CGI URL simple

Anonymous Monk has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello

I have a very naive question about CGI. I have a small CGI script that generates a basic HTML page. The script is called by a URL such as

http://mydomain.com/cgi-bin/mobile/generateHTML.pl
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Everything works fine. What I do not like is that in the URL bar I see this monster URL (http://mydomain.com/cgi-bin/mobile/generateHTML.pl). Is there any way to maybe reduce it to http://mydomain.com or something similar (of course without changing page)?

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Re: CGI URL simple by LanX (Saint) on Feb 21, 2020 at 18:35 UTC
Yes. Such things are done in the config of your webserver. For Apache see: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/cgi.html Cheers Rolf _{(addicted to the Perl Programming Language :) Wikisyntax for the Monastery}	[reply]
Re^2: CGI URL simple by Anonymous Monk on Feb 22, 2020 at 19:18 UTC
Thank you. This pointed me to the right direction. I simply rewrote the rule in .htaccess	[reply]
Re^3: CGI URL simple by marto (Cardinal) on Feb 23, 2020 at 10:09 UTC
In case you aren't already aware aware that there are performance implications (which may be avoidable) from using .htaccess files: "You should avoid using .htaccess files completely if you have access to httpd main server config file. Using .htaccess files slows down your Apache http server. Any directive that you can include in a .htaccess file is better set in a Directory block, as it will have the same effect with better performance." "The first of these is performance. When AllowOverride is set to allow the use of .htaccess files, httpd will look in every directory for .htaccess files. Thus, permitting .htaccess files causes a performance hit, whether or not you actually even use them! Also, the .htaccess file is loaded every time a document is requested." "In the case of RewriteRule directives, in .htaccess context these regular expressions must be re-compiled with every request to the directory, whereas in main server configuration context they are compiled once and cached. Additionally, the rules themselves are more complicated, as one must work around the restrictions that come with per-directory context and mod_rewrite. Consult the Rewrite Guide for more detail on this subject." Reference: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/howto/htaccess.html.	[reply]
Re: CGI URL simple by k-mx (Scribe) on Feb 24, 2020 at 16:00 UTC
CGI is not cool anymore. I'm sure, that you will like Mojolicious. Easy to use and construct whatever url you like with builtin routing	[reply]