I'm in the middle of updating an existing site which is implemented entirely as a CGI::Application script.

I'm struggling to understand how I can easily update it to work in a RESTful method, which I understand means that I should have both logical URIs and sensible use of the request method. So for example I'd expect:

GET http://example.com/products/all

[download]

Should return a list of all products.

Similarly, subject to authentication, the following should add a new one:

PUT /etc/passwd http://example.com/products/add

[download]

I've been generally familiar with CGI::Application in the past, but I've never had to handle either the PUT, LIST, or DELETE primitives, and I'm not 100% sure how to configure either the CGI::Application section, or the Apache configuration itself. (Does that even need to be mentioned?)

I assume that the return type will be JSON, YAML, or similar, but I expect I can manage fudging that myself ;)<?p>

In reply to Struggling to understand making CGI::Application RESTFUL by Anonymous Monk

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