# cgiserver.tcl -- # A tiny CGI/HTTP server useful for simple applications # Derived from the tiny CGI server - http://wiki.tcl.tk/16867 # This was derived from "DustMotePlus" # The server supports a small fraction of the CGI/HTTP standard only # # Purpose: # - Present HTML files # - Run programs via a simple protocol (no need to know # much about CGI) # # Usage: # tclsh cgiserver.tcl ?-cfg configuration-file? # # Features: # - You can show static HTML pages (requested URL ends in .html) # - You can run Tcl scripts (requested URL ends in .tcl) that # print the result on standard output and then finish # - You can run programs (URL ends in .exe) that use the simple # protocol exemplified in "cgi.f90" (see also below) # # TODO: use cgi-bin/* instead of the extension # # The configuration file can specify: # - root The root directory of the application (default: startup directory) # - default The start-up page (default: index.html) # - port Port to be used (default: 80) # - encoding The encoding of the data sent to the client (default: iso8859-1) # # What configuration file: # - If the configuration file is not specified on the command-line # via "-cfg name", then a file cgiserver.cfg is sought in the # current directory. # - If it does not exist, the internal defaults are used # # Protocol: # The protocol implemented for executable programs (URL: *.exe) # is very simple: # - The program is started and fed the key-value pairs from the # request (on standard input). To dinstinguish requests, lines # with %BEGIN% and %END% # are added. # - The program must write its results to a file "cgiout" and on # completion of that file, create a file "cgiready". # - The server program takes care of all the rest. # The reason for using an external file and not standard output # is that there is no buffering problem then and the end of the # processing is very clear-cut. That way the program can run in # a loop waiting for new requests. # # Known limitations: # - The protocol is very simple, it does not cope well with text # from a textarea control # - No support for multiple instances of the same program at the # moment (this requires directory and process management) # This means among other things, that the output may get # confused if more than process is running at the same time # - No checking of the incoming connections, you can do this # however by redefining the "answer" procedure in the # configuration file # - On Windows, if you start this script with wish or a similar # shell, the server socket will not be closed properly when # terminating the server. # # Ideas for improvements: # - Run Tcl scripts in their own interpreter, instead of a separate # process? # - Add some logging facilities? # - Present a graphical screen if Tk is available? # # Note: # This server is not intended to become a full-fledged HTTP/CGI # server system a la Apache or AOLserver. Only the simplest # processing options are implemented. # # defaults -- # set root [pwd] set default index.html set port 8015 set encoding iso8859-1 # bgerror -- # Handle background errors (echo to the screen and to the client) # Arguments: # msg Error message # Result: # None # proc bgerror msg { global clientSock puts stdout "bgerror: $msg\n$::errorInfo" puts $clientSock "HTTP/1.0 200 OK" puts $clientSock "Content-Type: text/plain;charset=$::encoding\n" puts $clientSock "Processing error: $msg\n$::errorInfo" close $clientSock } # answer -- # Accept incoming connections # Arguments: # socketChannel Channel for the incoming connection # host2 Host of the connection # port2 Port of the connection # Result: # None # Note: # Right now any connection is accepted # proc answer {socketChannel host2 port2} { fileevent $socketChannel readable [list serve $socketChannel] } # serve -- # Handle the incoming request # Arguments: # sock Channel for the socket # Result: # None # Side effects: # Sends data to the client, may start external programs # Note: # Currently, the external programs are not kept alive # proc serve sock { global clientSock set clientSock $sock ;# For background errors fconfigure $sock -blocking 0 # # Get the input from the GET request # gets $sock line puts "Received: $line" if { [fblocked $sock] } { puts "Socket appears to be blocked - no processing" return } # # No more input needed, so construct the proper URL # and identify the action to be taken # fileevent $sock readable "" set tail / regexp {(/[^ ?]*)(\?[^ ]*)?} $line -> tail args if {[string match */ $tail]} {append tail $::default} set name [string map {%20 " "} $::root$tail] set args [string range $args 1 end] # # The URL must be an existing file: # - A Tcl script # - An executable (hm, how to deal with platforms that do not use # the extension .exe?) # - An HTML file (anything else, actually) # set exe 0 set perm r if {[file readable $name]} { puts $sock "HTTP/1.0 200 OK" if {[file extension $name] eq ".tcl"} { set ::env(QUERY_STRING) [string range $args 1 end] set name [list |tclsh $name] } elseif {[file extension $name] eq ".exe"} { set exe 1 set perm w+ set name [list |$name] } else { puts $sock "Content-Type: text/html;charset=$::encoding\n" } set inchan [open $name $perm] if { $exe } { puts "Executing program $name ..." sendHttpData $inchan $args waitForProgram close $inchan set inchan [open "cgiout"] } # # Copy the output to the client # fconfigure $inchan -translation binary fconfigure $sock -translation binary fcopy $inchan $sock -command [list done $inchan $sock] } else { puts "URL/File $name not found!" puts $sock "HTTP/1.0 404 Not found\n" puts $sock "