HTTP::Request::AsCGI(3)

NAME
HTTP::Request::AsCGI - Setup a CGI enviroment from a HTTP::Request

SYNOPSIS
    use CGI;
    use HTTP::Request;
    use HTTP::Request::AsCGI;

    my $request = HTTP::Request->new( GET => 'http://www.host.com/' );
    my $stdout;

    {
        my $c = HTTP::Request::AsCGI->new($request)->setup;
        my $q = CGI->new;

        print $q->header,
              $q->start_html('Hello World'),
              $q->h1('Hello World'),
              $q->end_html;

        $stdout = $c->stdout;

        # enviroment and descriptors will automatically be restored
        # when $c is destructed.
    }

    while ( my $line = $stdout->getline ) {
        print $line;
    }

DESCRIPTION
Provides a convinient way of setting up an CGI enviroment from a HTTP::Request.

METHODS

new ( $request [, key => value ] )
    Contructor, first argument must be a instance of HTTP::Request followed by optional pairs of environment key and value.

enviroment
    Returns a hashref containing the environment that will be used in setup. Changing the hashref after setup has been called will have no effect.

setup
    Setups the environment and descriptors.

restore
    Restores the enviroment and descriptors. Can only be called after setup.

request
    Returns the request given to constructor.

response
    Returns a HTTP::Response. Can only be called after restore.

stdin
    Accessor for handle that will be used for STDIN, must be a real seekable handle with an file descriptor. Defaults to a tempoary IO::File instance.

stdout
    Accessor for handle that will be used for STDOUT, must be a real seekable handle with an file descriptor. Defaults to a tempoary IO::File instance.

stderr
    Accessor for handle that will be used for STDERR, must be a real seekable handle with an file descriptor.

SEE ALSO

examples directory in this distribution.
WWW::Mechanize::CGI
Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGI

THANKS TO
Thomas L. Shinnick for his valuable win32 testing.

AUTHOR
Christian Hansen, "ch@ngmedia.com"

LICENSE
This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as perl itself.