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        --><title>mod_actions- Apache HTTP Server</title><link href="../style/manual.css" type="text/css" rel="stylesheet"/></head><body><blockquote><div align="center"><img src="../images/sub.gif" alt="[APACHE DOCUMENTATION]"/><h3>Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0</h3></div><h1 align="center">Apache Module mod_actions</h1><table cellspacing="1" cellpadding="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td valign="top"><span class="help">Description:</span></td><td>This module provides for executing CGI scripts based on
media type or request method.</td></tr><tr><td><a href="module-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Base</td></tr><tr><td><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier" class="help">Module&nbsp;Identifier:</a></td><td>actions_module</td></tr></table></td></tr></table><h2>Summary</h2>
    <p>This module has two directives. The <a href="#action" class="directive"><code class="directive">Action</code></a> directive lets you run CGI
    scripts whenever a file of a certain type is requested. The
    <a href="#script" class="directive"><code class="directive">Script</code></a> directive lets
    you run CGI scripts whenever a particular method is used in a
    request. This makes it much easier to execute scripts that process
    files.</p>
<h2>Directives</h2><ul><li><a href="#action">Action</a></li><li><a href="#script">Script</a></li></ul><hr/><h2><a name="Action">Action</a> <a name="action">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or
content-type</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td>Action <em>action-type cgi-script</em></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Override" class="help">Override:</a></td><td>FileInfo</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Base</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_actions</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
    <p>This directive adds an action, which will activate
    <em>cgi-script</em> when <em>action-type</em> is triggered by the
    request.  The <em>cgi-script</em> is the URL-path to a resource
    that has been designated as a CGI script using <a href="mod_alias.html#scriptaliase" class="directive"><code class="directive">ScriptAliase</code></a> or <a href="mod_mime.html#addhandler" class="directive"><code class="directive">AddHandler</code></a>.  The
    <em>action-type</em> can be either a <a href="../handler.html">handler</a> or a MIME content type. It
    sends the URL and file path of the requested document using the
    standard CGI PATH_INFO and PATH_TRANSLATED environment
    variables.</p>

<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><p align="center"><strong>Examples</strong></p><code>


    # Requests for files of a particular type:<br>
    Action image/gif /cgi-bin/images.cgi<br>
<br>
    # Files of a particular file extension<br>
    AddHandler my-file-type .xyz<br>
    Action my-file-type /cgi-bin/program.cgi<br>
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>

    <p>In the first example, requests for files with a MIME content
    type of <code>image/gif</code> will instead be handled by the
    specified cgi script <code>/cgi-bin/images.cgi</code>.</p>

    <p>In the second example, requests for files with a file extension of
    <code>.xyz</code> are handled instead by the specified cgi script 
    <code>/cgi-bin/program.cgi</code>.</p>
<p><strong>See also </strong></p><ul><li><a href="mod_mime.html#addhandler" class="directive"><code class="directive">AddHandler</code></a></li></ul><hr/><h2><a name="Script">Script</a> <a name="script">Directive</a></h2><table cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" border="0" bgcolor="#cccccc"><tr><td><table bgcolor="#ffffff"><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><strong>Description: </strong></td><td>Activates a CGI script for a particular request
method.</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax" class="help">Syntax:</a></td><td> Script <em>method cgi-script</em></td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Context" class="help">Context:</a></td><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Status" class="help">Status:</a></td><td>Base</td></tr><tr><td nowrap="nowrap"><a href="directive-dict.html#Module" class="help">Module:</a></td><td>mod_actions</td></tr></table></td></tr></table>
    <p>This directive adds an action, which will activate
    <em>cgi-script</em> when a file is requested using the method of
    <em>method</em>. The <em>cgi-script</em> is the URL-path to a
    resource that has been designated as a CGI script using <a href="mod_alias.html#scriptaliase" class="directive"><code class="directive">ScriptAliase</code></a> or <a href="mod_mime.html#addhandler" class="directive"><code class="directive">AddHandler</code></a>.  The URL and
    file path of the requested document is sent using the standard CGI
    PATH_INFO and PATH_TRANSLATED environment variables.</p>

<blockquote><table><tr><td bgcolor="#e0e5f5">
      Any arbitrary method name may be used. <strong>Method names are
      case-sensitive</strong>, so <code>Script&nbsp;PUT</code> and
      <code>Script&nbsp;put</code> have two entirely different
      effects.
</td></tr></table></blockquote>

    <p>Note that the Script command defines default actions only.
    If a CGI script is called, or some other resource that is
    capable of handling the requested method internally, it will do
    so. Also note that Script with a method of <code>GET</code>
    will only be called if there are query arguments present
    (<em>e.g.</em>, foo.html?hi). Otherwise, the request will
    proceed normally.</p>

<blockquote><table cellpadding="10"><tr><td bgcolor="#eeeeee"><p align="center"><strong>Examples</strong></p><code>

    # For &lt;ISINDEX&gt;-style searching<br>
    Script GET /cgi-bin/search<br>
    # A CGI PUT handler<br>
    Script PUT /~bob/put.cgi<br>
</code></td></tr></table></blockquote>
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