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.IX Title "HTTP::Server::Simple::CGI 3"
.TH HTTP::Server::Simple::CGI 3 2026-09-06 "perl v5.44.0" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH NAME
HTTP::Server::Simple::CGI \- CGI.pm\-style version of HTTP::Server::Simple
.SH DESCRIPTION
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
HTTP::Server::Simple was already simple, but some smart\-ass pointed
out that there is no CGI in HTTP, and so this module was born to
isolate the CGI.pm\-related parts of this handler.
.SS accept_hook
.IX Subsection "accept_hook"
The accept_hook in this sub\-class clears the environment to the
start\-up state.
.SS post_setup_hook
.IX Subsection "post_setup_hook"
Initializes the global CGI object, as well as other environment
settings.
.SS "cgi_class [Classname]"
.IX Subsection "cgi_class [Classname]"
Gets or sets the class to use for creating the \f(CW$cgi\fR object passed to
\&\f(CW\*(C`handle_request\*(C'\fR.
.PP
Called with a single argument, it sets the coderef. Called with no arguments, 
it returns this field\*(Aqs current value.
.PP
To provide an initialization subroutine to be run in the post_setup_hook, 
see "cgi_init".
.PP
e.g.
.PP
.Vb 1
\&    $server\->cgi_class(\*(AqCGI\*(Aq);
\&
\&    $server\->cgi_init(sub {
\&        require CGI;
\&        CGI::initialize_globals();
\&    });
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.PP
or, if you want to use CGI::Simple,
.PP
.Vb 4
\&    $server\->cgi_class(\*(AqCGI::Simple\*(Aq);
\&    $server\->cgi_init(sub {
\&        require CGI::Simple;
\&    });
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.SS "cgi_init [CODEREF]"
.IX Subsection "cgi_init [CODEREF]"
A coderef to run in the post_setup_hook.
.PP
Called with a single argument, it sets the coderef. Called with no arguments, 
it returns this field\*(Aqs current value.
.SS setup
.IX Subsection "setup"
This method sets up CGI environment variables based on various
meta\-headers, like the protocol, remote host name, request path, etc.
.PP
See the docs in HTTP::Server::Simple for more detail.
.SS "handle_request CGI"
.IX Subsection "handle_request CGI"
This routine is called whenever your server gets a request it can
handle.
.PP
It\*(Aqs called with a CGI object that\*(Aqs been pre\-initialized.
You want to override this method in your subclass
.SS handler
.IX Subsection "handler"
Handler implemented as part of HTTP::Server::Simple API