Dear Monks,
I am quite comfortable using CGI.pm for retrieval of data submitted from a form, but am not sure if I can use it for the following.
I have been asked to write a script that will be called via a webserver from an existing piece of software, passing parameters similar to some of these: 
MyScript.pl?DELIVERMESSAGE
MyScript.pl?MESSAGECOUNT&BRANCH=<branch>
MyScript.pl?TOTALDATASIZE&BRANCH=<branch>
MyScript.pl?GETMESSAGE&BRANCH=<branch>&TIMEOUT=10

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So obviously when it is called I want to know if it is DELIVERMESSAGE or MESSAGECOUNT etc. and deal with it appropiately. Can I use CGI.pm to do this, or some other methodswould be more appropiate?
In addition, in the description of the desired behaviour, my manager has written "Get branch ID from HTTP header variable called “Comms-Branch”. " I am not quite sure what he means by "HTTP header variable", but as I am new in this position I don't want to appear foolish, and rather, impress. Any help greatly appreciated.

Regards,
Gerard

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