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CGI: Common Gateway Interface
An HTTP server is often used as a gateway to a
legacy information system; for example, an existing body of
documents or an existing database application. The Common Gateway
Interface is an agreement between HTTP server implementors about
how to integrate such gateway scripts and programs.
It is typically used in conjunction with HTML forms to build database
applications.
See also: WWW and OOP for more on building
distributed applications on the web.
Specs and Documentation
- Intro to
The Common Gateway Interface
- What is CGI? An overview by the folks at NCSA.
- The
Common Gateway Interface
- The CGI specs are currently maintained by the�NCSA
Software Development Group. These are the same folks who brought
you NCSA Mosaic and NCSA httpd.
- CGI 1.2 specification
(in progress)
- This directory is the repository for the effort (reactivated in
November of 1997) to turn the de facto Common Gateway Interface
"standard" into an actual Informational RFC.
- The WWW
Common Gateway Interface Version 1.1
- 16th October 1995. David Robinson. An attempt to
update the CGI spec. Released as an
Internet Draft.
- Apache
Module mod_cgi
- Using CGI in
the CERN httpd
- Configuring CERN httpd to use CGI scripts with the Exec
directive.
- Setting up
CGI in NCSA httpd
- A description of using CGI scripts with the NCSA httpd, using
ScriptAlias and CGI files.
- CGI
1.1 Microsoft Windows Interface
Discussion
- comp.infosystems.www.authoring.cgi
- This newsgroup is a good place to find example scripts and
discuss problems with other CGI developers.
- www-talk
- If you have technical comments or questions about the
development of the CGI spec itself, www-talk is a good place for
them.
See also: WWW and OOP for info on using
CORBA and ILU in place of CGI.
- Fast-CGI
- using the CGI programming model in combination with multiplexed
network connections.
- ILU Requestor
- an approach using distributed objects
- Apache
API
- Apache
- WRB
- Oracle's distributed HTTP server technology
See also:
Programming the Web: A search for APIs at WWW5.
Connolly
(updated slightly, 2009-05-29 by Liam Quin)
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