Name
    ngx_rds_json - an output filter that formats Resty
        DBD Streams generated by ngx_drizzle and others to JSON

Status
    This module is considered production ready.

    We need your help! If you find this module useful and/or
    interesting, please consider joining the development!
    Commit bit can be freely delivered at your request ;)

Synopsis

   server {
        location /mysql {
            drizzle_query 'select * from cats';
            drizzle_pass my_mysql_upstream;

            rds_json on;
        }

        location /foo {
            if ($arg_limit !~ '^\d{2}$') {
                rds_json_ret 400 'Bad "limit" argument';
            }

            drizzle_query "select * from dogs limit $arg_limit";
            drizzle_pass my_mysql_upstream;

            rds_json on;
        }
        ...
    }

Description
    This module provides an output filter that can format the RDS outputs
    generated by ngx_drizzle and ngx_postgres modules to JSON.

Directives
    rds_json
        syntax: rds_json  on|off
        default: rds_json off

        Enables or disables the output filter of this module.

    rds_json_buffer_size
        syntax: rds_json_buffer_size   <bytes>
        default: rds_json_buffer_size <page-size>

        Controls the buffer size used by this module. default to the page size (4k/8k).
        The bigger the buffer size, the less streammy the conversion
        will be. But usually increasing the buffer size
        does help reduce CPU time.

    rds_json_format
        syntax: rds_json_format  normal|compact
        default: rds_json_format normal

        Controls the output JSON format. A sample of the default "normal" format
        looks like this

            [{"id":1,"name":"marry"},{"id":2,"name":"bob"}]

        while it looks like below when in the "compact" format

            [["id","name"],[1,"marry"],[2,"bob"]]

        that is, the first row holds the column name list.

    rds_json_root
        syntax: rds_json_root <key>
        default: no

        Specify the "root" key for data rows (if any).

        For example,

            rds_json on;
            rds_json_root rows;

        will return JSON output like this:

            {"rows":[{"id":2,"name":null},{"id":3,"name":"bob"}]}

        if "rds_json_format compact" is also specified, then the
        output will look like this:

            {"rows":[["id","name"],[2,null],[3,"bob"]]}

        Nginx variables are not supported in the <key> argument of
        this directive.

        If this directive is not defined, neither are rds_json_success_property,
        nor rds_json_extra_property, the JSON output for select queries will
        just be an array at the
        top level.

        When either rds_json_success_property or rds_json_extra_property are specified,
        this directive takes a default argument of "data".

    rds_json_success_property
        syntax: rds_json_success_property <key>
        default: no

        Specify the top-level object property name used in the JSON output
        for indicating success or false of the query.

    rds_json_user_property
        syntax: rds_json_user_property <key> <value>
        default: no

        Specify additonal user properties for the top-level object
        of the JSON output.

        Multiple instances of this directives are allowed in a single scope.

        Nginx variables are supported in the <value> argument.

        Both of the <key> and <value> arguments will be automatically
        quoted according to JSON strings' notation.

    rds_json_errcode_key
        syntax: rds_json_errcode_key <key>
        default: rds_json_errcode_key errcode

        Specify the errcode key name used in the JSON output.

    rds_json_errstr_key
        syntax: rds_json_errstr_key <key>
        default: rds_json_errstr_key errstr

        Specify the errstr key name used in the JSON output.

    rds_json_ret
        syntax: rds_json_ret <error-code> <descrption>
        default: no

        This directive enables a content handler that simply emits
        an response body like this:

            {"errcode":<error-code>,"errstr":"<description>"}

        while the <description> string will be properly quoted as
        a JSON string.

    rds_json_content_type
        syntax: rds_json_content_type <mime-type>
        default: rds_json_content_type application/json

        Controls the Content-Type header of the response generated by
        this module's output filter.

Installation
    Grab the nginx source code from nginx.net (<http://nginx.net/ >), for
    example, the version 1.0.9 (see nginx compatibility), and then build
    the source with this module:

        wget 'http://sysoev.ru/nginx/nginx-1.0.9.tar.gz'
        tar -xzvf nginx-1.0.9.tar.gz
        cd nginx-1.0.9/

        # Here we assume you would install you nginx under /opt/nginx/.
        ./configure --prefix=/opt/nginx \
            --add-module=/path/to/drizzle-nginx-module
            --add-module=/path/to/rds-json-nginx-module

        make -j2
        make install

    Download the latest version of the release tarball of this module from
    rds-json-nginx-module file list
    (<http://github.com/agentzh/rds-json-nginx-module/tags >).

Compatibility
    The following versions of Nginx should work with this module:

    *   1.1.x (last tested: 1.1.5)

    *   1.0.x (last tested: 1.0.9)

    *   0.9.x (last tested: 0.9.4)

    *   0.8.x (last tested: 0.8.55)

    *   0.7.x >= 0.7.46 (last tested: 0.7.68)

    Earlier versions of Nginx like 0.6.x and 0.5.x will *not* work.

    If you find that any particular version of Nginx above 0.7.44 does not
    work with this module, please consider reporting a bug.

TODO

Known Issues

See Also

    * ngx_drizzle ( http://github.com/chaoslawful/drizzle-nginx-module )

    * ngx_postgres ( http://github.com/FRiCKLE/ngx_postgres/ )

Author
    Zhang "agentzh" Yichun (章亦春) <agentzh at gmail dot com>

Copyright & License
    This module is licenced under the BSD license.

    Copyright (c) 2009, 2010, 2011, Taobao Inc., Alibaba Group ( http://www.taobao.com ).

    Copyright (C) 2009, 2010, 2011, Zhang "agentzh" Yichun (章亦春) <[email protected]>.

    All rights reserved.

    Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
    modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
    are met:

        * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
        notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.

        * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
        notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the
        documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

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