Validate input

README.md

@@ -49,6 +49,6 @@ Add the `-v` option for more verbose output
 
 ## TODOs
 
-1. Input validation
+1. More tests
 1. /spam route would be interesting
 1. Include the total number of visitors or messages

assets/css/swagg.css

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ h1#top {
 }
 
 .error {
-    border-style: solid;
+    border-style: dashed;
     border-color: red;
     color: red;
     padding: 1em;
@@ -140,6 +140,12 @@ h1#top {
     margin-bottom: 1em;
 }
 
+.field-with-error {
+    border-style: dotted;
+    border-color: red;
+    padding-left: 1em;
+}
+
 @media screen and (max-width: 1023px) {
     .inner {
         max-width: 95%;

guestbook-ng.pl

@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ under sub ($c) {
 
     $c->session(expiration => 604800);
 
+    $c->stash(status => 403)
+        if $c->flash('error') eq 'This message was flagged as spam';
+
     1;
 };
 
@@ -64,7 +67,9 @@ get '/' => sub ($c) {
 } => 'index';
 
 any [qw{GET POST}], '/sign' => sub ($c) {
-    if ($c->req->method() eq 'POST') {
+    my $v = $c->validation();
+
+    if ($c->req->method eq 'POST' && $v->has_data) {
         my $name    = $c->param('name') || 'Anonymous';
         my $url     = $c->param('url');
         my $message = $c->param('message');
@@ -73,37 +78,37 @@ any [qw{GET POST}], '/sign' => sub ($c) {
             $message =~ /$RE{URI}{HTTP}{-scheme => qr<https?>}/ ? 1 :
             0;
 
-        if ($message) {
+        $v->required('name'   )->size(1,   63);
+        $v->required('message')->size(2, 2000);
+        $v->optional('url', 'not_empty')->size(1, 255)
+            ->like(qr/$RE{URI}{HTTP}{-scheme => qr<https?>}/);
+
+        unless ($v->has_error) {
             $c->message->create_post($name, $message, $url, $spam);
 
             $c->flash(error => 'This message was flagged as spam') if $spam;
             $c->redirect_to('index');
         }
-        else {
-            $c->flash(error => 'Message cannot be blank');
-            $c->redirect_to('sign');
-        }
     }
-    else {
-        # Try to randomize things for the CAPTCHA challenge. The
-        # string 'false' actually evaluates to true so this is an
-        # attempt to confuse a (hypothetical) bot that would try to
-        # select what it thinks is the right answer
-        my @answers             = shuffle(0, 'false', undef);
-        my $right_answer_label  = 'I\'m ready to sign (choose this one)';
-        my @wrong_answer_labels = shuffle(
-            'I don\'t want to sign (wrong answer)',
-            'This is spam/I\'m a bot, do not sign'
-            );
 
-        $c->stash(
-            answers             => \@answers,
-            right_answer_label  => $right_answer_label,
-            wrong_answer_labels => \@wrong_answer_labels
-            );
+    # Try to randomize things for the CAPTCHA challenge. The
+    # string 'false' actually evaluates to true so this is an
+    # attempt to confuse a (hypothetical) bot that would try to
+    # select what it thinks is the right answer
+    my @answers             = shuffle(0, 'false', undef);
+    my $right_answer_label  = 'I\'m ready to sign (choose this one)';
+    my @wrong_answer_labels = shuffle(
+        'I don\'t want to sign (wrong answer)',
+        'This is spam/I\'m a bot, do not sign'
+        );
 
-        $c->render();
-    }
+    $c->stash(
+        answers             => \@answers,
+        right_answer_label  => $right_answer_label,
+        wrong_answer_labels => \@wrong_answer_labels
+        );
+
+    $c->render();
 };
 
 # Send it

templates/sign.html.ep

@@ -4,27 +4,36 @@
 <form method="post">
   <div class="name field">
     <%= label_for name => 'Name' %>
-    <%= input_tag name =>'Anonymous', maxlength => 63, minlength => 1 %>
+    <%= text_field name =>'Anonymous', maxlength => 63, minlength => 1 %>
   </div>
   <div class="url field">
     <%= label_for url => 'Homepage URL' %>
-    <%= input_tag 'url', maxlength => 255 %>
+    <%= text_field 'url', maxlength => 255 %>
+    <% if (my $error = validation->error('url')) { =%>
+      <p class="field-with-error">URL does not appear to be
+        <%= link_to 'RFC 2616',
+          'https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc2616/#section-3.2.2' %>
+        compliant.</p>
+    <% } =%>
   </div>
   <div class="message field">
-    <%= label_for message => 'Message' %>
-    <textarea
-        name="message"
-        maxlength="2000"
-        minlength="2"
-        required="true"
-        rows="6"></textarea>
+      <%= label_for message => 'Message' %>
+      <%= text_area 'message',
+        maxlength => 2000,
+        minlength => 2,
+        required  => 'true',
+        rows      => 6 %>
+    <% if (my $error = validation->error('message')) { =%>
+      <p class="field-with-error">Message must be less than 2,000
+          characters and cannot be blank.</p>
+    <% } =%>
   </div>
   <h3>SwaggCAPTCHA™</h3>
   <div class="captcha field">
     <% for my $answer (@$answers) { =%>
-      <%= radio_button answer => $answer %>
-      <%= label_for answer =>
-          $answer ? $right_answer_label : pop @$wrong_answer_labels %>
+    <%= radio_button answer => $answer %>
+    <%= label_for answer =>
+      $answer ? $right_answer_label : pop @$wrong_answer_labels %>
     <% } =%>
   </div>
   <%= submit_button 'Sign it', class => 'win95button' %>