Request

$bolt.method()

Get HTTP method.

m = $bolt.method()  # "GET", "POST", etc.

$bolt.path()

Get request path (route pattern).

p = $bolt.path()  # "/users/:id" (route pattern, not actual URI)

$bolt.uri()

Get raw request URI (actual path including query string).

u = $bolt.uri()  # "/users/123?tab=profile"

$bolt.param(cName)

Get URL parameter.

# Route: /users/:id
id = $bolt.param("id")

$bolt.query(cName)

Get query string parameter (first value if multi-valued).

# URL: /search?q=hello&page=1
q = $bolt.query("q")        # "hello"
page = $bolt.query("page")  # "1"

$bolt.queryAll(cName)

Get all values for a query parameter as a list. Useful for ?tag=rust&tag=web patterns.

# URL: /search?tag=rust&tag=web
tags = $bolt.queryAll("tag")  # ["rust", "web"]

$bolt.header(cName)

Get request header.

auth = $bolt.header("Authorization")
contentType = $bolt.header("Content-Type")

$bolt.body()

Get raw request body as string (lossy UTF-8 — binary bytes replaced with U+FFFD).

raw = $bolt.body()

$bolt.bodyBase64()

Get raw request body as base64-encoded string (binary-safe).

encoded = $bolt.bodyBase64()

$bolt.base64Decode(cStr)

Decode a base64-encoded string.

decoded = $bolt.base64Decode("aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=")  # "hello world"

$bolt.base64Encode(cStr)

Encode a string as base64.

encoded = $bolt.base64Encode("hello world")  # "aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ="

$bolt.base64UrlEncode(cStr)

Encode a string as URL-safe base64.

encoded = $bolt.base64UrlEncode("hello world")  # "aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ"

$bolt.base64UrlDecode(cStr)

Decode a URL-safe base64-encoded string.

decoded = $bolt.base64UrlDecode("aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ")  # "hello world"

$bolt.jsonBody()

Parse request body as JSON.

data = $bolt.jsonBody()
name = data[:name]

$bolt.formField(cName)

Get form field value from multipart form data (first value if multi-valued).

username = $bolt.formField("username")
password = $bolt.formField("password")

$bolt.formFieldAll(cName)

Get all values for a form field as a list. Useful for checkbox arrays and multi-select inputs.

# <input type="checkbox" name="hobby" value="reading">
# <input type="checkbox" name="hobby" value="coding">
hobbies = $bolt.formFieldAll("hobby")  # ["reading", "coding"]

$bolt.requestId()

Get unique request ID.

id = $bolt.requestId()  # "550e8400-e29b-41d4-a716-446655440000"

$bolt.clientIp()

Get client IP address.

ip = $bolt.clientIp()  # "192.168.1.100"