Hi Kee, As the author of peacePipe, and a continuing user of the webstar-style api, I remain (mostly) happy with the way peacePipe works. It's principle liability has to do with very-large postings (>32k) where it can choke, and it doesn't support absolutely all of the webstar calling pattern (e.g., the full-posting option that gets the entire header, etc. --- sorry, I've forgotten the key name right now) partly for space, and partly because there are a few things the apache execution environment doesn't make available. The other potential difficulty for a high-volume site is threading. peacePipe is singly threaded. peacePipe provides a mechanism for connecting traditional "handle CGI request" applescripts (I just did a short one in ScriptEditor 2.2.1 for AS 2.0.1 and it compiles ok) to the apple "personal web sharing" (apache) service. No installer, so it takes a little willingness to fiddle the httpd.conf file, but it works, and I'm happy to work with you (viz support). However, it is not widely used by others that I know of (I've stopped closely monitoring downloads, so don't know), so you may not feel comfortable with it. Feel free to write to me off-list if you're interested. I should test a re-compile (it's an X-code project)... yup, still compiles and runs under 10.4.11 ... -Brian Johnson, Dept of Architecture, University of Washington, Seattle http://quicksilver.be.washington.edu/software On Mon, 31 Aug 2009, MACSCRPT automatic digest system wrote: > Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2009 17:58:32 -0700 > From: Kee Nethery <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: WebSTAR AppleEventExample? > > Would like to know what, if anything, people are using to run > AppleScript as a CGI? > > The web page for acgiDispatcher seems to have disappeared. > There was a piece of code called PeacePipe and it appears to meet the > author's needs and has not been modified or updated since. > There was an Xserve Apache thing "ACGI Enabler" that appears to no > longer be provided by Apple. > There is nothing on the Apple site (that I could find) about running > AppleScripts as a CGI. > Sal's AppleScript book does not appear to have ACGI in the index so > I'm guessing it is not covered. > There used to be a message that AppleScript responded to (something > like handle as CGI) and that was obsoleted in 2008 (according to the > Apple AppleScript online docs). > WebStar was bought by Kerio and was discontinued. > > The thing that started it all: MacHTTP appears to be available and > appears runs under Classic on Tiger. > > My preference would be something that Apache would use to talk to > AppleScripts, something like acgiDispatcher but in use by others and > supported. > > Suggestions? > > Kee Nethery > > ------------------------------ > > End of MACSCRPT Digest - 22 Aug 2009 to 31 Aug 2009 (#2009-42) > ************************************************************** >