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22 <div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_actions</h1>
24 <p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="../en/mod/mod_actions.html"> en </a> | <a href="../ja/mod/mod_actions.html"> ja </a> | <a href="../ko/mod/mod_actions.html"> ko </a></p>
26 <table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>This module provides for executing CGI scripts based on
27 media type or request method.</td></tr>
28 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
29 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:</a></th><td>actions_module</td></tr>
30 <tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:</a></th><td>mod_actions.c</td></tr></table>
33 <p>This module has two directives. The <code class="directive"><a href="#action">Action</a></code> directive lets you run CGI
34 scripts whenever a file of a certain type is requested. The
35 <code class="directive"><a href="#script">Script</a></code> directive lets
36 you run CGI scripts whenever a particular method is used in a
37 request. This makes it much easier to execute scripts that process
40 <div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
42 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#action">Action</a></li>
43 <li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#script">Script</a></li>
47 <li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code></li>
48 <li><a href="../howto/cgi.html">Dynamic Content with CGI</a></li>
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53 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Action" id="Action">Action</a> <a name="action" id="action">Directive</a></h2>
54 <table class="directive">
55 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or
56 content-type</td></tr>
57 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var></code></td></tr>
58 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
59 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
60 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
61 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_actions</td></tr>
63 <p>This directive adds an action, which will activate
64 <var>cgi-script</var> when <var>action-type</var> is triggered by the
65 request. The <var>cgi-script</var> is the URL-path to a resource
66 that has been designated as a CGI script using <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code>. The
67 <var>action-type</var> can be either a <a href="../handler.html">handler</a> or a MIME content type. It
68 sends the URL and file path of the requested document using the
69 standard CGI PATH_INFO and PATH_TRANSLATED environment
72 <div class="example"><h3>Examples</h3><p><code>
73 # Requests for files of a particular type:<br />
74 Action image/gif /cgi-bin/images.cgi<br />
76 # Files of a particular file extension<br />
77 AddHandler my-file-type .xyz<br />
78 Action my-file-type /cgi-bin/program.cgi<br />
81 <p>In the first example, requests for files with a MIME content
82 type of <code>image/gif</code> will instead be handled by the
83 specified cgi script <code>/cgi-bin/images.cgi</code>.</p>
85 <p>In the second example, requests for files with a file extension of
86 <code>.xyz</code> are handled instead by the specified cgi script
87 <code>/cgi-bin/program.cgi</code>.</p>
91 <li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code></li>
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95 <div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Script" id="Script">Script</a> <a name="script" id="script">Directive</a></h2>
96 <table class="directive">
97 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Activates a CGI script for a particular request
99 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Script <var>method</var> <var>cgi-script</var></code></td></tr>
100 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr>
101 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
102 <tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_actions</td></tr>
104 <p>This directive adds an action, which will activate
105 <var>cgi-script</var> when a file is requested using the method of
106 <var>method</var>. The <var>cgi-script</var> is the URL-path to a
107 resource that has been designated as a CGI script using <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code>. The URL and
108 file path of the requested document is sent using the standard CGI
109 PATH_INFO and PATH_TRANSLATED environment variables.</p>
112 Any arbitrary method name may be used. <strong>Method names are
113 case-sensitive</strong>, so <code>Script PUT</code> and
114 <code>Script put</code> have two entirely different
118 <p>Note that the Script command defines default actions only.
119 If a CGI script is called, or some other resource that is
120 capable of handling the requested method internally, it will do
121 so. Also note that Script with a method of <code>GET</code>
122 will only be called if there are query arguments present
123 (<em>e.g.</em>, foo.html?hi). Otherwise, the request will
124 proceed normally.</p>
126 <div class="example"><h3>Examples</h3><p><code>
127 # For <ISINDEX>-style searching<br />
128 Script GET /cgi-bin/search<br />
130 # A CGI PUT handler<br />
131 Script PUT /~bob/put.cgi<br />
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