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<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>This module provides for executing CGI scripts based on
media type or request method.</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module&#160;Identifier:</a></th><td>actions_module</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source&#160;File:</a></th><td>mod_actions.c</td></tr></table>
<h3>Summary</h3>
<p>This module has two directives. The <code class="directive"><a href="#action">Action</a></code> directive lets you run CGI
scripts whenever a file of a certain type is requested. The
<code class="directive"><a href="#script">Script</a></code> 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>
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<div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3>
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<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#action">Action</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#script">Script</a></li>
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<h3>See also</h3>
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<li><code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code></li>
<li><a href="../howto/cgi.html">Dynamic Content with CGI</a></li>
<li><a href="../handler.html">Apache's Handler Use</a></li>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Action" id="Action">Action</a> <a name="action" id="action">Directive</a></h2>
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or
content-type</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_actions</td></tr>
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<p>This directive adds an action, which will activate
<var>cgi-script</var> when <var>action-type</var> is triggered by the
request. The <var>cgi-script</var> is the URL-path to a resource
that has been designated as a CGI script using <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code>. The
<var>action-type</var> 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>
<div class="example"><h3>Examples</h3><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></p></div>
<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>
<h3>See also</h3>
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<li><code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code></li>
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<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Script" id="Script">Script</a> <a name="script" id="script">Directive</a></h2>
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<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Activates a CGI script for a particular request
method.</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Script <var>method</var> <var>cgi-script</var></code></td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr>
<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_actions</td></tr>
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<p>This directive adds an action, which will activate
<var>cgi-script</var> when a file is requested using the method of
<var>method</var>. The <var>cgi-script</var> is the URL-path to a
resource that has been designated as a CGI script using <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_alias.html#scriptalias">ScriptAlias</a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code>. The URL and
file path of the requested document is sent using the standard CGI
PATH_INFO and PATH_TRANSLATED environment variables.</p>
<div class="note">
Any arbitrary method name may be used. <strong>Method names are
case-sensitive</strong>, so <code>Script PUT</code> and
<code>Script put</code> have two entirely different
effects.
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<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>
<div class="example"><h3>Examples</h3><p><code>
# For &lt;ISINDEX&gt;-style searching<br />
Script GET /cgi-bin/search<br />
<br />
# A CGI PUT handler<br />
Script PUT /~bob/put.cgi<br />
</code></p></div>
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