NAME

HTTP::Request::AsCGI - Set up a CGI environment from an HTTP::Request

VERSION

version 1.2

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;
        # environment and descriptors will automatically be restored
        # when $c is destructed.
    }
    while ( my $line = $stdout->getline ) {
        print $line;
    }

DESCRIPTION

Provides a convenient way of setting up an CGI environment from an HTTP::Request.

METHODS

new ( $request [, key => value ] ): Constructor. The first argument must be a instance of HTTP::Request, followed by optional pairs of environment key and value.
environment: 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: Sets up the environment and descriptors.
restore: Restores the environment 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.

THANKS TO

Thomas L. Shinnick for his valuable win32 testing.

AUTHORS

Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com> Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as the Perl 5 programming language system itself.