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Doug Wolfgram
Doug Wolfgram

Reputation: 2126

How do I test my Web interface Perl program from the command line?

I have access to a Perl module that I call from my Web code passing it query parameter in the usual URI-encoded form (i.e. myperl.pl?var1=val2&var2-val2&var3=val3) from AJAX or curl.

How do I test this same module from the command line?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 161

Answers (4)

ikegami
ikegami

Reputation: 385496

Does it use the CGI module? If so, see the DEBUGGING section of the docs.

myperl.pl var1=val2&var2-val2&var3=val3

Upvotes: 3

R A
R A

Reputation: 162

If you are using CGI.pm then I believe the params() function returns parameters from the command line.

@vars = $query->param

For example

myperl.pl "var1=value1&var2=value2&var3=value3"

param() method will returned be variables as a list.

Upvotes: 2

ruakh
ruakh

Reputation: 183201

If it's a CGI script, then it presumably finds those variables by examining the QUERY_STRING environment variable; so, you can try setting that variable from the shell. For example, if you're using Bash, you could write:

QUERY_STRING='var1=val2&var2=val2&var3=val3' perl myperl.pl

or if you prefer:

export QUERY_STRING='var1=val2&var2=val2&var3=val3'
perl myperl.pl

(Note that you will likely need to set other environment-variables as well, and perhaps standard input.)

Upvotes: 6

Brianjs
Brianjs

Reputation: 2239

As long as you set the program as executable under the properties then:

./program_name.pl param1 param2 param3

should work. Unless I misread the question.

Upvotes: 1

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