want to extend this to provide your own base controller class, or write your own version with similar code.
trait BaseControllerHelpers extends ControllerHelpers
Useful prewired mixins for controller components, assuming an available ControllerComponents.
Useful prewired mixins for controller components, assuming an available ControllerComponents.
If you want to extend your own AbstractController but want to use a different base "Action", you can mix in this trait.
trait BodyParser[+A] extends (RequestHeader) ⇒ Accumulator[ByteString, Either[Result, A]]
A body parser parses the HTTP request body content.
A body parser parses the HTTP request body content.
A
the body content type
trait BodyParserUtils extends AnyRef
A set of reusable body parsers and utilities that do not require configuration.
trait BodyParsers extends AnyRef
Legacy body parsers trait.
Legacy body parsers trait. Basically all this does is define a "parse" member with a PlayBodyParsers instance constructed from the running app's settings. If no app is running, we create parsers using default settings and an internally-created materializer. This is done to support legacy behavior. Instead of using this trait, we suggest injecting an instance of PlayBodyParsers (either directly or through BaseController or one of its subclasses).
case class Call(method: String, url: String, fragment: String = null) extends mvc.Call with Product with Serializable
Defines a Call, which describes an HTTP request and can be used to create links or fill redirect data.
Defines a Call, which describes an HTTP request and can be used to create links or fill redirect data.
These values are usually generated by the reverse router.
method
the request HTTP method
url
the request URL
case class Codec(charset: String)(encode: (String) ⇒ ByteString, decode: (ByteString) ⇒ String) extends Product with Serializable
A Codec handle the conversion of String to Byte arrays.
A Codec handle the conversion of String to Byte arrays.
charset
The charset to be sent to the client.
encode
The transformation function.
trait ControllerComponents extends AnyRef
The base controller components dependencies that most controllers rely on.
trait ControllerHelpers extends Results with HttpProtocol with Status with HeaderNames with ContentTypes with RequestExtractors with Rendering with RequestImplicits
Useful mixins for controller classes.
Useful mixins for controller classes.
If you wish to write a controller with minimal dependencies, you can mix in this trait, which includes helpers and useful constants.
```
class MyController @Inject() (action: DefaultActionBuilder, parse: PlayBodyParsers) extends ControllerHelpers {
  def index = action(parse.text) {
    Ok
  }
}
```
case class Cookie(name: String, value: String, maxAge: Option[Int] = None, path: String = "/", domain: Option[String] = None, secure: Boolean = false, httpOnly: Boolean = true, sameSite: Option[SameSite] = None) extends Product with Serializable
An HTTP cookie.
An HTTP cookie.
name
the cookie name
value
the cookie value
maxAge
the cookie expiration date in seconds, None for a transient cookie, or a value 0 or less to expire a cookie now
path
the cookie path, defaulting to the root path /
domain
the cookie domain
secure
whether this cookie is secured, sent only for HTTPS requests
httpOnly
whether this cookie is HTTP only, i.e. not accessible from client-side JavaScript code
sameSite
defines cookie access restriction: first-party or same-site context
trait CookieBaker[T <: AnyRef] extends AnyRef
Trait that should be extended by the Cookie helpers.
trait CookieDataCodec extends AnyRef
This trait encodes and decodes data to a string used as cookie value.
trait CookieHeaderEncoding extends AnyRef
Logic for encoding and decoding Cookie and Set-Cookie headers.
trait Cookies extends Traversable[Cookie]
The HTTP cookies set.
class CookiesModule extends SimpleModule
A cookie module that uses JWT as the cookie encoding, falling back to URL encoding.
trait DefaultActionBuilder extends ActionBuilder[Request, AnyContent]
A trait representing the default action builder used by Play's controllers.
A trait representing the default action builder used by Play's controllers.
This trait is used for binding, since some dependency injection frameworks doesn't deal with types very well.
class DefaultActionBuilderImpl extends ActionBuilderImpl[AnyContent] with DefaultActionBuilder
case class DefaultControllerComponents(actionBuilder: DefaultActionBuilder, parsers: PlayBodyParsers, messagesApi: MessagesApi, langs: Langs, fileMimeTypes: FileMimeTypes, executionContext: ExecutionContext) extends ControllerComponents with Product with Serializable
class DefaultCookieHeaderEncoding extends CookieHeaderEncoding
The default implementation of CookieHeaders.
class DefaultFlashCookieBaker extends FlashCookieBaker with FallbackCookieDataCodec
case class DefaultJWTCookieDataCodec(secretConfiguration: SecretConfiguration, jwtConfiguration: JWTConfiguration) extends JWTCookieDataCodec with Product with Serializable
class DefaultMessagesActionBuilderImpl extends MessagesActionBuilderImpl[AnyContent] with MessagesActionBuilder
case class DefaultMessagesControllerComponents(messagesActionBuilder: MessagesActionBuilder, actionBuilder: DefaultActionBuilder, parsers: PlayBodyParsers, messagesApi: MessagesApi, langs: Langs, fileMimeTypes: FileMimeTypes, executionContext: ExecutionContext) extends MessagesControllerComponents with Product with Serializable
class DefaultPlayBodyParsers extends PlayBodyParsers
class DefaultSessionCookieBaker extends SessionCookieBaker with FallbackCookieDataCodec
A session cookie that reads in both signed and JWT cookies, and writes out JWT cookies.
case class DefaultUrlEncodedCookieDataCodec(isSigned: Boolean, cookieSigner: CookieSigner) extends UrlEncodedCookieDataCodec with Product with Serializable
case class DiscardingCookie(name: String, path: String = "/", domain: Option[String] = None, secure: Boolean = false) extends Product with Serializable
A cookie to be discarded.
A cookie to be discarded. This contains only the data necessary for discarding a cookie.
name
the name of the cookie to discard
path
the path of the cookie, defaults to the root path
domain
the cookie domain
secure
whether this cookie is secured
trait EssentialAction extends (RequestHeader) ⇒ Accumulator[ByteString, Result] with Handler
An EssentialAction underlies every Action.
An EssentialAction underlies every Action. Given a RequestHeader, an EssentialAction consumes the request body (an ByteString) and returns a Result.
An EssentialAction is a Handler, which means it is one of the objects that Play uses to handle requests.
trait EssentialFilter extends AnyRef
trait FallbackCookieDataCodec extends CookieDataCodec
A trait that identifies the cookie encoding and uses the appropriate codec, for upgrading from a signed cookie encoding to a JWT cookie encoding.

trait Filter extends EssentialFilter

Implement this interface if you want to add a Filter to your application

object AccessLog extends Filter {
  override def apply(next: RequestHeader => Future[Result])(request: RequestHeader): Future[Result] = {
		 val result = next(request)
		 result.map { r => play.Logger.info(request + "\n\t => " + r; r }
	 }
}

case class Flash(data: Map[String, String] = Map.empty[String, String]) extends Product with Serializable
HTTP Flash scope.
HTTP Flash scope.
Flash data are encoded into an HTTP cookie, and can only contain simple String values.
trait FlashCookieBaker extends CookieBaker[Flash] with CookieDataCodec
Helper utilities to manage the Flash cookie.
trait Handler extends AnyRef
An Handler handles a request.
An Handler handles a request. Play understands several types of handlers, for example EssentialActions and WebSockets.
The Handler used to handle the request is controlled by GlobalSettings's onRequestReceived method. The default implementation of onRequestReceived delegates to onRouteRequest which calls the default Router.
class Headers extends AnyRef
The HTTP headers set.
trait InjectedController extends BaseController
A variation of BaseController that gets its components via method injection.
trait JWTCookieDataCodec extends CookieDataCodec
JWT cookie encoding and decoding functionality
trait JavascriptLiteral[A] extends AnyRef
Transform a value to a Javascript literal.
Transform a value to a Javascript literal.

Annotations
@implicitNotFound( ... )
class LegacyCookiesModule extends SimpleModule
A cookie module that uses the urlencoded cookie encoding.
class LegacyFlashCookieBaker extends FlashCookieBaker with UrlEncodedCookieDataCodec
trait LegacyI18nSupport extends AnyRef
class LegacySessionCookieBaker extends SessionCookieBaker with UrlEncodedCookieDataCodec
A session cookie baker that signs the session cookie in the Play 2.5.x style.
case class MaxSizeExceeded(length: Long) extends MaxSizeStatus with Product with Serializable
Signal a max content size exceeded.
sealed trait MaxSizeStatus extends AnyRef
The status of a max size flow.
abstract class MessagesAbstractController extends MessagesBaseController
An abstract controller class that returns a MessagesRequest as the default Action.
An abstract controller class that returns a MessagesRequest as the default Action.
An abstract implementation of MessagesBaseController to make it slightly easier to use.
```
class MyController @Inject()(cc: MessagesControllerComponents) extends MessagesAbstractController(cc) {
  def index = Action { implicit request: MessagesRequest[AnyContent] =>
    Ok(views.html.formTemplate(form)) // twirl template with form builders
  }
}
```
trait MessagesActionBuilder extends ActionBuilder[MessagesRequest, AnyContent]
This trait is an ActionBuilder that provides a MessagesRequest to the block:
This trait is an ActionBuilder that provides a MessagesRequest to the block:
```
class MyController @Inject()(
  messagesAction: MessagesActionBuilder,
  cc: ControllerComponents
) extends AbstractController(cc) {
  def index = messagesAction { implicit request: MessagesRequest[AnyContent] =>
     Ok(views.html.formTemplate(form)) // twirl template with form builders
  }
}
```
This is useful when you don't want to have to add play.api.i18n.I18nSupport to a controller for form processing.
class MessagesActionBuilderImpl[B] extends ActionBuilder[MessagesRequest, B]
trait MessagesBaseController extends BaseControllerHelpers
A base controller that returns a MessagesRequest as the base Action.
trait MessagesControllerComponents extends ControllerComponents
Controller components with a MessagesActionBuilder.
class MessagesRequest[+A] extends WrappedRequest[A] with PreferredMessagesProvider with MessagesRequestHeader
This class is a wrapped Request that is "i18n-aware" and can return the preferred messages associated with the request.
This class is a wrapped Request that is "i18n-aware" and can return the preferred messages associated with the request.
A
the body type of the request
trait MessagesRequestHeader extends RequestHeader with MessagesProvider
This trait is a RequestHeader that can provide a play.api.i18n.Messages instance.
This trait is a RequestHeader that can provide a play.api.i18n.Messages instance.
This is very useful with when used for forms processing, as the form helpers defined in views.helper (e.g. inputText.scala.html) take a MessagesProvider.
case class MultipartFormData[A](dataParts: Map[String, Seq[String]], files: Seq[FilePart[A]], badParts: Seq[BadPart]) extends Product with Serializable
Multipart form data body.

trait PathBindable[A] extends AnyRef

Binder for URL path parameters.

You can provide an implementation of PathBindable[A] for any type A you want to be able to bind directly from the request path.

For example, given this class definition:

case class User(id: Int, name: String, age: Int)

You can define a binder retrieving a User instance from its id, useable like the following:

// In your routes:
// GET  /show/:user      controllers.Application.show(user)
// For example: /show/42

class HomeController @Inject() (val controllerComponents: ControllerComponents) extends BaseController {
  def show(user: User) = Action {
    ...
  }
}

The definition of binder can look like the following:

object User {
  implicit def pathBinder(implicit intBinder: PathBindable[Int]) = new PathBindable[User] {
    override def bind(key: String, value: String): Either[String, User] = {
      for {
        id <- intBinder.bind(key, value).right
        user <- User.findById(id).toRight("User not found").right
      } yield user
    }
    override def unbind(key: String, user: User): String = {
      intBinder.unbind(key, user.id)
    }
  }
}

Annotations: @implicitNotFound( ... )

trait PlayBodyParsers extends BodyParserUtils
Body parsers officially supported by Play (i.e.
Body parsers officially supported by Play (i.e. built-in to Play)
DO NOT EXTEND this trait in user or library code. It is intended only to represent Play's built-in body parsers. We may add methods here in the future, which may break binary compatibility for Scala 2.11 code.
trait PreferredMessagesProvider extends MessagesProvider
This trait is a play.api.i18n.MessagesProvider that can be applied to a RequestHeader, and uses messagesApi.preferred(requestHeader) to return the messages.

trait QueryStringBindable[A] extends AnyRef

Binder for query string parameters.

You can provide an implementation of QueryStringBindable[A] for any type A you want to be able to bind directly from the request query string.

For example, if you have the following type to encode pagination:

/**
 * @param index Current page index
 * @param size Number of items in a page
 */
case class Pager(index: Int, size: Int)

Play will create a Pager(5, 42) value from a query string looking like /foo?p.index=5&p.size=42 if you define an instance of QueryStringBindable[Pager] available in the implicit scope.

For example:

object Pager {
  implicit def queryStringBinder(implicit intBinder: QueryStringBindable[Int]) = new QueryStringBindable[Pager] {
    override def bind(key: String, params: Map[String, Seq[String]]): Option[Either[String, Pager]] = {
      for {
        index <- intBinder.bind(key + ".index", params)
        size <- intBinder.bind(key + ".size", params)
      } yield {
        (index, size) match {
          case (Right(index), Right(size)) => Right(Pager(index, size))
          case _ => Left("Unable to bind a Pager")
        }
      }
    }
    override def unbind(key: String, pager: Pager): String = {
      intBinder.unbind(key + ".index", pager.index) + "&" + intBinder.unbind(key + ".size", pager.size)
    }
  }
}

To use it in a route, just write a type annotation aside the parameter you want to bind:

GET  /foo        controllers.foo(p: Pager)

Annotations: @implicitNotFound( ... )

case class RawBuffer(memoryThreshold: Int, temporaryFileCreator: TemporaryFileCreator, initialData: ByteString = ByteString.empty) extends Product with Serializable
Handle the request body a raw bytes data.
Handle the request body a raw bytes data.
memoryThreshold
If the content size is bigger than this limit, the content is stored as file.
temporaryFileCreator
the temporary file creator to store the content as file.
initialData
the initial data, ByteString.empty by default.
trait Rendering extends AnyRef
trait Request[+A] extends RequestHeader
The complete HTTP request.
The complete HTTP request.
A
the body content type.

Annotations
@implicitNotFound( "Cannot find any HTTP Request here" )
trait RequestExtractors extends AcceptExtractors
trait RequestHeader extends AnyRef
The HTTP request header.
The HTTP request header. Note that it doesn’t contain the request body yet.

Annotations
@implicitNotFound( ... )
trait RequestImplicits extends AnyRef
Useful mixin for methods that do implicit transformations of a request
final class ResponseHeader extends AnyRef
A simple HTTP response header, used for standard responses.
case class Result(header: ResponseHeader, body: HttpEntity, newSession: Option[Session] = None, newFlash: Option[Flash] = None, newCookies: Seq[Cookie] = Seq.empty) extends Product with Serializable
A simple result, which defines the response header and a body ready to send to the client.
A simple result, which defines the response header and a body ready to send to the client.
header
the response header, which contains status code and HTTP headers
body
the response body
trait Results extends AnyRef
Helper utilities to generate results.
case class Session(data: Map[String, String] = Map.empty[String, String]) extends Product with Serializable
HTTP Session.
HTTP Session.
Session data are encoded into an HTTP cookie, and can only contain simple String values.
trait SessionCookieBaker extends CookieBaker[Session] with CookieDataCodec
Helper utilities to manage the Session cookie.
trait UrlEncodedCookieDataCodec extends CookieDataCodec
This trait writes out cookies as url encoded safe text format, optionally prefixed with a signed code.
trait WebSocket extends Handler
A WebSocket handler.
class WrappedRequest[+A] extends Request[A]
Wrap an existing request.
Wrap an existing request. Useful to extend a request.
If you need to add extra values to a request, you could consider using request attributes instead. See the attr, withAttr, etc methods.
trait Controller extends ControllerHelpers with BodyParsers
Implements deprecated controller functionality.
Implements deprecated controller functionality. We recommend moving away from this and using one of the classes or traits extending BaseController instead.

Annotations
@deprecated
Deprecated
(Since version 2.6.0) Your controller should extend AbstractController, BaseController, or InjectedController instead.
trait RequestTaggingHandler extends Handler
A handler that is able to tag requests.
A handler that is able to tag requests. Usually mixed in to other handlers.
Instead of using the handler you should use Handler.Stage. Handler.Stage is a handler improves upon the RequestTaggingHandler in several ways: (a) Handler.Stage can be nested to arbitrary depth, (b) it doesn't require mixing-in and (c) it allows handlers to be rewritten as well as requests, (d) it prevents Play from accessing the real handler until its logic has been run.

Annotations
@deprecated
Deprecated
(Since version 2.6.0) Use Handler.Stage instead

Value Members

object ActionBuilder
object AnyContent
Factory object for creating an AnyContent instance.
Factory object for creating an AnyContent instance. Useful for unit testing.
object AnyContentAsEmpty extends AnyContent with Product with Serializable
AnyContent - Empty request body
object BodyParser
Helper object to construct BodyParser values.
object BodyParsers extends BodyParsers
Default BodyParsers.
object Codec extends Serializable
Default Codec support.
object ControllerHelpers extends ControllerHelpers
object Cookie extends Serializable
object CookieHeaderMerging
Utilities for merging individual cookie values in HTTP cookie headers.
object Cookies extends CookieHeaderEncoding
Helper utilities to encode Cookies.
object DefaultActionBuilder
object EssentialAction
Helper for creating EssentialActions.
object Filter
object FilterChain
Compose the action and the Filters to create a new Action
object Filters
Compose the action and the Filters to create a new Action
object Flash extends CookieBaker[Flash] with UrlEncodedCookieDataCodec with Serializable
object Handler
object Headers
object JWTCookieDataCodec
object JavascriptLiteral
Default JavaScript literals converters.
object MaxSizeNotExceeded extends MaxSizeStatus with Product with Serializable
Signal max size is not exceeded.
object MultipartFormData extends Serializable
Defines parts handled by Multipart form data.
object PathBindable
Default binders for URL path part.
object PlayBodyParsers
object QueryStringBindable
Default binders for Query String
object RangeResult
object Request
object RequestHeader
object ResponseHeader
object Results extends Results with LegacyI18nSupport
Helper utilities to generate results.
object Security
Helpers to create secure actions.
object Session extends CookieBaker[Session] with FallbackCookieDataCodec with Serializable
object WebSocket
Helper utilities to generate WebSocket results.

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object Action extends DefaultActionBuilder
Helper object to create Action values.
Helper object to create Action values.

Annotations
@deprecated
Deprecated
(Since version 2.6.0)

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