Re: Perl CGI redirect

[poj]

This script gives the user a selection which is more secure than a text box. If the URL shown is what you want then remove the hash from #Search and it should redirect.

#!/usr/bin/perl
# n.cgi

use strict;
use CGI qw( :standard );
use CGI::Carp qw( fatalsToBrowser );
use Date::Calc qw(Add_Delta_Days);

# calc dates
my ($d,$m,$y) = (localtime)[3,4,5];
$y+=1900;
$m+=1;
my ($y0,$m0,$d0) = Add_Delta_Days($y,$m,$d,-7);
my $FM = sprintf "%02d-%02d-%04d",$m0,$d0,$y0;
my $TM = sprintf "%02d-%02d-%04d",$m,$d,$y;

# page layout
my $page =<< "EndOfText";
<h2>Add Logical:</h2>
<form name="form" method="post" action="n.cgi">
<table>
<tr>
  <td align="right"><strong>Logical:</strong></td>
  <td>
   <select name="server">
     <option value="">select</option>
     <option value="server1">server1</option>
     <option value="server2">server2</option>
     <option value="server3">server3</option>
     <option value="server4">server4</option>
   </select>
  </td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td colspan="2"> &nbsp; </td>
</tr>
<tr>
  <td> &nbsp; </td>
  <td>
    <input type="submit" name="action" value="Search" />
  </td>
</tr>
</table>
</form>
EndOfText

# get parameters
my $q = CGI->new; 
my $action = $q->param('action');
my $server = $q->param('server');

# construct URL
my $URL = join ";","http://a.com:8080/bms/healthMonitor.do?method=redi
+rect",
"operation=BackupHistorySearch",
"subOperation=GetReport",
"clientName=$server",
"fromDateStr=$FM",
"toDateStr=$TM";

# redirect if required
if ($action eq '#Search'){ # remove hash to redirect
  print $q->redirect($URL);
} else {

  print $q->header, 
  $q->start_html('Page Title'),
  $page, 

# hash out next 2 lines or remove if OK
  $q->p("Vars action=$action : server=$server : FM=$FM : TM=$TM "), 
  $q->a({-href=>$URL, -target=>'_blank'},$URL),  

  $q->end_html; 

}

poj