#!/usr/bin/env perl

use strict;
use warnings;
use 5.020;
use autodie;
use Data::Dumper;
use JSON;

if (my $content_len = $ENV{CONTENT_LENGTH}) {

    read(STDIN, my $json, $content_len);   #<===HERE ************
    my $href = decode_json($json);
    my $a = $href->{a};
    my $b = $href->{b};

    print 'Content-type: text/html';
    print "\r\n\r\n";
    print "<div>a=$a</div>";
    print "<div>b=$b</div>";
} 
else {
    my $error = "Could not read json: No Content-Length header in request.";
    print 'Content-type: text/html';
    print "\r\n\r\n";
    print "<div>$error</div>";
}