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Satimage-software provides a special cgi which makes the http request
into a plist and sends it to a IP address + port you define. At the
other end, you can open a port in Smile and define a handler to which
the plist will be sent. The handler's response (typically: "Content/
type blah, linefeeds, <html> blah") is sent back to the client's
browser via Apache.
Emmanuel
On Sep 1, 2009, at 4:14 AM, Lloyd Butler wrote:
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>> Would like to know what, if anything, people are using to run
>> AppleScript as a CGI?
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> 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.
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> 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.
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>> 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.
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>> My preference would be something that Apache would use to talk to
>> AppleScripts, something like acgiDispatcher but in use by others
>> and supported.
>>
>> Suggestions?
>>
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> 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.
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> 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
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