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Posted to modperl@perl.apache.org by Drew Taylor <dt...@vialogix.com> on 2000/07/10 15:27:50 UTC
Using handler for index
Hi all,
I am using an Apache Handler module to create my home page, using
<Location /index.pl>
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler ModuleName
</Location>
I have DirectoryIndex set to "index.pl index.html", but the Location
directive is not being picked up for the index, so I get the default
directory listing. Is there another solution instead of a RewriteRule to
redirect "/" to "/index.pl"? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
--
Drew Taylor
Vialogix Communications, Inc.
501 N. College Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 370 0550
http://www.vialogix.com/
Re: Using handler for index
Posted by David Veatch <dv...@sunflower.com>.
At 11:19 AM 7/10/00 -0400, Chris Winters wrote:
>That's funny, because until a few weeks ago I worked with Rusty
>(author of Scoop) :) And previous versions of Scoop were handling it
>the way Drew mentioned, with an 'index.pl'.
Like I said... "inspired by", certainly not copied. In fact, if you go to
sourceforge, you'll notice "dvicci" as one of the co-developers for
scoop. That's me. :) Not terribly active at the moment, but still keeping
my dirty little fingers in there.
>Another alternative (which I prefer) has been discussed previously on
>this list. Taking something like:
...
>So the first will map 'User' to a module and call the ->display()
>method; the second maps 'News' to a module and calls the ->edit()
>method. GET (or POST) parameters are handled via normal means.
That's pretty nice... looks a lot cleaner than a lot of this=that&so=what
stuff.
David Veatch - dvicci@reckoning.org
"Many people would sooner die than think.
In fact, they do." - Bertrand Russell
Re: Using handler for index
Posted by Chris Winters <cw...@intes.net>.
* Frank Wiles (frank@wiles.org) [000710 12:24]:
>
> What we do where I work is very similiar except the above URL would
> come out like:
> http://..../User/display/7162
>
> This works out well because whatever method you are calling probably
> already knows what input you're needing. The userid in this
> example.
>
> Frank Wiles <fr...@wiles.org>
> http://frank.wiles.org
Actually, I tried that. It looks nicer, but if I'm passing more than
one parameter it got confusing to remember which order they should go
in. At least it was confusing for me :)
Chris
--
Chris Winters
Internet Developer INTES Networking
cwinters@intes.net http://www.intes.net/
Integrated hardware/software solutions to make the Internet work for you.
Re: Using handler for index
Posted by Frank Wiles <fr...@wiles.org>.
.------[ Chris Winters wrote (2000/07/10 at 11:19:58) ]------
|
| That's funny, because until a few weeks ago I worked with Rusty
| (author of Scoop) :) And previous versions of Scoop were handling it
| the way Drew mentioned, with an 'index.pl'.
|
| Another alternative (which I prefer) has been discussed previously on
| this list. Taking something like:
|
| http://.../User/display/?user_id=7162
|
| [...snip...]
`-------------------------------------------------
What we do where I work is very similiar except the above URL would
come out like:
http://..../User/display/7162
This works out well because whatever method you are calling probably
already knows what input you're needing. The userid in this
example.
-------------------------------
Frank Wiles <fr...@wiles.org>
http://frank.wiles.org
-------------------------------
Re: Using handler for index
Posted by Chris Winters <cw...@intes.net>.
That's funny, because until a few weeks ago I worked with Rusty
(author of Scoop) :) And previous versions of Scoop were handling it
the way Drew mentioned, with an 'index.pl'.
Another alternative (which I prefer) has been discussed previously on
this list. Taking something like:
http://.../User/display/?user_id=7162
or:
http://.../News/edit/?news_id=9182
The handler specified in the <Location /> configuration takes the
request, breaks up the path info, looks at the first entry and maps it
to a particular module. The second item is normally a subroutine to
call, although that module can map it to whatever it wishes. (There
are, of course, mechanisms for ensuring that 'private' routines cannot
be called from the outside world.)
So the first will map 'User' to a module and call the ->display()
method; the second maps 'News' to a module and calls the ->edit()
method. GET (or POST) parameters are handled via normal means.
Works swimmingly so far :)
Chris
* David Veatch (dveatch@sunflower.com) [000710 11:10]:
> At 10:33 AM 7/10/00 -0400, Drew Taylor wrote:
> >Chris Winters wrote:
> >>
> >> This always worked for me:
> >>
> >> <Location />
> >> SetHandler perl-script
> >> PerlHandler ModuleName
> >> </Location>
> >Well, seems like I tried that, and then it ALWAYS used that handler. I
> >also have other handlers, and I _think_ the setup above overrode the
> >others. I'll give it a try again now. OK, I just tried it, and it
> >overrode everything else. :-(
>
> I'm doing this... in a way inspired by Scoop (scoop.kuro5hin.org). The
> handler accepts different query-string arguments to do different things...
>
> if ($query_string_arg eq "this') {
> do that stuff;
> elsif ($query_string_arg eq "that") {
> do this other stuff;
> } elsif ...
>
> Anything that doesn't match what I'm explicitly looking for will go back to
> the default behavior.
>
> In other words, the handler handles it, and Apache just sends it to the
> handler.
--
Chris Winters
Internet Developer INTES Networking
cwinters@intes.net http://www.intes.net/
Integrated hardware/software solutions to make the Internet work for you.
Re: Using handler for index
Posted by David Veatch <dv...@sunflower.com>.
At 10:33 AM 7/10/00 -0400, Drew Taylor wrote:
>Chris Winters wrote:
>>
>> This always worked for me:
>>
>> <Location />
>> SetHandler perl-script
>> PerlHandler ModuleName
>> </Location>
>Well, seems like I tried that, and then it ALWAYS used that handler. I
>also have other handlers, and I _think_ the setup above overrode the
>others. I'll give it a try again now. OK, I just tried it, and it
>overrode everything else. :-(
I'm doing this... in a way inspired by Scoop (scoop.kuro5hin.org). The
handler accepts different query-string arguments to do different things...
if ($query_string_arg eq "this') {
do that stuff;
elsif ($query_string_arg eq "that") {
do this other stuff;
} elsif ...
Anything that doesn't match what I'm explicitly looking for will go back to
the default behavior.
In other words, the handler handles it, and Apache just sends it to the
handler.
David Veatch - dvicci@reckoning.org
"Many people would sooner die than think.
In fact, they do." - Bertrand Russell
RE: Using handler for index
Posted by David Veatch <dv...@sunflower.com>.
At 10:47 AM 7/10/00 -0400, you wrote:
>Drew Taylor wrote:
>I use this:
>
> <LocationMatch "^/$">
> SetHandler perl-script
> PerlHandler $MATCH::method_objs::provider_project_selector->handler
> </LocationMatch>
That will probably fit your needs a little better than my example. My
first read through missed the fact that you have various handlers to do
different things... though your various handlers could probably be placed
"behind" a main handler much like mine are.
Either way... this should work as well. It all depends on where you want
to do the work... in the conf file, or in the handler.
David Veatch - dvicci@reckoning.org
"Many people would sooner die than think.
In fact, they do." - Bertrand Russell
Re: Using handler for index
Posted by Drew Taylor <dt...@vialogix.com>.
Eric Cholet wrote:
>
> > > <Location />
> > > SetHandler perl-script
> > > PerlHandler ModuleName
> > > </Location>
> > Well, seems like I tried that, and then it ALWAYS used that handler. I
> > also have other handlers, and I _think_ the setup above overrode the
> > others. I'll give it a try again now. OK, I just tried it, and it
> > overrode everything else. :-(
>
> Try <LocationMatch ^/$>
Thanks to both of you. I have never used the regular expression part of
the directives before. This is exactly what I need. Thanks!
--
Drew Taylor
Vialogix Communications, Inc.
501 N. College Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 370 0550
http://www.vialogix.com/
Re: Using handler for index
Posted by Eric Cholet <ch...@logilune.com>.
> > <Location />
> > SetHandler perl-script
> > PerlHandler ModuleName
> > </Location>
> Well, seems like I tried that, and then it ALWAYS used that handler. I
> also have other handlers, and I _think_ the setup above overrode the
> others. I'll give it a try again now. OK, I just tried it, and it
> overrode everything else. :-(
Try <LocationMatch ^/$>
--
Eric
RE: Using handler for index
Posted by David Harris <dh...@drh.net>.
Drew Taylor wrote:
> Chris Winters wroe:
> >
> > This always worked for me:
> >
> > <Location />
> > SetHandler perl-script
> > PerlHandler ModuleName
> > </Location>
> Well, seems like I tried that, and then it ALWAYS used that handler. I
> also have other handlers, and I _think_ the setup above overrode the
> others. I'll give it a try again now. OK, I just tried it, and it
> overrode everything else. :-(
I use this:
<LocationMatch "^/$">
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler $MATCH::method_objs::provider_project_selector->handler
</LocationMatch>
It does not override everything else, and you get the right handler called.
The problem is that <Location /> matches any URI that BEGINS with that
substring. LocationMatch is a regular expression driven thing, so you can make
it just match that one specific URI.
David Harris
President, DRH Internet Inc.
dharris@drh.net
http://www.drh.net/
Re: Using handler for index
Posted by Drew Taylor <dt...@vialogix.com>.
Chris Winters wrote:
>
> This always worked for me:
>
> <Location />
> SetHandler perl-script
> PerlHandler ModuleName
> </Location>
Well, seems like I tried that, and then it ALWAYS used that handler. I
also have other handlers, and I _think_ the setup above overrode the
others. I'll give it a try again now. OK, I just tried it, and it
overrode everything else. :-(
--
Drew Taylor
Vialogix Communications, Inc.
501 N. College Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 370 0550
http://www.vialogix.com/
Re: Using handler for index
Posted by Chris Winters <cw...@intes.net>.
This always worked for me:
<Location />
SetHandler perl-script
PerlHandler ModuleName
</Location>
But maybe it worked for reasons I don't understand :)
Chris
* Drew Taylor (dtaylor@vialogix.com) [000710 10:22]:
> darren chamberlain wrote:
> >
> > Drew Taylor (dtaylor@vialogix.com) said something to this effect:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am using an Apache Handler module to create my home page, using
> > >
> > > <Location /index.pl>
> > > SetHandler perl-script
> > > PerlHandler ModuleName
> > > </Location>
> > >
> > > I have DirectoryIndex set to "index.pl index.html", but the Location
> > > directive is not being picked up for the index, so I get the default
> > > directory listing. Is there another solution instead of a RewriteRule to
> > > redirect "/" to "/index.pl"? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
> >
> > Calling /index.pl explicitly works correctly, right?
> Yes, /index.pl works properly. But since it's a "virtual" file, I have
> to just type it in.
>
> > Replacing <Location /index.pl> with a <FilesMatch "*.pl$"> which sets the correct
> > handler for .pl files should do it, and let mod_dir call index.pl itself.
> Well, the thing is "index.pl" really is Base::HomePage::Anystock. What
> I'm really looking for is a way to use a module as the directory index.
> I'm not terribly opposed to using Rewrite, but I'm curious if there is
> an alternative method.
>
--
Chris Winters
Internet Developer INTES Networking
cwinters@intes.net http://www.intes.net/
Integrated hardware/software solutions to make the Internet work for you.
Re: Using handler for index
Posted by darren chamberlain <da...@boston.com>.
Drew Taylor (dtaylor@vialogix.com) said something to this effect:
> > Yes, use a PerlFixupHandler instead of DirectoryIndex. This use of a fixup
> > handler is detailed in the Eagle book.
> Now that's a good thought. I already have a fixup handler to do my
> browser sniffing. But rather than write another module, I'll probably
> stick with the two-line RewriteRule. :-) Now I just have to recompile
> apache on my workstations because I didn't add mod_rewrite the first
> time...
>
> RewriteEngine On
> RewriteRule ^/$ /index.pl [R,L]
What does that do to calls for for example, /?foo=bar ? Slashdot does this
(they switch in the user id cookie, and redirect to either the static page
or the index.pl page based on that), and because of this, calls for
/?section=apache (for example) results in a plain index page, rather than
the Apache page.
(darren)
--
It's not that I'm afraid to die, I just don't want to be there when
it happens.
-- Woody Allen
Re: Using handler for index
Posted by Drew Taylor <dt...@vialogix.com>.
Matt Sergeant wrote:
>
> On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Drew Taylor wrote:
>
> > darren chamberlain wrote:
> > >
> > > Drew Taylor (dtaylor@vialogix.com) said something to this effect:
> > > > Hi all,
> > > >
> > > > I am using an Apache Handler module to create my home page, using
> > > >
> > > > <Location /index.pl>
> > > > SetHandler perl-script
> > > > PerlHandler ModuleName
> > > > </Location>
> > > >
> > > > I have DirectoryIndex set to "index.pl index.html", but the Location
> > > > directive is not being picked up for the index, so I get the default
> > > > directory listing. Is there another solution instead of a RewriteRule to
> > > > redirect "/" to "/index.pl"? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
> > >
> > > Calling /index.pl explicitly works correctly, right?
> > Yes, /index.pl works properly. But since it's a "virtual" file, I have
> > to just type it in.
> >
> > > Replacing <Location /index.pl> with a <FilesMatch "*.pl$"> which sets the correct
> > > handler for .pl files should do it, and let mod_dir call index.pl itself.
> > Well, the thing is "index.pl" really is Base::HomePage::Anystock. What
> > I'm really looking for is a way to use a module as the directory index.
> > I'm not terribly opposed to using Rewrite, but I'm curious if there is
> > an alternative method.
>
> Yes, use a PerlFixupHandler instead of DirectoryIndex. This use of a fixup
> handler is detailed in the Eagle book.
Now that's a good thought. I already have a fixup handler to do my
browser sniffing. But rather than write another module, I'll probably
stick with the two-line RewriteRule. :-) Now I just have to recompile
apache on my workstations because I didn't add mod_rewrite the first
time...
RewriteEngine On
RewriteRule ^/$ /index.pl [R,L]
--
Drew Taylor
Vialogix Communications, Inc.
501 N. College Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 370 0550
http://www.vialogix.com/
Re: Using handler for index
Posted by Matt Sergeant <ma...@sergeant.org>.
On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Drew Taylor wrote:
> darren chamberlain wrote:
> >
> > Drew Taylor (dtaylor@vialogix.com) said something to this effect:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am using an Apache Handler module to create my home page, using
> > >
> > > <Location /index.pl>
> > > SetHandler perl-script
> > > PerlHandler ModuleName
> > > </Location>
> > >
> > > I have DirectoryIndex set to "index.pl index.html", but the Location
> > > directive is not being picked up for the index, so I get the default
> > > directory listing. Is there another solution instead of a RewriteRule to
> > > redirect "/" to "/index.pl"? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
> >
> > Calling /index.pl explicitly works correctly, right?
> Yes, /index.pl works properly. But since it's a "virtual" file, I have
> to just type it in.
>
> > Replacing <Location /index.pl> with a <FilesMatch "*.pl$"> which sets the correct
> > handler for .pl files should do it, and let mod_dir call index.pl itself.
> Well, the thing is "index.pl" really is Base::HomePage::Anystock. What
> I'm really looking for is a way to use a module as the directory index.
> I'm not terribly opposed to using Rewrite, but I'm curious if there is
> an alternative method.
Yes, use a PerlFixupHandler instead of DirectoryIndex. This use of a fixup
handler is detailed in the Eagle book.
--
<Matt/>
Fastnet Software Ltd. High Performance Web Specialists
Providing mod_perl, XML, Sybase and Oracle solutions
Email for training and consultancy availability.
http://sergeant.org | AxKit: http://axkit.org
Re: Using handler for index
Posted by Drew Taylor <dt...@vialogix.com>.
darren chamberlain wrote:
>
> Drew Taylor (dtaylor@vialogix.com) said something to this effect:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I am using an Apache Handler module to create my home page, using
> >
> > <Location /index.pl>
> > SetHandler perl-script
> > PerlHandler ModuleName
> > </Location>
> >
> > I have DirectoryIndex set to "index.pl index.html", but the Location
> > directive is not being picked up for the index, so I get the default
> > directory listing. Is there another solution instead of a RewriteRule to
> > redirect "/" to "/index.pl"? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
>
> Calling /index.pl explicitly works correctly, right?
Yes, /index.pl works properly. But since it's a "virtual" file, I have
to just type it in.
> Replacing <Location /index.pl> with a <FilesMatch "*.pl$"> which sets the correct
> handler for .pl files should do it, and let mod_dir call index.pl itself.
Well, the thing is "index.pl" really is Base::HomePage::Anystock. What
I'm really looking for is a way to use a module as the directory index.
I'm not terribly opposed to using Rewrite, but I'm curious if there is
an alternative method.
--
Drew Taylor
Vialogix Communications, Inc.
501 N. College Street
Charlotte, NC 28202
704 370 0550
http://www.vialogix.com/
Re: Using handler for index
Posted by darren chamberlain <da...@boston.com>.
Drew Taylor (dtaylor@vialogix.com) said something to this effect:
> Hi all,
>
> I am using an Apache Handler module to create my home page, using
>
> <Location /index.pl>
> SetHandler perl-script
> PerlHandler ModuleName
> </Location>
>
> I have DirectoryIndex set to "index.pl index.html", but the Location
> directive is not being picked up for the index, so I get the default
> directory listing. Is there another solution instead of a RewriteRule to
> redirect "/" to "/index.pl"? Any thoughts would be appreciated.
Calling /index.pl explicitly works correctly, right?
Replacing <Location /index.pl> with a <FilesMatch "*.pl$"> which sets the correct
handler for .pl files should do it, and let mod_dir call index.pl itself.
(darren)
--
Life would be so much easier if we could just look at the source code.