################################################################################ # WeBWorK mod_perl (c) 2000-2002 WeBWorK Project # $Id$ ################################################################################ package Apache::WeBWorK; =head1 NAME Apache::WeBWorK - The WeBWorK dispatcher module. =cut use strict; use warnings; use Apache::Constants qw(:common REDIRECT); use Apache::Request; use WeBWorK::Authen; use WeBWorK::Authz; use WeBWorK::ContentGenerator::Login; use WeBWorK::ContentGenerator::Hardcopy; use WeBWorK::ContentGenerator::Problem; use WeBWorK::ContentGenerator::ProblemSet; use WeBWorK::ContentGenerator::ProblemSets; use WeBWorK::ContentGenerator::Test; use WeBWorK::CourseEnvironment; # This module should be installed as a Handler for the location selected for # WeBWorK on your webserver. Here is an example of a stanza that can be added # to your httpd.conf file to achieve this: # # # PerlFreshRestart On # # SetHandler perl-script # PerlSetVar webwork_root /opt/webwork # # use lib '/opt/webwork/lib'; # # PerlHandler Apache::WeBWorK # # sub handler() { my $r = Apache::Request->new(shift); # have to deal with unpredictable GET or POST data, and sift through it for the key. So use Apache::Request # This stuff is pretty much copied out of the O'Reilly mod_perl book. # It's for figuring out the basepath. I may change this up if I # find a better way to do it. my $path_info = $r->path_info; my $path_translated = $r->lookup_uri($path_info)->filename; my $current_uri = $r->uri; my $args = $r->args; # If it's a valid WeBWorK URI, it ends in a /. This is assumed # alllll over the place. unless (substr($current_uri,-1) eq '/') { $r->header_out(Location => "$current_uri/" . ($args ? "?$args" : "")); return REDIRECT; } # Create the @components array, which contains the path specified in the URL my($junk, @components) = split "/", $path_info; my $webwork_root = $r->dir_config('webwork_root'); # From a PerlSetVar in httpd.conf my $course = shift @components; # If no course was specified, phreak out. # Eventually, display a list of courses, or something. unless (defined $course) { return DECLINED; } # Try to get the course environment. my $course_env = eval {WeBWorK::CourseEnvironment->new($webwork_root, $course);}; if ($@) { # If there was an error getting the requested course # TODO: display an error page. For now, 404 it. warn $@; return DECLINED; } # Freak out if the requested course doesn't exist. For now, this is just a # check to see if the course directory exists. if (!-e $course_env->{webworkDirs}->{courses} . "/$course") { return DECLINED; } ### Begin dispatching ### # WeBWorK::Authen::verify erases the passwd field and sets the key field # if login is successful. if (!WeBWorK::Authen->new($r, $course_env)->verify) { return WeBWorK::ContentGenerator::Login->new($r, $course_env)->go; } else { # After we are authenticated, there are some things that need to be # sorted out, Authorization-wize, before we start dispatching to individual # content generators. my $effectiveUser = $r->param("effectiveUser"); my $user = $r->param("user"); my $su_authorized = WeBWorK::Authz->new($r, $course_env)->hasPermissions($user, "become_student", $effectiveUser); # This hoary statement has the effect of forcing effectiveUser to equal user unless # the user is otherwise authorized. if (!($user ne $effectiveUser && $su_authorized) || !defined $effectiveUser) { $r->param("effectiveUser",$user); } my $arg = shift @components; if (!defined $arg) { # We want the list of problem sets return WeBWorK::ContentGenerator::ProblemSets->new($r, $course_env)->go; } elsif ($arg eq "hardcopy") { my $hardcopyArgument = shift @components || ""; return WeBWorK::ContentGenerator::Hardcopy->new($r, $course_env)->go($hardcopyArgument); } elsif ($arg eq "prof") { ### } elsif ($arg eq "prefs") { ### } elsif ($arg eq "test") { return WeBWorK::ContentGenerator::Test->new($r, $course_env)->go; } else { # We've got the name of a problem set. my $problem_set = $arg; my $ps_arg = shift @components; if (!defined $ps_arg) { # list the problems in the problem set return WeBWorK::ContentGenerator::ProblemSet->new($r, $course_env)->go($problem_set); } elsif ($ps_arg eq "hardcopy") { ### } else { # We've got the name of a problem my $problem = $ps_arg; return WeBWorK::ContentGenerator::Problem->new($r, $course_env)->go($problem_set, $problem); } } } # If the dispatcher doesn't know any modules that want to handle # the current path, it'll claim that the path does not exist by # declining the request. return DECLINED; } 1;