mailto URLs
mailto
is a URL scheme for email addresses. mailto
URL are used on websites to allow users to email a specific address directly from an HTML document.
This example parses a mailto URL into a new view type and prints its components to standard output.
/*
This example parses a mailto URL into a new
view type and prints its components to
standard output.
*/
#include <boost/url/grammar/ci_string.hpp>
#include <boost/url/grammar/parse.hpp>
#include <boost/url/optional.hpp>
#include <boost/url/rfc/absolute_uri_rule.hpp>
#include <boost/url/url.hpp>
#include <boost/url/url_view.hpp>
#include <algorithm>
#include <iostream>
#include "rfc.hpp"
namespace urls = boost::urls;
// fwd-declaration for mailto_view
struct mailto_rule_t;
/// A new url type for mailto URLs
/**
This class represents a URI with the mailto
scheme.
Unlike a urls::url_view, which only represents
the general syntax of urls, a mailto_view
represents a reference to fields that are
relevant to mailto URLs, while ignoring
elements of the general syntax
that are not relevant to the scheme.
This allows us to use the general syntax
parsers to create a representation that
is more appropriate for the specified scheme
syntax.
@par Specification
@li <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc6068"
>The 'mailto' URI Scheme</a>
@li <a href="https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/rfc6068"
>RFC Errata Report</a>
@par References
@li <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailto"
>mailto (Wikipedia)</a>
*/
class mailto_view
{
urls::url_view u_;
public:
/// Return the specified email address in the URL
/**
A mailto URL might contain multiple email
addresses separated by commas.
The first addresses are represented in
the path. Other addresses are in
any query parameter whose key is "to".
@param i Address index
@return The specified address
*/
std::string
address(std::size_t i = 0) const;
/// @copydoc address()
urls::pct_string_view
encoded_address(std::size_t i = 0) const noexcept;
/// Return number of email addresses in the URL
std::size_t
size() const noexcept;
/// Return the specified cc email address in the URL
/**
A mailto URL might contain multiple cc
email addresses separated by commas.
Addresses can be represented in any query
parameter whose key is "cc".
@param i Address index
@return The specified cc address
*/
std::string
cc(std::size_t i) const;
/// @copydoc cc()
urls::pct_string_view
encoded_cc(std::size_t i) const noexcept;
/// Return number of "cc" email addresses in the URL
std::size_t
size_cc() const noexcept;
/// Return email message subject
std::string
subject() const;
/// @copydoc subject()
urls::pct_string_view
encoded_subject() const noexcept;
/// Return email message body
std::string
body() const;
/// @copydoc body()
urls::pct_string_view
encoded_body() const noexcept;
friend
std::ostream&
operator<<(std::ostream& os, mailto_view m)
{
return os << m.u_;
}
private:
// Count number of addresses in a string
static
std::size_t
addr_in_str(boost::core::string_view s);
// Get the ith address from a string
static
boost::optional<urls::pct_string_view>
get_nth_address(boost::core::string_view to, std::size_t &i) noexcept;
// Get param value or empty otherwise
urls::pct_string_view
param_or_empty(urls::pct_string_view k) const noexcept;
friend mailto_rule_t;
};
/** Rule to match a mailto URL
*/
struct mailto_rule_t
{
/// Value type returned by the rule
using value_type = mailto_view;
/// Parse a sequence of characters into a mailto_view
boost::system::result< value_type >
parse( char const*& it, char const* end ) const noexcept;
};
constexpr mailto_rule_t mailto_rule{};
/** Return a parsed mailto URL from a string, or error.
This is a more convenient user-facing function
to parse mailto URLs.
*/
boost::system::result< mailto_view >
parse_mailto( boost::core::string_view s ) noexcept
{
return urls::grammar::parse(s, mailto_rule);
}
int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
// This example shows how to use custom parsing
// to process alternate URI schemes, in this
// case "mailto"
if (argc != 2) {
std::cout << argv[0] << "\n";
std::cout << "mailto <URL>\n"
"examples:\n"
// Single e-mail address
"mailto mailto:someone@example.com\n"
// Two e-mail addresses
"mailto mailto:someone@example.com,someoneelse@example.com\n"
// E-mail headers
"mailto mailto:someone@example.com?subject=Our%20meeting&cc=someone_else@example.com&body=Hi%21\n"
// E-mail headers only
"mailto mailto:?to=&subject=mailto%20example&body=https%3A%2F%2Fen.wikipedia.org%2Fwiki%2FMailto\n"
// All fields
"mailto mailto:someone@example.com,%73omeoneelse@me.com?to=thirdperson@example.com&subject=Our%20meeting&cc=someone_else@example.com,onemore@ex%61mple.com&body=Hi%21\n";
return EXIT_FAILURE;
}
boost::system::result<mailto_view> r =
parse_mailto(argv[1]);
if (!r)
return EXIT_FAILURE;
mailto_view m = *r;
std::cout << "link: " << m << "\n";
for (std::size_t i = 0; i < m.size(); ++i)
std::cout <<
"to[" << i << "]: " <<
m.address(i) << "\n";
for (std::size_t i = 0; i < m.size_cc(); ++i)
std::cout <<
"cc[" << i << "]: " <<
m.address(i) << "\n";
std::cout << "subject: " << m.subject() << "\n";
std::cout << "body: " << m.body() << "\n";
return EXIT_SUCCESS;
}
std::string
mailto_view::address(std::size_t i) const
{
return encoded_address(i).decode();
}
urls::pct_string_view
mailto_view::encoded_address(std::size_t i) const noexcept
{
// Look for ith email address in the path string
auto s = get_nth_address(u_.encoded_path(), i);
if (s)
return *s;
// Look for ith email address in one of the "to" headers
auto ps = u_.encoded_params();
auto it = ps.find("to", urls::ignore_case);
while (it != ps.end())
{
s = get_nth_address((*it++).value, i);
if (s)
return *s;
it = ps.find(it, "to", urls::ignore_case);
}
return {};
}
std::size_t
mailto_view::size() const noexcept
{
// Count addresses in path
std::size_t n = addr_in_str(u_.encoded_path());
// Count addresses in "to" headers
auto ps = u_.encoded_params();
auto it = ps.find("to", urls::ignore_case);
while (it != ps.end())
{
n += addr_in_str((*it++).value);
it = ps.find(it, "to", urls::ignore_case);
}
return n;
}
std::string
mailto_view::cc(std::size_t i) const
{
return encoded_cc(i).decode();
}
urls::pct_string_view
mailto_view::encoded_cc(std::size_t i) const noexcept
{
// Look for ith email address in one of the "to" headers
auto ps = u_.encoded_params();
auto it = ps.find("cc", urls::ignore_case);
while (it != ps.end())
{
auto s = get_nth_address((*it++).value, i);
if (s)
return *s;
it = ps.find(it, "cc", urls::ignore_case);
}
return {};
}
std::size_t
mailto_view::size_cc() const noexcept
{
// Count addresses in "to" headers
std::size_t n = 0;
auto ps = u_.encoded_params();
auto it = ps.find("cc", urls::ignore_case);
while (it != ps.end())
{
n += addr_in_str((*it++).value);
it = ps.find(it, "cc", urls::ignore_case);
}
return n;
}
std::string
mailto_view::subject() const
{
return encoded_subject().decode();
}
urls::pct_string_view
mailto_view::encoded_subject() const noexcept
{
return param_or_empty("subject");
}
std::string
mailto_view::mailto_view::body() const
{
return encoded_body().decode();
}
urls::pct_string_view
mailto_view::encoded_body() const noexcept
{
return param_or_empty("body");
}
std::size_t
mailto_view::addr_in_str(boost::core::string_view s)
{
std::size_t n = 0;
bool empty = true;
for (char c : s)
{
if (c == ',')
{
n += !empty;
empty = true;
}
else
{
empty = false;
}
}
n += !empty;
return n;
}
boost::optional<urls::pct_string_view>
mailto_view::get_nth_address(boost::core::string_view to, std::size_t &i) noexcept
{
auto p = to.find(',');
while (p != boost::core::string_view::npos)
{
if (i == 0)
return urls::pct_string_view(
to.substr(0, p));
--i;
to.remove_prefix(p + 1);
p = to.find(',');
}
if (!to.empty())
{
if (i == 0)
return urls::pct_string_view(
to.substr(0, p));
--i;
}
return boost::none;
}
urls::pct_string_view
mailto_view::param_or_empty(urls::pct_string_view k) const noexcept
{
auto ps = u_.encoded_params();
auto it = ps.find(k, urls::ignore_case);
if (it != ps.end())
return (*it).value;
return {};
}
auto
mailto_rule_t::parse( char const*& it, char const* end ) const noexcept
-> boost::system::result< value_type >
{
// Syntax-based rules
boost::system::result<urls::url_view> r =
urls::grammar::parse(it, end, urls::absolute_uri_rule);
if (!r)
return r.error();
// Scheme-based rules
mailto_view m;
m.u_ = *r;
auto valid_header = [](urls::param_pct_view p) {
return
urls::grammar::parse(p.key, hfname_rule) &&
urls::grammar::parse(p.value, hfvalue_rule) &&
p.has_value &&
(!urls::grammar::ci_is_equal(p.key, "to") ||
urls::grammar::parse(p.value, addr_spec_rule));
};
auto ps = m.u_.encoded_params();
if (m.u_.scheme() == "mailto" &&
!m.u_.has_authority() &&
urls::grammar::parse(m.u_.encoded_path(), to_rule) &&
std::all_of(ps.begin(), ps.end(), valid_header))
return m;
return urls::grammar::error::invalid;
}