> > Would like to know what, if anything, people are using to run > AppleScript as a CGI? I use Perl to handle the request and have Perl call the AS applet to do it's thing. I use that to build business cards for the company. The Perl code handles the http request and queries the database with parameters passed in and then writes out a text file, and launches the AS applet that reads in the text file and drives Quark and Distiller to built the cards. I have also worked on applets that make web service calls to get their data that were kicked off in the same sort of way. > > 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? > ACGI Enabler was only shipped with XServe/OS X server after 10.2 I think. They disabled the portion of the desktop OS that could make use of it. I think Apple has left the cgi world to the more popular players like Perl and PHP. In each you can call AS code with a little work. Lloyd