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+'use strict';
+
+const sanitizeFilename = require('../utils/filename_sanitizer');
+const formats = require('../models/formats');
+
+module.exports = function queryParams () {
+    return function queryParamsMiddleware (req, res, next) {
+        // TODO: merge handleQueryMiddleware
+        if (typeof res.locals.sql !== 'string') {
+            return next(new Error('You must indicate a sql query'));
+        }
+
+        const inputParams = Object.assign({}, req.query, req.body || {});
+
+        const params = {};
+
+        params.orderBy = inputParams.order_by;
+        params.sortOrder = inputParams.sort_order;
+        params.format = parseFormat(inputParams.format);
+
+        if (!formats.hasOwnProperty(params.format) ) {
+            return next(new Error(`Invalid format: ${params.format}`));
+        }
+
+        params.filename = inputParams.filename;
+        params.skipfields = parseSkipFiles(inputParams.skipfields);
+        params.decimalPrecision = inputParams.dp ? inputParams.dp : '6';
+        params.filename = parseFilename(inputParams.filename);
+        params.limit = parseLimit(inputParams.rows_per_page);
+        params.offset = parseOffset(inputParams.page, params.limit);
+        params.callback = inputParams.callback;
+
+        res.locals.params = params;
+
+        next();
+    };
+};
+
+function parseFilename (inputFilename) {
+    return (inputFilename === '' || inputFilename === undefined) ? 'cartodb-query' : sanitizeFilename(inputFilename);
+}
+
+function parseOffset (inputPage, inputLimit) {
+    let offset;
+
+    offset = parseInt(inputPage, 10);
+
+    if (Number.isFinite(offset)) {
+        offset = offset * inputLimit;
+    } else {
+        offset = null;
+    }
+
+    return offset;
+}
+
+function parseLimit (inputLimit) {
+    let limit;
+
+    limit = parseInt(inputLimit, 10);
+
+    if (!Number.isFinite(limit)) {
+        limit = null;
+    }
+
+    return limit;
+}
+
+function parseFormat (inputFormat) {
+    let format;
+
+    if (Array.isArray(inputFormat)) {
+        format = inputFormat[inputFormat.length - 1];
+    }
+
+    if (inputFormat === '' || inputFormat === undefined) {
+        format = 'json';
+    } else if (typeof inputFormat === 'string'){
+        format = inputFormat.toLowerCase();
+    }
+
+    return format;
+}
+
+// Accept both comma-separated string or array of comma-separated strings
+function parseSkipFiles (inputSkippedFiles) {
+    let skipfields;
+
+    if (!inputSkippedFiles) {
+        skipfields = [];
+        return skipfields;
+    }
+
+    if (typeof inputSkippedFiles === 'string' ) {
+        skipfields = inputSkippedFiles.split(',');
+        return skipfields;
+    }
+
+    if (Array.isArray(inputSkippedFiles) ) {
+        skipfields = [];
+
+        inputSkippedFiles.forEach(e => {
+            skipfields = skipfields.concat(e.split(','));
+        });
+    }
+
+    return skipfields;
+}