BaseRequest

class seshat.request.FileObject(file_obj)

Provides a File like object which supports the common file operations, along with providing some additional metadata which is sent from the client.

read()

readline()

seek(where)

readlines()

auto_read()

class seshat.request.BaseRequest(env)

Represents the request from the server, and contains various information and utilities. Also the place to store the session object.

cookie_name = 'sid'

The name of the cookie

url = None

A urlparse result of the requests path

method = None

The HTTP method by which the request was made, in all caps.

remote = None

The clients IP, otherwise Unknown IP

user_agent = None

The user agent, unparsed, or the string Unknown User Agent

referer = None

The referal URL if it exists, otherwise an empty string.

accepts(t)

Determines if the given mimetype is accepted by the client.

get_param(parameter, default='', cast=<type 'str'>)

Allows you to get a parameter from the request. If the parameter does not exist, or is empty, then a default will be returned. You can also choose to optionally cast the parameter.

If a parameter has multiple values then this will return a list of all those values.

Parameters:

• parameter – The name of the parameter to get
• default – The default to return if the parameter is nonexistent or empty
• cast – An optional cast for the parameter.

get_file(name)

Along with getting parameters, one may wish to retrieve other data such as files sent.

This provides an interface for getting a file like FileObject which can be used like a normal file but also holds some meta data sent with the request. If no file by the given name is found then this will return None

build_session()

Called during the objects instantiation. Override to set the requests session property.

build_cfg()

Called during the objects instantiation. Override to set the requests cfg property.

log(head)

Called right at the end of the request when the response is being returned to the client. This is useful for logging to a database or log file.

Parameters:head – The reponses Head object which was returned to the client.