Split form/query parsing into two steps

First we parse the raw input into a stream of [key, value] pairs, and
only after that do we expand that into the deep params hash.

This allows a user to operate directly on the pair stream if they need
to apply different semantics, without needing to rewind the input, and
without creating a conflict with anything else (like a middleware) that
wants to use Rack's standard GET / POST hash format.

lib/rack/constants.rb

@@ -54,11 +54,13 @@ module Rack
   RACK_RESPONSE_FINISHED              = 'rack.response_finished'
   RACK_REQUEST_FORM_INPUT             = 'rack.request.form_input'
   RACK_REQUEST_FORM_HASH              = 'rack.request.form_hash'
+  RACK_REQUEST_FORM_PAIRS             = 'rack.request.form_pairs'
   RACK_REQUEST_FORM_VARS              = 'rack.request.form_vars'
   RACK_REQUEST_FORM_ERROR             = 'rack.request.form_error'
   RACK_REQUEST_COOKIE_HASH            = 'rack.request.cookie_hash'
   RACK_REQUEST_COOKIE_STRING          = 'rack.request.cookie_string'
   RACK_REQUEST_QUERY_HASH             = 'rack.request.query_hash'
+  RACK_REQUEST_QUERY_PAIRS            = 'rack.request.query_pairs'
   RACK_REQUEST_QUERY_STRING           = 'rack.request.query_string'
   RACK_METHODOVERRIDE_ORIGINAL_METHOD = 'rack.methodoverride.original_method'
 end

lib/rack/multipart.rb

@@ -19,6 +19,31 @@ class MissingInputError < StandardError
       include BadRequest
     end
 
+    # Accumulator for multipart form data, conforming to the QueryParser API.
+    # In future, the Parser could return the pair list directly, but that would
+    # change its API.
+    class ParamList # :nodoc:
+      def self.make_params
+        new
+      end
+
+      def self.normalize_params(params, key, value)
+        params << [key, value]
+      end
+
+      def initialize
+        @pairs = []
+      end
+
+      def <<(pair)
+        @pairs << pair
+      end
+
+      def to_params_hash
+        @pairs
+      end
+    end
+
     class << self
       def parse_multipart(env, params = Rack::Utils.default_query_parser)
         unless io = env[RACK_INPUT]

lib/rack/query_parser.rb

@@ -37,19 +37,42 @@ def initialize(params_class, param_depth_limit)
       @param_depth_limit = param_depth_limit
     end
 
-    # Stolen from Mongrel, with some small modifications:
+    # Originally stolen from Mongrel, now with some modifications:
     # Parses a query string by breaking it up at the '&'.  You can also use this
     # to parse cookies by changing the characters used in the second parameter
     # (which defaults to '&').
-    def parse_query(qs, separator = nil, &unescaper)
-      unescaper ||= method(:unescape)
+    #
+    # Returns an array of 2-element arrays, where the first element is the
+    # key and the second element is the value.
+    def split_query(qs, separator = nil, &unescaper)
+      pairs = []
+
+      if qs && !qs.empty?
+        unescaper ||= method(:unescape)
+
+        qs.split(separator ? (COMMON_SEP[separator] || /[#{separator}] */n) : DEFAULT_SEP).each do |p|
+          next if p.empty?
+          pair = p.split('=', 2).map!(&unescaper)
+          pair << nil if pair.length == 1
+          pairs << pair
+        end
+      end
 
-      params = make_params
+      pairs
+    rescue ArgumentError => e
+      raise InvalidParameterError, e.message, e.backtrace
+    end
 
-      (qs || '').split(separator ? (COMMON_SEP[separator] || /[#{separator}] */n) : DEFAULT_SEP).each do |p|
-        next if p.empty?
-        k, v = p.split('=', 2).map!(&unescaper)
+    # Parses a query string by breaking it up at the '&'.  You can also use this
+    # to parse cookies by changing the characters used in the second parameter
+    # (which defaults to '&').
+    #
+    # Returns a hash where each value is a string (when a key only appears once)
+    # or an array of strings (when a key appears more than once).
+    def parse_query(qs, separator = nil, &unescaper)
+      params = make_params
 
+      split_query(qs, separator, &unescaper).each do |k, v|
         if cur = params[k]
           if cur.class == Array
             params[k] << v
@@ -61,7 +84,7 @@ def parse_query(qs, separator = nil, &unescaper)
         end
       end
 
-      return params.to_h
+      params.to_h
     end
 
     # parse_nested_query expands a query string into structural types. Supported
@@ -72,17 +95,11 @@ def parse_query(qs, separator = nil, &unescaper)
     def parse_nested_query(qs, separator = nil)
       params = make_params
 
-      unless qs.nil? || qs.empty?
-        (qs || '').split(separator ? (COMMON_SEP[separator] || /[#{separator}] */n) : DEFAULT_SEP).each do |p|
-          k, v = p.split('=', 2).map! { |s| unescape(s) }
-
-          _normalize_params(params, k, v, 0)
-        end
+      split_query(qs, separator).each do |k, v|
+        _normalize_params(params, k, v, 0)
       end
 
-      return params.to_h
-    rescue ArgumentError => e
-      raise InvalidParameterError, e.message, e.backtrace
+      params.to_h
     end
 
     # normalize_params recursively expands parameters into structural types. If

lib/rack/request.rb

@@ -483,11 +483,22 @@ def parseable_data?
       # Returns the data received in the query string.
       def GET
         if get_header(RACK_REQUEST_QUERY_STRING) == query_string
-          get_header(RACK_REQUEST_QUERY_HASH)
+          if hash = get_header(RACK_REQUEST_QUERY_HASH)
+            return hash
+          end
+        end
+
+        set_header(RACK_REQUEST_QUERY_HASH, expand_params(query_param_list))
+      end
+
+      def query_param_list
+        if get_header(RACK_REQUEST_QUERY_STRING) == query_string
+          get_header(RACK_REQUEST_QUERY_PAIRS)
         else
-          query_hash = parse_query(query_string, '&')
-          set_header(RACK_REQUEST_QUERY_STRING, query_string)
-          set_header(RACK_REQUEST_QUERY_HASH, query_hash)
+          query_data = split_query(query_string, '&')
+          set_header RACK_REQUEST_QUERY_STRING, query_string
+          set_header RACK_REQUEST_QUERY_HASH, nil
+          set_header(RACK_REQUEST_QUERY_PAIRS, query_data)
         end
       end
 
@@ -496,43 +507,53 @@ def GET
       # This method support both application/x-www-form-urlencoded and
       # multipart/form-data.
       def POST
+        if get_header(RACK_REQUEST_FORM_INPUT).equal?(get_header(RACK_INPUT))
+          if hash = get_header(RACK_REQUEST_FORM_HASH)
+            return hash
+          end
+        end
+
+        set_header(RACK_REQUEST_FORM_HASH, expand_params(body_param_list))
+      end
+
+      def body_param_list
         if error = get_header(RACK_REQUEST_FORM_ERROR)
           raise error.class, error.message, cause: error.cause
         end
 
         begin
           rack_input = get_header(RACK_INPUT)
 
-          # If the form hash was already memoized:
-          if form_hash = get_header(RACK_REQUEST_FORM_HASH)
-            # And it was memoized from the same input:
-            if get_header(RACK_REQUEST_FORM_INPUT).equal?(rack_input)
-              return form_hash
+          form_data = nil
+
+          # If the form data has already been memoized from the same
+          # input:
+          if get_header(RACK_REQUEST_FORM_INPUT).equal?(rack_input)
+            if data = get_header(RACK_REQUEST_FORM_PAIRS)
+              return data
             end
           end
 
-          # Otherwise, figure out how to parse the input:
           if rack_input.nil?
-            set_header RACK_REQUEST_FORM_INPUT, nil
-            set_header(RACK_REQUEST_FORM_HASH, {})
+            form_data = []
           elsif form_data? || parseable_data?
-            unless set_header(RACK_REQUEST_FORM_HASH, parse_multipart)
-              form_vars = get_header(RACK_INPUT).read
+            unless form_data = Rack::Multipart.extract_multipart(self, Rack::Multipart::ParamList)
+              form_vars = rack_input.read
 
               # Fix for Safari Ajax postings that always append \0
               # form_vars.sub!(/\0\z/, '') # performance replacement:
               form_vars.slice!(-1) if form_vars.end_with?("\0")
 
               set_header RACK_REQUEST_FORM_VARS, form_vars
-              set_header RACK_REQUEST_FORM_HASH, parse_query(form_vars, '&')
+              form_data = split_query(form_vars, '&')
             end
-
-            set_header RACK_REQUEST_FORM_INPUT, get_header(RACK_INPUT)
-            get_header RACK_REQUEST_FORM_HASH
           else
-            set_header RACK_REQUEST_FORM_INPUT, get_header(RACK_INPUT)
-            set_header(RACK_REQUEST_FORM_HASH, {})
+            form_data = []
           end
+
+          set_header RACK_REQUEST_FORM_INPUT, rack_input
+          set_header RACK_REQUEST_FORM_HASH, nil
+          set_header(RACK_REQUEST_FORM_PAIRS, form_data)
         rescue => error
           set_header(RACK_REQUEST_FORM_ERROR, error)
           raise
@@ -672,6 +693,28 @@ def parse_multipart
         Rack::Multipart.extract_multipart(self, query_parser)
       end
 
+      def split_query(query, d = '&')
+        query_parser = query_parser()
+        unless query_parser.respond_to?(:split_query)
+          query_parser = Utils.default_query_parser
+          unless query_parser.respond_to?(:split_query)
+            query_parser = QueryParser.make_default(0)
+          end
+        end
+
+        query_parser.split_query(query, d)
+      end
+
+      def expand_params(pairs, query_parser = query_parser())
+        params = query_parser.make_params
+
+        pairs.each do |key, value|
+          query_parser.normalize_params(params, key, value)
+        end
+
+        params.to_params_hash
+      end
+
       def split_header(value)
         value ? value.strip.split(/[,\s]+/) : []
       end

test/spec_request.rb

@@ -572,11 +572,12 @@ def self.req(headers)
   end
 
   it "parse the query string" do
-    request = make_request(Rack::MockRequest.env_for("/?foo=bar&quux=bla"))
-    request.query_string.must_equal "foo=bar&quux=bla"
-    request.GET.must_equal "foo" => "bar", "quux" => "bla"
+    request = make_request(Rack::MockRequest.env_for("/?foo=bar&quux=bla&nothing&empty="))
+    request.query_string.must_equal "foo=bar&quux=bla&nothing&empty="
+    request.GET.must_equal "foo" => "bar", "quux" => "bla", "nothing" => "", "empty" => ""
     request.POST.must_be :empty?
-    request.params.must_equal "foo" => "bar", "quux" => "bla"
+    request.params.must_equal "foo" => "bar", "quux" => "bla", "nothing" => "", "empty" => ""
+    request.query_param_list.must_equal [["foo", "bar"], ["quux", "bla"], ["nothing", nil], ["empty", ""]]
   end
 
   it "handles invalid unicode in query string value" do