Re: How to deal with multiple functions served from only one input field?

You say "a single text field" but your examples refer to two different fields: address and ip, so I am unsure what you want to do.

If you have text fields address and ip, perhaps you could do something like:

use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI;
use Net::Whois::Raw;
use Net::Whois::ARIN;

my $q = new CGI;
my $domname = $q->param("domname");
my $ip = $q->param('ip');

print "content-type:text/plain; charset=utf-8\n\n";

if (!$domname) {
    print "";
} else {
    my $text = get_whois($domname, undef, "QRY_LAST");
    print $text;
}


my $w = Net::Whois::ARIN->new(
    host    => 'whois.arin.net',
    port    => 43,
    timeout => 30,
);

if (!$ip) {
    print "";
} else {
    my @records = $w->network($ip);
    foreach my $net (@records)  {
        # print ...;
    }
}
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But, if you have a single text field (I have guessed the single field is named 'server'), maybe something like this:

use strict;
use warnings;
use CGI;
use Net::Whois::Raw;
use Net::Whois::ARIN;

my $w = Net::Whois::ARIN->new(
    host    => 'whois.arin.net',
    port    => 43,
    timeout => 30,
);

my $q = new CGI;
my $server = $q->param("server");

print "content-type:text/plain; charset=utf-8\n\n";

if($server and $server ne "") {

    print "get_whois says:\n";
    print get_whois($server, undef, "QRY_LAST");

    print "\n\n";

    print "ARIN says:\n";
    my $output = $w->query("n + $server");
    print "$output\n";

} else {
    print "No server\n";
}
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You could check the server parameter to see if it looks like a domain name or a network address then call one function or the other accordingly, or call both functions and report both results, or check the results and only report "successful" results, for whatever you consider a successful lookup.

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Re^2: How to deal with multiple functions served from only one input field? by taint (Chaplain) on Nov 15, 2013 at 04:45 UTC
++ to you ig. Firstly. Please let me apologize for creating such a jumbled mess of a question. :( Secondly. Thank you very much for your offered solutions. While it was my intention to use just one form field to process either type of request. My posted attempts came from 2 different scripts. Because I haven't been able to figure out how to splice them together. Hence my question, and the confusing examples -- sorry. OK I ran your first example up the flag pole. Here's the whole thing (note I haven't yet attempted to finalize the IP portion): #!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; use warnings; use CGI; use Net::Whois::Raw; use Net::Whois::ARIN; $Net::Whois::Raw::OMIT_MSG = 1; $Net::Whois::Raw::CACHE_TIME = 1; $Net::Whois::Raw::TIMEOUT = 8; my $q = new CGI; my $domname = $q->param("domname"); my $ip = $q->param("ip"); print "content-type:text/html; charset=utf-8\n\n"; print qq(<!DOCTYPE html> <head><title>igwhois</title></head><body>); print qq(<form method="post" action="/igwhois.cgi"> <fieldset> <label for="domname">Domain: </label><input type="text" name="domn +ame" /><br /> <label for="ip">IP: </label><input type="text" name="ip" /> </fieldset> </form>); if (!$domname) { print ""; } else { my $text = get_whois($domname, undef, "QRY_LAST"); print qq(<pre>); print $text; print qq(</pre>); } my $w = Net::Whois::ARIN->new( host => 'whois.arin.net', port => 43, timeout => 30, ); if (!$ip) { print ""; } else { my @records = $w->network($ip); foreach my $net (@records) { # print ...; } } print qq(</body></html>); [download] Sadly. Entering a domain name in the top field, and hitting enter, does nothing. It doesn't even post a query. However. If I comment out the `ip` text field, and try it again. It works. ??? In a sick sort of way; this is refreshing. As I attempted a similar solution to the one you provided, and it reacted exactly the same. So I don't feel quite so stupid now -- which is not to imply you are. I'll take a shot at your second example, and see if I can get that one to work Thank you again, ig, For all your time, and effort! I really appreciate it. --Chris #!/usr/bin/perl -Tw use Perl::Always or die; my $perl_version = (5.12.5); print $perl_version;	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: How to deal with multiple functions served from only one input field? by ig (Vicar) on Nov 15, 2013 at 10:13 UTC
Sadly. Entering a domain name in the top field, and hitting enter, does nothing. It doesn't even post a query. However. If I comment out the ip text field, and try it again. It works. ??? If you add a submit button, then Enter will submit the form even if there are multiple text inputs, at least in Firefox 25.0 (the only browser I tested). Without a submit button, Enter submits the form only if there is a single text input but doesn't submit the form if there are multiple text inputs. The following works for me: #!/strawberry/perl/bin/perl.exe use strict; use warnings; use CGI; use CGI::Carp qw(fatalsToBrowser); use Net::Whois::Raw; use Net::Whois::ARIN; $Net::Whois::Raw::OMIT_MSG = 1; $Net::Whois::Raw::CACHE_TIME = 1; $Net::Whois::Raw::TIMEOUT = 8; my $q = new CGI; my $domname = $q->param("domname"); my $ip = $q->param("ip"); print "content-type:text/html; charset=utf-8\n\n"; print qq(<!DOCTYPE html> <head><title>igwhois</title></head><body>); print qq( <form method="post"> <fieldset> <label for="domname">Domain: </label><input type="text" name="domn +ame" /><br /> <label for="ip">IP: </label><input type="text" name="ip" /> </fieldset> <input type="submit" value="Submit"> </form> ); if (!$domname) { print ""; } else { my $text = get_whois($domname, undef, "QRY_LAST"); print qq(<pre>); print $text; print qq(</pre>); } my $w = Net::Whois::ARIN->new( host => 'whois.arin.net', port => 43, timeout => 30, ); if (!$ip) { print ""; } else { my $text = $w->query("n + $ip"); print qq(<pre>); print $text; print qq(</pre>); } print qq(</body></html>); [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: How to deal with multiple functions served from only one input field? by taint (Chaplain) on Nov 15, 2013 at 14:36 UTC
"If you add a submit button, then Enter will submit the form even if there are multiple text inputs, at least in Firefox 25.0 (the only browser I tested)." Of course! Because the form becomes an `<ISINDEX>` without it. I can be such an IDIOT, sometimes. Now I feel stupid again. Thanks alot ig. :) Seriously; thanks. I appreciate your pointing out what should have been obvious. This is the problem I stated earlier; I sometimes have an acute knack of making something extremely simple, a needlesslycomplex problem in my head. :P +'s to you again. Thank you very much, for your help, ig. --Chris #!/usr/bin/perl -Tw use Perl::Always or die; my $perl_version = (5.12.5); print $perl_version;	[reply]


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