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Struct rocket::Data

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pub struct Data { /* private fields */ }
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Type representing the data in the body of an incoming request.

This type is the only means by which the body of a request can be retrieved. This type is not usually used directly. Instead, types that implement FromData are used via code generation by specifying the data = "<var>" route parameter as follows:

#[post("/submit", data = "<var>")]
fn submit(var: DataGuard) { /* ... */ }

Above, DataGuard can be any type that implements FromData. Note that Data itself implements FromData.

Reading Data

Data may be read from a Data object by calling either the open() or peek() methods.

The open method consumes the Data object and returns the raw data stream. The Data object is consumed for safety reasons: consuming the object ensures that holding a Data object means that all of the data is available for reading.

The peek method returns a slice containing at most 512 bytes of buffered body data. This enables partially or fully reading from a Data object without consuming the Data object.

Implementations

Returns the raw data stream.

The stream contains all of the data in the body of the request, including that in the peek buffer. The method consumes the Data instance. This ensures that a Data type always represents all of the data in a request.

Example
use rocket::Data;

fn handler(data: Data) {
    let stream = data.open();
}

Retrieve the peek buffer.

The peek buffer contains at most 512 bytes of the body of the request. The actual size of the returned buffer varies by web request. The peek_complete method can be used to determine if this buffer contains all of the data in the body of the request.

Example
use rocket::Data;

fn handler(data: Data) {
    let peek = data.peek();
}

Returns true if the peek buffer contains all of the data in the body of the request. Returns false if it does not or if it is not known if it does.

Example
use rocket::Data;

fn handler(data: Data) {
    if data.peek_complete() {
        println!("All of the data: {:?}", data.peek());
    }
}

A helper method to write the body of the request to any Write type.

This method is identical to io::copy(&mut data.open(), writer).

Example
use std::io;
use rocket::Data;

fn handler(mut data: Data) -> io::Result<String> {
    // write all of the data to stdout
    data.stream_to(&mut io::stdout())
        .map(|n| format!("Wrote {} bytes.", n))
}

A helper method to write the body of the request to a file at the path determined by path.

This method is identical to io::copy(&mut self.open(), &mut File::create(path)?).

Example
use std::io;
use rocket::Data;

fn handler(mut data: Data) -> io::Result<String> {
    data.stream_to_file("/static/file")
        .map(|n| format!("Wrote {} bytes to /static/file", n))
}

Trait Implementations

Executes the destructor for this type. Read more

The identity implementation of FromData. Always returns Success.

The associated error to be returned when the guard fails.

The owned type returned from FromData::transform(). Read more

The borrowed type consumed by FromData::from_data() when FromData::transform() returns a Transform::Borrowed. Read more

Transforms data into a value of type Self::Owned. Read more

Validates, parses, and converts the incoming request body data into an instance of Self. Read more

The type to use when returning an Outcome::Failure.

The type to use when returning an Outcome::Forward.

Converts self into an Outcome. If self represents a success, an Outcome::Success is returned. Otherwise, an Outcome::Failure is returned with failure as the inner value. Read more

Converts self into an Outcome. If self represents a success, an Outcome::Success is returned. Otherwise, an Outcome::Forward is returned with forward as the inner value. Read more

Auto Trait Implementations

Blanket Implementations

Gets the TypeId of self. Read more

Immutably borrows from an owned value. Read more

Mutably borrows from an owned value. Read more

Returns the argument unchanged.

Calls U::from(self).

That is, this conversion is whatever the implementation of From<T> for U chooses to do.

Converts self into a collection.

Should always be Self

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.

Performs the conversion.

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.

Performs the conversion.

Get the TypeId of this object.