NAME

WWW::Mechanize::CGI - Use WWW::Mechanize with CGI applications.

SYNOPSIS

        use CGI;
        use WWW::Mechanize::CGI;
    
        # Using a external CGI application
    
        $mech = WWW::Mechanize::CGI->new;
        $mech->cgi_application('/path/to/cgi/executable.cgi');
    
        $response = $mech->get('http://localhost/');
    
        # Using a inline CGI callback
    
        $mech = WWW::Mechanize::CGI->new;
        $mech->cgi( sub {
        
            my $q = CGI->new;
        
            print $q->header,
                  $q->start_html('Hello World'),
                  $q->h1('Hello World'),
                  $q->end_html;
        });
    
        $response = $mech->get('http://localhost/');

DESCRIPTION

Provides a convenient way of using CGI applications with WWW::Mechanize.

METHODS

new Behaves like, and calls, WWW::Mechanize's "new" method. Any parms

passed in get passed to WWW::Mechanize's constructor.

cgi Coderef to be used to execute the CGI application.

cgi_application('/path/to/cgi/executable.cgi')

Path to CGI executable.

env( [, key => value ] )

Additional environment variables to be used in CGI.

$mech->env( DOCUMENT_ROOT=> '/export/www/myapp' );

fork

Set to a true value if you want to fork() before executing CGI.

SEE ALSO

WWW::Mechanize
LWP::UserAgent
HTTP::Request::AsCGI

AUTHOR

Christian Hansen, "ch@ngmedia.com"

LICENSE

This library is free software. You can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as perl itself.