Returning image data from cgi script

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

there is a logging script that log statistic, script called when the page is loaded via image tags.
<img src="http://www.yoursite.com/cgi-bin/logs.pl" height="1" width="1">
Here is end part of code:

print "Content-type: image/x-xbitmap\n\n";
print "#define name_width 1";
print "\n";
print "#define name_height 1";

print "\n";

print "static char name_bits[] = { 0x04 };";
print "\n";
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Should be there an small image to be placed in cgi-bin folder, to make script work correctly, return a small gif, or no image required?(I have no script's original package) If so, what image?

Retitled by Steve_p from 'question about image'.

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Re: Returning image data from cgi script by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 04, 2005 at 16:59 UTC
No external image file is required. `#define name_width 1 #define name_height 1 static char name_bits[] = { 0x04 };` [download] is an image.	[reply] [d/l]
Re^2: Returning image data from cgi script by Anonymous Monk on May 04, 2005 at 17:50 UTC
THANK YOU.	[reply]
Re: Returning image data from cgi script by Joost (Canon) on May 04, 2005 at 16:57 UTC
It looks like the script already returns a bitmap image, so assuming that bitmap data is correct, it should work as is. (I'm not sure if most browsers actually support bitmap images, though). If that doesn't answer your question, feel free to clarify your question :-) "What should it profit a man, if he should win a flame war, yet lose his cool?"	[reply]
Re: Returning image data from cgi script by cees (Curate) on May 04, 2005 at 18:27 UTC
If you want to return a 1x1 blank GIF image instead of a bitmap, you can try the following: `use MIME::Base64 qw(decode_base64); print "Content-type: image/gif\n\n"; print decode_base64 'R0lGODlhAQABAID/AMDAwAAAACH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAQAICRAEAOwA7';` [download] I'll admit it is not quite as pretty as the bitmap version though! - Cees	[reply] [d/l]