Pass variables from HTML form to Perl script

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I'm having some difficulty creating an HTML front-end for a Perl script we use in-house for config generation. We've moved from a Linux system to a Windows server instance and I've tested CGI/Perl are working as expected. The script itself uses the following format:

my $unitname; #name of device
my $clientid; #name of client
my $version;  #version of device firmware

These variables are called via command line, which prints the config to the cli:

./confgen.pl -u "unitname" -c "clientid" -v "version"

What I am trying to acheive is to use the existing variables in an HTML Form, but am not having any luck. So far I have this:

<form action confgen.pl method "get">
    <input type="text" name="unitname">
    <input type="text" name="clientid">
    <input type="text" name="version">
    <input type="submit" Value="generate"
</form>

Any advice or examples? I should add that CGI and Perl aren't my first languages, but I've been trying my best.

that can't be how your script looks; how does it read the command-line arguments? also your HTML is missing some = and a >. — Eevee
– Eevee, Commented Mar 1, 2013 at 1:08

martriay · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-01 01:22:53Z

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Your HTML should be like this

<form action="confgen.pl" method="get">
    <input type="text" name="unitname">
    <input type="text" name="clientid">
    <input type="text" name="version">
    <input type="submit" value="generate">
</form>

are you using any Perl library to receive the HTTP request? Consider using CGI http://perldoc.perl.org/CGI.html

edited Mar 1, 2013 at 1:22

answered Mar 1, 2013 at 1:12

martriay

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Eevee Over a year ago

that link is, as its name says, about sending an HTTP request from Perl, not receiving one.

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