What are best practices for Fast CGI nowadays?

[mldvx4]

Where can I look for the current best practices regarding implementing a perl script using Fast CGI? Which module(s) should I look at and which should I avoid? I'm starting to process data from HTML forms using Fast-CGI, but have done quite a lot with slow CGI in the distant past. The perl script will be communicating with the web server via UNIX sockets.

Also, should the script fork ever? If so, when and what should be done with the UNIX socket to handle the forking?

[karlgoethebier]

In a hurry: probably this is a starting point.

Best regards, Karl

[mldvx4]

Ok, thanks. I've seen that and pretty much anything similar that can be found with Startpage.com. I can get the environment variables with FCGI no problem.

...
HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE = application/x-www-form-urlencoded
...

I'm still left wondering how to get at the form data. I'd like the FCGI equivalent of ->params from old, slow CGI to get the idea behind FCGI.

use CGI;

my $q = CGI->new;

# Process an HTTP request
my @values  = $q->multi_param('form_field');

my $value2  = $q->param('param2_name');

It has to be Fast CGI because that is the API used by nginx and OpenBSD's httpd.

[Anonymous Monk]

I'm still left wondering how to get at the form data.

heh, use CGI ; its magic like that

[rizzo]

You can find a clone of the official docs here:
FastCGI.com Archives

Also, should the script fork ever?
You typically start one or more instances of your script.

[mldvx4]

Ok. Thanks everybody. The links and the tip helped.