How WSGI, CGI, and the frameworks are all connected? Apache listens on port 80. It gets an HTTP request. It parses the request to find a way to respond. Apache has a LOT of choices for responding. One way to respond is to use CGI to run a script. Another way to respond is to … Read more
I assume you want the PDF to display in the browser, rather than forcing a download. If that is the case, try setting the Content-Disposition header with a value of inline. Also remember that this will also be affected by browser settings – some browsers may be configured to always download PDF files or open … Read more
This post is intended to rescue the people who are suffering from *not being able to properly setup Apache2 for Perl on Ubuntu. (The system configurations specific to your Linux machine will be mentioned within square brackets, like [this]). Possible outcome of an improperly setup Apache 2: Browser trying to download the .pl file instead … Read more
CGI is an interface which tells the webserver how to pass data to and from an application. More specifically, it describes how request information is passed in environment variables (such as request type, remote IP address), how the request body is passed in via standard input, and how the response is passed out via standard … Read more
This answer is intended as a general framework for working through problems with Perl CGI scripts and originally appeared on Perlmonks as Troubleshooting Perl CGI Scripts. It is not a complete guide to every problem that you may encounter, nor a tutorial on bug squashing. It is just the culmination of my experience debugging CGI … Read more
I don’t know what you mean by “I cannot get this page to load”. Exactly what unexpected behaviour do you see? You you see anything in the browser? What about if you “view source”? Is there anything useful in the web server error log? Your CGI code looks like something from the last millennium. It … Read more