no webserver(apache)? no problem! test .cgi with Plack/plackup

If you're developing for CGI/CGI::Simple (or testing snippets from perlmonks), this starts a webserver accessible through http://localhost/ and operates much like mod_cgi for apache (fork + execute)

long options

plackup --listen localhost:80 --loader Shotgun -MPlack::App::WrapCGI -
+e " Plack::App::WrapCGI->new( script => q{test.cgi} ) "
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same command using short options

plackup -l localhost:80 -L Shotgun -MPlack::App::WrapCGI -e " Plack::A
+pp::WrapCGI->new( script => q{test.cgi} ) "
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You develop test.cgi like normal, the only exception being that you either use my or our where appropriate ( see mod_perl: CGI to mod_perl Porting. mod_perl Coding guidelines. The First mystery)

See also: plackup; Plack::App::WrapCGI; Plack::Loader::Shotgun; http://plackperl.org/ PSGI/Plack - Perl Superglue for Web Frameworks and Web Servers; Plack Advent Calendar

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Re: no webserver(apache)? no problem! test .cgi with Plack/plackup by Your Mother (Archbishop) on Apr 04, 2011 at 17:29 UTC
++ I'm commenting mostly just to bump this excellent piece of advice. Since port is rarely important and I like to use this idiom in addition to running a traditional webserver on port 80, I'd shorten it to use the default port 5000– `plackup -L Shotgun -MPlack::App::WrapCGI -e "Plack::App::WrapCGI->new(script => shift)" [cgi]` –which lends itself to an alias– `alias pcgi='plackup -Ilib -L Shotgun -MPlack::App::WrapCGI -e "Plack:: +App::WrapCGI->new(script => shift)"'` [download] Update: anonymous monk that replied is quite correct. The code, as is, is broken. Update: And a million years later... alias works in bash, at least. `alias pcgi='plackup -L Shotgun -MPlack::App::WrapCGI -e "Plack::App::W +rapCGI->new(script => \$ARGV[0])"' pcgi some.cgi HTTP::Server::PSGI: Accepting connections at http://0:5000/ ...` [download]	[reply] [d/l] [select]
Re^2: no webserver(apache)? no problem! test .cgi with Plack/plackup by Anonymous Monk on Apr 22, 2011 at 04:08 UTC
FWIW, that doesn't work for me `Magic number checking on storable string failed at blib\lib\Storable.p +m (autosplit into blib\lib\auto\Storable\thaw.al) line 421, at c:/per +l/site/5.12.2/lib/Plack/Loader/Shotgun.pm line 25` [download] `$ pmvers Plack Storable Plack: 0.9976 Storable: 2.25` [download] It has to do with string-eval and @ARGV being emptied	[reply] [d/l] [select]