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Re: AppleScript CGI

For app a year ago I was quite frustated of getting AppleScripts to
work from Apache whether using a server or not, so I will just repost
my suggestion:

Date: fre jan 24, 2003 11:43:28 Europe/Copenhagen
To: email@hidden
Subject: Applescript called via Apache CGI

I am writing this because I have used too many hours to figure out how
to access my Applescripts through the Apache CGI.
First I want to thanks Karl Kuehn, which provided me with valuable
information.

Platform: G4 PB with MaxOS X 10.2.3.

1) If you are using BBEDIT as editor remember to set the line-break
style to UNIX. With BBEDIT it's possible to edit files owned by the
root!

2) Since Applescript execution need windows, Apache must run as a
logged in user, so make a user 'web' with almost no rights, and change
the /private/etc/httpd/httpd.conf file accordingly
User web
Group www
In a terminal window restart Apache by: sudo apachectl restart

3) I have named the shell-script:
/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/AppleScriptCGI, and it has the
following contents:
#!/bin/sh -i
set -f # disable filename globbing
echo Content-type: text/html
echo
echo "<html>"
echo "<head>"
echo "<title> Test Applescript via Apache</title>"
echo "</head>"
echo "<body>"
echo 'tell application "Aleph0Lib" to return
TestApacheCGI("'"$SERVER_SOFTWARE"'","'"$QUERY_STRING"'")' | osascript
echo "</body>"
echo "</html>"

The procedure TestApacheCGI of the Aleph0Lib script simply returns the
value of its two parameters.
Be aware of how delicate the quoting is.
The shell-script file must have its execution-bits set -- do this via a
terminal window or by using the program Get Info from Gideon Softworks.
Note, if Aleph0Lib is not running it will be started by the shell.

4) The html-form contains:
<FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/AppleScriptCGI" METHOD=GET name=HdlForm >
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="-Script" VALUE="InstallPic">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="-Func" VALUE=1>
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="-Company" VALUE="1049">
<INPUT TYPE=hidden NAME="-Lang" VALUE=Dansk>
<INPUT TYPE=submit NAME="egon" VALUE="Install">
</FORM>

5) In Safari the page with the FORM above is loaded by
http://127.0.0.1/test-acgi.htm, and a click on the Install button gives
the following result page:
P1=Apache/1.3.27 (Darwin) mod_perl/1.26
P2=-Script=InstallPic&-Func=1&-Company=1049&-Lang=Dansk&egon=Install
---
Have fun
Heinrich

On 28/12-2003, at 22.10, email@hidden
wrote:

> Message: 13
> To: email@hidden
> From: Nelson Byrne <email@hidden>
> Subject: AppleScript CGI
> Date: Sun, 28 Dec 2003 11:53:08 -0800
>
> On web page
> http://www.apple.com/applescript/guidebook/sbrt/pgs/sbrt.12.htm there
> is an example of linking an AppleScript application to a web page.
>
> I tried doing exactly what they said, but had two problems.
>
> 1) The page says to save the AS with name "test.cgi", location "Sites",
> file format "application", Option Stay Open.
>
> But that's not possible: when I try I get an error popup that says "You
> cannot save this document with extension '.cgi' at the end of the name.
> The required extension is '.app'. You can choose to use both, so that
> your file name ends in '.cgi.app'."
>
> I chose both. This caused another problem in that the HTML (copied from
> the same page) calls for the name to be "test.cgi", so I changed the
> HTML to point to "test.cgi.app".
>
> When I access the HTML from Safari I see a cute little gadget with a
> list that lets me pick one of a few colors. When I do so, though, I get
> a page that says
>
> "Method Not Allowed
>
> The requested method POST is not allowed for the URL
> /~xxx/test.cgi.app. (where xxx is my ID)
>
> So what am I doing wrong?
>
> OS 10.3.2
>
> Regards,
>
> Nelson Byrne
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