Feature/support header param

lib/http-context.js

@@ -77,6 +77,9 @@ HttpContext.prototype.buildArgs = function (method) {
               // From the url path
               val = this.req.params[name];
             break;
+            case 'header':
+              val = this.req.get(name);
+              break;
             case 'req':
               // Direct access to http req
               val = this.req;
@@ -131,11 +134,12 @@ HttpContext.prototype.getArgByName = function (name, options) {
     args = {};
   }
 
-  var arg = (args && args[name]) || this.req.param(name);
+  var arg = (args && args[name]) || this.req.param(name) || this.req.get(name);
   // search these in order by name
   // req.params
   // req.body
   // req.query
+  // req.header
 
 
   // coerce simple types in objects

lib/http-invocation.js

@@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ HttpInvocation.prototype.createRequest = function () {
                 query[name] = val;
               }
               break;
+            case 'header':
+              if(val !== undefined) {
+                req.headers = req.headers || {};
+                req.headers[name] = val;
+              }
+              break;
             case 'path':
               // From the url path
               req.url = req.url.replace(':' + name, val);

lib/shared-method.js

@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ var EventEmitter = require('events').EventEmitter
  * - `form` - `req.body[argumentName]`
  * - `query` - `req.query[argumentName]`
  * - `path` - `req.params[argumentName]`
+ * - `header` - `req.headers[argumentName]`
  * - `context` - the current `HttpContext`
  * @param {Object} [options.accepts.rest] The REST mapping / settings for the
  * argument.
@@ -65,6 +66,7 @@ function SharedMethod(fn, name, sc, options) {
   this.fn = fn;
   fn = fn || {};
   this.name = name;
+  assert(typeof name === 'string', 'The method name must be a string');
   options = options || {};
   this.aliases = options.aliases || [];
   var isStatic = this.isStatic = options.isStatic || false;

test/rest.browser.test.js

@@ -93,6 +93,27 @@ describe('strong-remoting-rest', function(){
         });
       });
 
+      it('should allow arguments in the header', function(done) {
+        var method = givenSharedStaticMethod(
+          function bar(a, b, cb) {
+            cb(null, a + b);
+          },
+          {
+            accepts: [
+              { arg: 'b', type: 'number' },
+              { arg: 'a', type: 'number', http: {source: 'header' } }
+            ],
+            returns: { arg: 'n', type: 'number' },
+            http: { path: '/' }
+          }
+        );
+
+        objects.invoke(method.name, [1, 2], function(err, n) {
+          assert.equal(n, 3);
+          done();
+        });
+      });
+
       it('should pass undefined if the argument is not supplied', function (done) {
         var called = false;
         var method = givenSharedStaticMethod(

test/rest.test.js

@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ describe('strong-remoting-rest', function(){
     it('should allow string[] arg in the query', function(done) {
       var method = givenSharedStaticMethod(
         function bar(a, b, cb) {
-          console.log(a, b, typeof b);
           cb(null, b.join('') + a);
         },
         {
@@ -322,6 +321,57 @@ describe('strong-remoting-rest', function(){
         .expect({ n: 3 }, done);
     });
 
+    it('should allow arguments in the header', function(done) {
+      var method = givenSharedStaticMethod(
+        function bar(a, b, cb) {
+          cb(null, a + b);
+        },
+        {
+          accepts: [
+            { arg: 'b', type: 'number', http: {source: 'header' } },
+            { arg: 'a', type: 'number', http: {source: 'header' } }
+          ],
+          returns: { arg: 'n', type: 'number' },
+          http: { verb: 'get', path: '/' }
+        }
+      );
+
+      request(app)['get'](method.classUrl)
+        .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+        .set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+        .set('a', 1)
+        .set('b', 2)
+        .send()
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect({ n: 3 }, done);
+    });
+
+    it('should allow arguments in the header without http source',
+      function(done) {
+      var method = givenSharedStaticMethod(
+        function bar(a, b, cb) {
+          cb(null, a + b);
+        },
+        {
+          accepts: [
+            { arg: 'b', type: 'number' },
+            { arg: 'a', type: 'number' }
+          ],
+          returns: { arg: 'n', type: 'number' },
+          http: { verb: 'get', path: '/' }
+        }
+      );
+
+      request(app)['get'](method.classUrl)
+        .set('Accept', 'application/json')
+        .set('Content-Type', 'application/json')
+        .set('a', 1)
+        .set('b', 2)
+        .send()
+        .expect('Content-Type', /json/)
+        .expect({ n: 3 }, done);
+    });
+
     it('should allow arguments from http req and res', function(done) {
       var method = givenSharedStaticMethod(
         function bar(req, res, cb) {

test/shared-method.test.js

@@ -38,5 +38,16 @@ describe('SharedMethod', function() {
       assert.equal(sharedMethod.isDelegateFor('myAlias', true), true);
       assert.equal(sharedMethod.isDelegateFor('myAlias', false), false);
     });
+
+    it('checks if the given name is a string', function () {
+      var mockSharedClass = {};
+      var err;
+      try {
+        var sharedMethod = new SharedMethod(myFunction, Number, mockSharedClass);
+      } catch(e) {
+        err = e;
+      }
+      assert(err);
+    });
   });
 });