Change or switch request data - asp.net-mvc-2

I'd like to create filter which will switch request data. More precisely i'd like to change type of request inside filter (it have to be POST), add some values into post's Data, add return url, and redirect it to Controller's action which accepts only POST... and then in this action i'd like to return to first URL.
I've found something like...
Response.Redirect with POST instead of Get?
but i'm pretty sure i don't catch his idea completely and don't know is it useful in FIlter.

I've not found how to change request data... but useful was to
var controller = new MyController();
controller.ControllerContext = filterContext.Controller.ControllerContext;
controller.<action>(<parameters>); // it's action which accepts only POST, but here it doesn't matter
base.OnActionExecuting(filterContext);
Is there any better way to pass context or mayby... invoke Controller from current context? instead of creating new controller and calling his action?

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Web2py return json or redirect

In web2py, I want to set up a controller that redirects for an html view but provides a json response for a json view, e.g.
http://mysite/page.html/1234 -> redirects to http://www.google.com/q=mydata
http://mysite/page.json/1234 -> returns JSON {'1234':'my data'}
(this example assumes I have a db query that returns 'mydata' for id=1234)
I can't immediately see how to do this, as the redirect() function is called in the controller, but the decision about json or html seems to be made later, once a dict() is returned from the controller
In the controller you can use request.extension to decide whether to redirect() or return response.json(my_data).
I also found that you can set {{redirect('http://site/{}'.format(data))}} in the .html view, and it will do a proper redirect within the html file itself (and set the correct content headers). In other words, the redirect function doesn't need to be called in the controller, if that's easier.

Restangular - how to cancel/implement my own request

I found a few examples of using fullRequestInterceptor and httpConfig.timeout to allow canceling requests in restangular.
example 1 | example 2
this is how I'm adding the interceptor:
app.run(function (Restangular, $q) {
Restangular.addFullRequestInterceptor(function (element, operation, what, url, headers, params, httpConfig) {
I managed to abort the request by putting a resolved promise in timeout (results in an error being logged and the request goes out but is canceled), which is not what I want.
What I'm trying to do - I want to make the AJAX request myself with my own requests and pass the result back to whatever component that used Restangular. Is this possible?
I've been looking a restangular way to solve it, but I should have been looking for an angular way :)
Overriding dependency at runtime in AngularJS
Looks like you can extend $http before it ever gets to Restangular. I haven't tried it yet, but it looks like it would fit my needs 100%.
I'm using requestInterceptor a lot, but only to change parameters and headers of my request.
Basically addFullRequestInterceptor is helping you making change on your request before sending it. So why not changing the url you want to call ?
There is the httpConfig object that you can modify and return, and if it's close to the config of $http (and I bet it is) you can change the url and even method, and so change the original request to another one, entirely knew.
After that you don't need timeout only returning an httpConfig customise to your need.
RestangularConfigurer.addFullRequestInterceptor(function (element, operation, route, url, headers, params, httpConfig) {
httpConfig.url = "http://google.com";
httpConfig.method = "GET";
httpConfig.params = "";
return {
httpConfig: httpConfig
};
});
It will be pass on and your service or controller won't know that something change, that's the principle of interceptor, it allow you to change stuff and returning to be use by the next process a bit like a middleware. And so it will be transparent to the one making the call but the call will be made to what you want.

Sail.js - routing to methods, custom policies & PATCH method

I have a few questions that I couldn't find answers anywhere online.
Does sails.js framework support HTTP PATCH method? If not - does anyone know if there is a planned feature in the future?
By default if I create method in a controller it is accessible with GET request is it the routes.js file where I need to specify that method is accessible only via POST or other type of methods?
How would you create a policy that would allow to change protected fields on entity only for specific rights having users. I.e: user that created entity can change "name", "description" fields but would not be able to change "comments" array unless user is ADMIN?
How would you add a custom header to "find" method which specifies how many items there are in database? I.e.: I have /api/posts/ and I do query for finding specific items {skip: 20; limit: 20} I would like to get response with those items and total count of items that would match query without SKIP and LIMIT modifiers. One thing that comes to my mind is that a policy that adds that that custom header would be a good choice but maybe there is a better one.
Is there any way to write a middle-ware that would be executed just before sending response to the client. I.e.: I just want to filter output JSON not to containt some values or add my own without touching the controller method.
Thank you in advance
I can help with 2 and 5. In my own experience, here is what I have done:
2) I usually just check req.method in the controller. If it's not a method I want to support, I respond with a 404 page. For example:
module.exports = {
myAction: function(req, res){
if (req.method != 'POST')
return res.notFound();
// Desired controller action logic here
}
}
5) I create services in api/services when I want to do this. You define functions in a service that accept callbacks as arguments so that you can then send your response from the controller after the service function finishes executing. You can access any service by the name of the file. For example, if I had MyService.js in api/services, and I needed it to work with the request body, I would add a function to it like this:
exports.myServiceFunction = function(requestBody, callback){
// Work with the request body and data access here to create
// data to give back to the controller
callback(data);
};
Then, I can use this service from the controller like so:
module.exports = {
myAction: function(req, res){
MyService.myServiceFunction(req.body, function(data){
res.json(data);
});
}
}
In your case, the data that the service sends back to the controller through the callback would be the filtered JSON.
I'm sorry I can't answer your other questions, but I hope this helps a bit. I'm still new to Sails.js and am constantly learning new things, so others might have better suggestions. Still, I hope I have answered two of your questions.

POST -ing data with Laravel 4's resourceful controller does not work (store method) but works using index (GET) method. What am I doing wrong?

Hi I have a resource controller in Laravel 4. It has all the default methods generated by artisan's controller:make.
Models etc are in place.
User clicks on a link in a view that does a URL::route to a named route pointing at a controller action. It points to the 'store()' method in the controller, which is meant to be a POST method.
I write my code in the 'store()' method to handle this request. It uses eloquent to insert data into db. It returns a plain text response with HTTP code 200.
When user clicks on the above mentioned link (that points to the store() method), it seems the browser simply jumps to the index (GET) of that controller and the code doesn't run because the store() method is bypassed.
When I move all code from within the store() method into the index() method, everything works as expected.
What am I doing wrong here that my 'store()' method is not handling my code. Even when creating URL to the store action directly using URL::action, this fails.
Can someone please enlighten me?
Code:
Store method:
public function store()
{
$itemsArray = Session::get('sdata');
$cartItem = new Cart;
$cartItem->session_id = Session::get('sid');
$cartItem->items = json_encode($itemsArray);
$cartItem->save();
return Response::make('an item was added to carts', 200);
}
View:
Go
Same result for this view also:
`Go`
This is because <a> tag, is able to send only GET request. Try to create a new method, for example addToCart, and then set new rout on routes.php

GET and POST request in one action. Playframework. Scala

Action create shows form:
def create = Action {
Ok(html.post.create(postForm))
}
How can i modify this action so that for GET request it would give out form and for the POST request it would process user input data, as if it were a separate action:
def newPost = Action { implicit request =>
postForm.bindFromRequest.fold(
errors => BadRequest(views.html.index(Posts.all(), errors)),
label => {
Posts.create(label)
Redirect(routes.Application.posts)
}
)
}
Wthat i mean is i want to combine this two actions.
UPDATE1: I want a single Action that serves GET and POST requests
It is recommended not to merge both actions, but modify routes to get the behavior you are expecting. For instance:
GET /create controllers.Posts.create
POST /create controllers.Posts.newPost
In case you have several kind of resources (post and comments, for instance), just add
a prefix to the path to disambiguate:
GET /post/create controllers.Posts.create
POST /post/create controllers.Posts.newPost
GET /comment/create controllers.Comments.create
POST /comment/create controllers.Comments.newComment
I tried once to accomplish similar thing, but I realized that I wasn't using framework like it was meant to be used. Use separate GET and POST methods like #paradigmatic showed and in cases like you specified "If we take adding comments to another action, we wouldn't be able to get infomation on post and comments in case an error occured (avoding copy-paste code)." - just render the page at the end of controller method with the view you like? and for errors etc. you can always use flash scope too? http://www.playframework.org/documentation/2.0.2/ScalaSessionFlash you could also render this form page with two or more beans and send them to controller side to catch related error messages and data.?