[Pdx-pm] Apache, mod_perl, Catalyst, qx, and the ampersand

[Kris Bosland]

You should see if you can get the POST info out of the relevant filehandle
with CGI.pm like this:

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CREATING A NEW QUERY OBJECT FROM AN INPUT FILE

     $query = new CGI(INPUTFILE);

If you provide a file handle to the new() method, it will read parameters
from the file (or STDIN, or whatever). The file can be in any of the forms
describing below under debugging (i.e. a series of newline delimited
TAG=VALUE pairs will work). Conveniently, this type of file is created by
the save() method (see below). Multiple records can be saved and restored.

Perl purists will be pleased to know that this syntax accepts references
to file handles, or even references to filehandle globs, which is the
``official'' way to pass a filehandle:

    $query = new CGI(\*STDIN);

You can also initialize the CGI object with a FileHandle or IO::File
object.
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-Kris


On Mon, 8 Jan 2007, Roderick A. Anderson wrote:

> Roderick A. Anderson wrote:
> > I'm starting here to get some ideas on whether I'm going anywhere near
> > the right direction.
> >
> > We have a Catalyst based application but have been asked to some
> > non-View processing while the user continues with other things.
> >
> > Short-ish story is we pull a XML file -- specified as a GET from a URL
> > redirect.  Parse it and get a URI/URL of a large file.  The next step is
> > to pull that file back but not make the user wait on it.  They should be
> > able to continue with other parts of the process.
> >
> > I'm wondering if
> >
> > 	qx{ script_that_does_the_get_and_other_magic & };
> >
> > is the right way to go.  Other methods of backgrounding a process from
> > within Apache/mod_perl.
> >
> > This clear as mud?
>
> I thought I had picked an option based on the post by Nate Nuss but
> going through the Catalyst thread.  I'm thinking a POE server will be
> the best long term as well as providing a similar functionality for some
> other processes.
>
> Trouble is the example code from the POE site ( http://pow.perl.org )
> doesn't work for a POST.
>
> 	http://poe.perl.org/?POE_Cookbook/CGI_Requests
>
> Is what I want to use and it uses what I'm used to -- CGI.pm
>
> The problem is I can't get it to use a POST.  I looks like the $request
> object doesn't return anything "new CGI()" can use.  Since everything I
> seen for far uses POST to send the key=value pairs I'm kind if in a
> tough spot.  There is a RT ticket but it is from May 2005.
>
> Any suggestions for how to resolve the POE::Component::Server::HTTP
> issue with POSTs?
>
>
> I'm going to dive into the code for awhile but I hoping someone might
> have resolved this already.
>
>
> Rod
> --
>
> >
> >
> > Rod
>
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