HTML::FormFu::Element::RequestToken(3)

NAME
HTML::FormFu::Element::RequestToken - Hidden text field which contains a unique token

SYNOPSIS
  my $e = $form->element( { type => 'Token' } );

  my $p = $form->element( { plugin => 'Token' } );

DESCRIPTION
This field can prevent CSRF attacks. It contains a random token. After submission the token is checked with the token which is stored in the session of the current user. See "USING TOKENS" in Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu for a convenient way how to use it.

ATTRIBUTES

  context
Value of the stash key for the Catalyst context object ($c). Defaults to "context".

  expiration_time
Time to life for a token in seconds. Defaults to 3600.

  session_key
Session key which is used to store the tokens. Defaults to "__token".

METHODS

  expire_token
This method looks in the session for expired tokens and removes them.

  get_token
Generates a new token and stores it in the stash.

  remove_token
Removes a specific token from the session. Returns 1 if the key was found. 0 otherwise.

  verify_token
Checks whether a given token is already in the session. If it exists it is removed and "verify_token" returns 1. 0 otherwise.

SEE ALSO
Catalyst::Controller::HTML::FormFu, HTML::FormFu::Plugin::RequestToken, HTML::FormFu::Constraint::RequestToken

HTML::FormFu

AUTHOR
Moritz Onken, "onken@houseofdesign.de"

LICENSE
This library is free software, you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.