× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.




I'm trying to have 1 program to respond to requests from a ws session or
from the web(cgi-bin).  How can you tell which way the program was called
(ws session or web) so you can respond appropriately?

I'm not sure what a "ws session" is.  Web service?  Workstation?

If you mean workstation, you can check the REQUEST_METHOD environment variable. IF it's not set, it's a workstation session. If it's set, it's called via CGI (or a regular program that's deliberately trying to look like it's calling via CGI, which is often done when testing CGI code.)

Here's a proof of concept:

     H DFTACTGRP(*NO) ACTGRP('TEST') BNDDIR('QC2LE')

      *
      *  I use the following (by preference) instead of QtmhGetEnv
      *  (but QtmhGetEnv() would've also worked)
     D getenv          PR              *   extproc('getenv')
     D   varname                       *   value options(*string)

      *
      *  I use the following (by preference) instead of QtmhWrStout
      *  (but QtmhWrStout would've also worked)
     D stdout          s               *   import('_C_IFS_stdout')
     D fputs           PR            10I 0 ExtProc('_C_IFS_fputs')
     D   string                        *   value options(*string)
     D   stream                        *   value
     D fflush          PR            10U 0 ExtProc('_C_IFS_fflush')
     D   stream                        *   value

     D ptr             s               *
     D reqmeth         s             10A   varying
     D data            s            500A   varying
     D wait            s              1A

      /free

          ptr = getenv('REQUEST_METHOD');
          if (ptr = *NULL);
             DSPLY ('Not a CGI job!') ' ' wait;
          else;
             reqmeth = %str(ptr);

             data = 'Content-type: text/html' + x'0d250d25';
             fputs(data: stdout);

             data = '<html><body><h1>'
                  + 'This is a CGI program called with the ' + reqmeth
                  + ' request method.' + '</h1></body></html>' +x'0d25';

             fputs(data: stdout);
             fflush(stdout);
          endif;

          return;
      /end-free

If you meant "web service" rather than workstation, the solution is somewhat similar. Read an environment variable again, but this time look for the CONTENT_TYPE variable. If it's set to text/xml, then it has sent you an XML document (and therefore is likely a webservice) if it sends Application/x-www-form-urlencoded, then it's a regular web page (HTML form).


As an Amazon Associate we earn from qualifying purchases.

This thread ...

Replies:

Follow On AppleNews
Return to Archive home page | Return to MIDRANGE.COM home page

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.