how can i execute javascript in perl

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Re: how can i execute javascript in perl by almut (Canon) on May 08, 2009 at 11:15 UTC
What exactly are you trying to do? Executing JavaScript server-side from within a CGI script is quite an unusual requirement, so I'm suspecting it might not actually be what you're intending to do... Maybe you want to execute some JavaScript code (generated by the CGI script) in the browser? Could you show your CGI script?	[reply]
Re: how can i execute javascript in perl by LanX (Saint) on May 08, 2009 at 10:58 UTC
JavaScript "Note that this module is not a JavaScript compiler/interpreter written in Perl but an interface to the SpiderMonkey engine used in the Mozilla-family of browsers." JE "is a pure-Perl JavaScript engine" Cheers Rolf UPDATE: I've gained no personal experience with either module yet!	[reply]
Re: how can i execute javascript in perl by przemo (Scribe) on May 08, 2009 at 11:20 UTC
Just to be sure: CGI runs on server; "browser" JavaScript runs... well, on browser, i.e. on the client side. You can't just call the client's JavaScript from the server (but you may instruct the browser to do so, e.g. using `<body onload="...">` event hooks). Please, use search functions of Perlmonks on how to run JavaScript interpreter on the server side, there's a lot of it, e.g. javascript interpreter in perl???.	[reply] [d/l]
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Re: how can i execute javascript in perl by Anonymous Monk on May 08, 2009 at 10:50 UTC
If you want to execute javascript, use a javascript interpreter, not perl.	[reply]
Re^2: how can i execute javascript in perl by navorinco (Initiate) on May 08, 2009 at 10:56 UTC
yes , i want to call a javascript scipt from a perl script	[reply]
Re^3: how can i execute javascript in perl by Arunbear (Prior) on May 08, 2009 at 11:09 UTC
Why do you need to do that?	[reply]
Re: how can i execute javascript in perl by dorward (Curate) on May 08, 2009 at 21:48 UTC
If you want to run the JavaScript on the server then you could use something like JavaScript::SpiderMonkey. If you want the Perl to just output an HTML document that includes some JavaScript for the browser to execute - then do that, it is just text wrapped with <script> and </script>.	[reply]