1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?> 2<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> 3<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"><head><!-- 4 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 5 This file is generated from xml source: DO NOT EDIT 6 XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX 7 --> 8<title>mod_actions - Apache HTTP Server</title> 9<link href="/style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" /> 10<link href="/style/css/manual-loose-100pc.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="No Sidebar - Default font size" /> 11<link href="/style/css/manual-print.css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" /><link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="/style/css/prettify.css" /> 12<script src="/style/scripts/prettify.min.js" type="text/javascript"> 13</script> 14 15<link href="/images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /></head> 16<body> 17<div id="page-header"> 18<p class="menu"><a href="/mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="/mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ">FAQ</a> | <a href="/glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="/sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p> 19<p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.4</p> 20<img alt="" src="/images/feather.gif" /></div> 21<div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="<-" alt="<-" src="/images/left.gif" /></a></div> 22<div id="path"> 23<a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs/">Documentation</a> > <a href="../">Version 2.4</a> > <a href="./">Modules</a></div> 24<div id="page-content"> 25<div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_actions</h1> 26<div class="toplang"> 27<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="/de/mod/mod_actions.html" hreflang="de" rel="alternate" title="Deutsch"> de </a> | 28<a href="/en/mod/mod_actions.html" title="English"> en </a> | 29<a href="/fr/mod/mod_actions.html" hreflang="fr" rel="alternate" title="Fran�ais"> fr </a> | 30<a href="/ja/mod/mod_actions.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a> | 31<a href="/ko/mod/mod_actions.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a></p> 32</div> 33<table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Execute CGI scripts based on media type or request method.</td></tr> 34<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr> 35<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module�Identifier:</a></th><td>actions_module</td></tr> 36<tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source�File:</a></th><td>mod_actions.c</td></tr></table> 37<h3>Summary</h3> 38 39 <p>This module has two directives. The <code class="directive"><a href="#action">Action</a></code> directive lets you run CGI 40 scripts whenever a file of a certain <a class="glossarylink" href="/glossary.html#mime-type" title="see glossary">MIME content type</a> is requested. The 41 <code class="directive"><a href="#script">Script</a></code> directive lets 42 you run CGI scripts whenever a particular method is used in a 43 request. This makes it much easier to execute scripts that process 44 files.</p> </div> 45<div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3> 46<ul id="toc"> 47<li><img alt="" src="/images/down.gif" /> <a href="#action">Action</a></li> 48<li><img alt="" src="/images/down.gif" /> <a href="#script">Script</a></li> 49</ul> 50<h3>See also</h3> 51<ul class="seealso"> 52<li><code class="module"><a href="/mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code></li> 53<li><a href="/howto/cgi.html">Dynamic Content with CGI</a></li> 54<li><a href="/handler.html">Apache httpd's Handler Use</a></li> 55</ul><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="#comments_section">Comments</a></li></ul></div> 56 57<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="/images/up.gif" /></a></div> 58<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Action" id="Action">Action</a> <a name="action" id="action">Directive</a></h2> 59<table class="directive"> 60<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or 61content-type</td></tr> 62<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var> [virtual]</code></td></tr> 63<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr> 64<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:</a></th><td>FileInfo</td></tr> 65<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr> 66<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_actions</td></tr> 67<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Compatibility">Compatibility:</a></th><td>The <code>virtual</code> modifier and handler passing were 68introduced in Apache 2.1</td></tr> 69</table> 70 <p>This directive adds an action, which will activate 71 <var>cgi-script</var> when <var>action-type</var> is triggered by 72 the request. The <var>cgi-script</var> is the URL-path to a 73 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 74 <var>action-type</var> can be either a <a href="/handler.html">handler</a> or a <a class="glossarylink" href="/glossary.html#mime-type" title="see glossary">MIME content type</a>. It sends the URL and 75 file path of the requested document using the standard CGI 76 <code>PATH_INFO</code> and <code>PATH_TRANSLATED</code> 77 environment variables. The handler used for the particular request 78 is passed using the <code>REDIRECT_HANDLER</code> variable.</p> 79 80 <div class="example"><h3>Example: MIME type</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config"># Requests for files of a particular MIME content type: 81Action image/gif /cgi-bin/images.cgi</pre> 82</div> 83 84 <p>In this example, requests for files with a MIME content 85 type of <code>image/gif</code> will be handled by the 86 specified cgi script <code>/cgi-bin/images.cgi</code>.</p> 87 88 <div class="example"><h3>Example: File extension</h3><pre class="prettyprint lang-config"># Files of a particular file extension 89AddHandler my-file-type .xyz 90Action my-file-type /cgi-bin/program.cgi</pre> 91</div> 92 <p>In this example, requests for files with a file extension of 93 <code>.xyz</code> are handled by the specified cgi script 94 <code>/cgi-bin/program.cgi</code>.</p> 95 96 <p>The optional <code>virtual</code> modifier turns off the check 97 whether the requested file really exists. This is useful, for example, 98 if you want to use the <code class="directive">Action</code> directive in 99 virtual locations.</p> 100 101 <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"><Location /news> 102 SetHandler news-handler 103 Action news-handler /cgi-bin/news.cgi virtual 104</Location></pre> 105 106 107<h3>See also</h3> 108<ul> 109<li><code class="directive"><a href="/mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code></li> 110</ul> 111</div> 112<div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="/images/up.gif" /></a></div> 113<div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Script" id="Script">Script</a> <a name="script" id="script">Directive</a></h2> 114<table class="directive"> 115<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:</a></th><td>Activates a CGI script for a particular request 116method.</td></tr> 117<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:</a></th><td><code>Script <var>method</var> <var>cgi-script</var></code></td></tr> 118<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr> 119<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:</a></th><td>Base</td></tr> 120<tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:</a></th><td>mod_actions</td></tr> 121</table> 122 <p>This directive adds an action, which will activate 123 <var>cgi-script</var> when a file is requested using the method of 124 <var>method</var>. The <var>cgi-script</var> is the URL-path to a 125 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 126 file path of the requested document is sent using the standard CGI 127 <code>PATH_INFO</code> and <code>PATH_TRANSLATED</code> environment 128 variables.</p> 129 130 <div class="note"> 131 Any arbitrary method name may be used. <strong>Method names are 132 case-sensitive</strong>, so <code>Script PUT</code> and 133 <code>Script put</code> have two entirely different 134 effects. 135 </div> 136 137 <p>Note that the <code class="directive">Script</code> command defines default 138 actions only. If a CGI script is called, or some other resource that is 139 capable of handling the requested method internally, it will do 140 so. Also note that <code class="directive">Script</code> with a method of 141 <code>GET</code> will only be called if there are query arguments present 142 (<em>e.g.</em>, foo.html?hi). Otherwise, the request will 143 proceed normally.</p> 144 145 <pre class="prettyprint lang-config"># All GET requests go here 146Script GET /cgi-bin/search 147 148# A CGI PUT handler 149Script PUT /~bob/put.cgi</pre> 150 151 152</div> 153</div> 154<div class="bottomlang"> 155<p><span>Available Languages: </span><a href="/de/mod/mod_actions.html" hreflang="de" rel="alternate" title="Deutsch"> de </a> | 156<a href="/en/mod/mod_actions.html" title="English"> en </a> | 157<a href="/fr/mod/mod_actions.html" hreflang="fr" rel="alternate" title="Fran�ais"> fr </a> | 158<a href="/ja/mod/mod_actions.html" hreflang="ja" rel="alternate" title="Japanese"> ja </a> | 159<a href="/ko/mod/mod_actions.html" hreflang="ko" rel="alternate" title="Korean"> ko </a></p> 160</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img src="/images/up.gif" alt="top" /></a></div><div class="section"><h2><a id="comments_section" name="comments_section">Comments</a></h2><div class="warning"><strong>Notice:</strong><br />This is not a Q&A section. Comments placed here should be pointed towards suggestions on improving the documentation or server, and may be removed again by our moderators if they are either implemented or considered invalid/off-topic. Questions on how to manage the Apache HTTP Server should be directed at either our IRC channel, #httpd, on Freenode, or sent to our <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/lists.html">mailing lists</a>.</div> 161<script type="text/javascript"><!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- 162var comments_shortname = 'httpd'; 163var comments_identifier = 'http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_actions.html'; 164(function(w, d) { 165 if (w.location.hostname.toLowerCase() == "httpd.apache.org") { 166 d.write('<div id="comments_thread"><\/div>'); 167 var s = d.createElement('script'); 168 s.type = 'text/javascript'; 169 s.async = true; 170 s.src = 'https://comments.apache.org/show_comments.lua?site=' + comments_shortname + '&page=' + comments_identifier; 171 (d.getElementsByTagName('head')[0] || d.getElementsByTagName('body')[0]).appendChild(s); 172 } 173 else { 174 d.write('<div id="comments_thread">Comments are disabled for this page at the moment.<\/div>'); 175 } 176})(window, document); 177//--><!]]></script></div><div id="footer"> 178<p class="apache">Copyright 2014 The Apache Software Foundation.<br />Licensed under the <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0">Apache License, Version 2.0</a>.</p> 179<p class="menu"><a href="/mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="/mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="http://wiki.apache.org/httpd/FAQ">FAQ</a> | <a href="/glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="/sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p></div><script type="text/javascript"><!--//--><![CDATA[//><!-- 180if (typeof(prettyPrint) !== 'undefined') { 181 prettyPrint(); 182} 183//--><!]]></script> 184</body></html>
