Method post

tools/server/server-http.cpp:438–478

}

void server_http_context::post(const std::string & path, const server_http_context::handler_t & handler) const {
    pimpl->srv->Post(path_prefix + path, [handler](const httplib::Request & req, httplib::Response & res) {
        std::string body = req.body;
        std::map<std::string, raw_buffer> files;

        if (req.is_multipart_form_data()) {
            // translate text fields to a JSON object and use it as the body
            json form_json = json::object();
            for (const auto & [key, field] : req.form.fields) {
                if (form_json.contains(key)) {
                    // if the key already exists, convert it to an array
                    if (!form_json[key].is_array()) {
                        json existing_value = form_json[key];
                        form_json[key] = json::array({existing_value});
                    }
                    form_json[key].push_back(field.content);
                } else {
                    form_json[key] = field.content;
                }
            }
            body = form_json.dump();

            // populate files from multipart form
            for (const auto & [key, file] : req.form.files) {
                files[key] = raw_buffer(file.content.begin(), file.content.end());
            }
        }

        server_http_req_ptr request = std::make_unique<server_http_req>(server_http_req{
            get_params(req),
            get_headers(req),
            req.path,
            build_query_string(req),
            body,
            std::move(files),
            req.is_connection_closed
        });
        server_http_res_ptr response = handler(*request);
        process_handler_response(std::move(request), response, res);
    });
}