http request from cgi script

[Perlwannabe]

Hello,

How to require a web page trough a cgi script?

Thanks in advance for your reply

sincerely

 

[KevinADC]

please explain your question in more detail.

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[Perlwannabe]

Hi Kevin!

I would create a simple cgi script that requires an url just like a browser. Could you help mewith the synthax?

Thanks

 

[KevinADC]

do you mean aquire instead of require?

- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional!

 

[Perlwannabe]

...yes.

 

[KevinADC]

Look into LWP::Simple if all you need is to fetch a webpage




- Kevin, perl coder unexceptional!

 

[Kirsle]

If you mean something like:

[URL unfurl="true"]http://mydomain.com/script.cgi?http://another-site.com[/URL]

my $url = $ENV{QUERY_STRING};

$ENV{QUERY_STRING} would have everything after the ? mark.

If you meant this:

[URL unfurl="true"]http://mydomain.com/script.cgi/http://another-site.com[/URL]

my $url = $ENV{PATH_INFO};

Not all servers support PATH_INFO, but when you have a / after the CGI file name as in that example, the data after the slash (or maybe containing the first slash) is in $ENV{PATH_INFO}.

If you wanted your CGI to request another URL within itself, look into LWP::Simple.

use LWP::Simple;
my $html_code = get "[URL unfurl="true"]http://another-site.com/index.html";[/URL]

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[Perlwannabe]

Thank you guys!

I'll try the various proposed solutions to see wich one fits best for my needs.

I'll let you know.

Thanks again