Add a rest config option to log api params as JSON instead of serialized.

Author: sekati

application/config/rest.php

@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@
 | REST Table Key Column Name
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 |
-| If you are not using the default table schema as shown above, what is the 
+| If you are not using the default table schema as shown above, what is the
 | name of the db column that holds the api key value?
 |
 */
@@ -263,6 +263,17 @@
 */
 $config['rest_enable_logging'] = FALSE;
 
+/*
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+| REST API Param Log Format
+|--------------------------------------------------------------------------
+|
+| When set to true API log params will be stored in the database as JSON,
+| when false they will be php serialized.
+|
+*/
+$config['rest_logs_json_params'] = FALSE;
+
 /*
 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------
 | REST API Limits Table Name

application/libraries/REST_Controller.php

@@ -154,10 +154,10 @@ public function __construct()
 
 		// let's learn about the request
 		$this->request = new stdClass();
-		
+
 		// Is it over SSL?
 		$this->request->ssl = $this->_detect_ssl();
-		
+
 		// How is this request being made? POST, DELETE, GET, PUT?
 		$this->request->method = $this->_detect_method();
 
@@ -265,9 +265,9 @@ public function _remap($object_called, $arguments)
 		// Should we answer if not over SSL?
 		if (config_item('force_https') AND !$this->_detect_ssl())
 		{
-			$this->response(array('status' => false, 'error' => 'Unsupported protocol'), 403);	
+			$this->response(array('status' => false, 'error' => 'Unsupported protocol'), 403);
 		}
-		
+
 		$pattern = '/^(.*)\.('.implode('|', array_keys($this->_supported_formats)).')$/';
 		if (preg_match($pattern, $object_called, $matches))
 		{
@@ -434,8 +434,8 @@ protected function _detect_ssl()
 	{
     		return (isset($_SERVER['HTTPS']) && $_SERVER['HTTPS'] == "on");
 	}
-	
-	
+
+
 	/*
 	 * Detect input format
 	 *
@@ -608,7 +608,7 @@ protected function _detect_api_key()
 			isset($row->user_id) AND $this->rest->user_id = $row->user_id;
 			isset($row->level) AND $this->rest->level = $row->level;
 			isset($row->ignore_limits) AND $this->rest->ignore_limits = $row->ignore_limits;
-			
+
 			/*
 			 * If "is private key" is enabled, compare the ip address with the list
 			 * of valid ip addresses stored in the database.
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ protected function _detect_api_key()
 					// multiple ip addresses must be separated using a comma, explode and loop
 					$list_ip_addresses = explode(",", $row->ip_addresses);
 					$found_address = FALSE;
-					
+
 					foreach($list_ip_addresses as $ip_address)
 					{
 						if($this->input->ip_address() == trim($ip_address))
@@ -631,7 +631,7 @@ protected function _detect_api_key()
 							break;
 						}
 					}
-					
+
 					return $found_address;
 				}
 				else
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ protected function _detect_api_key()
 					return FALSE;
 				}
 			}
-			
+
 			return $row;
 		}
 
@@ -696,7 +696,7 @@ protected function _log_request($authorized = FALSE)
 		return $this->rest->db->insert(config_item('rest_logs_table'), array(
 					'uri' => $this->uri->uri_string(),
 					'method' => $this->request->method,
-					'params' => $this->_args ? serialize($this->_args) : null,
+					'params' => $this->_args ? (config_item('rest_logs_json_params') ? json_encode($this->_args) : serialize($this->_args)) : null,
 					'api_key' => isset($this->rest->key) ? $this->rest->key : '',
 					'ip_address' => $this->input->ip_address(),
 					'time' => function_exists('now') ? now() : time(),