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Re: "CGI: I am interested in CGI tutorials for Gemini..."
First, get an account with CGI privileges. There is not much to CGI: your script is invoked with a few environment variables set. You can read them, then generate a gemini-legal response. For instance, this script will dump the environment for your perusal:
— stack.tilde.cafe/cgi-bin/env.sh
The script executed is:
#!/bin/sh printf "20 text/gemini\r\n" printenv
Mar 27 · 9 months ago
🚀 stack · 2024-03-27 at 03:00:
Sorry, the correct URL for the env.sh script is:
— tilde.cafe/~stack/cgi_bin/env.sh
🚀 stack · 2024-03-27 at 03:05:
If you hit that script with a client certificate attached, you will see the certificate info as well! That is how you can track sessions or whatever.
🐝 mifuyne · 2024-03-27 at 03:53:
That's neat! Thanks for this 🙂 I've been pondering making a CGI script too so being able to peek behind the curtains like this helps.
🍀 gritty · 2024-03-27 at 23:57:
i have some examples on my HOWTO
🐐 satch · 2024-03-28 at 02:19:
See the Skylab misfin client source for a pretty complex CGI gemini application:
🚀 mimas2AC [OP] · 2024-03-28 at 14:02:
Thanks for the tip to look around on GitHub, Sourcehut or similar for Gemini CGI scripts applications. I didn't have that on my screen. Thanks for that
🚀 stack · 2024-03-28 at 17:01:
The main differences between Gemini and http cgis are:
Keeping that in mind, any cgi tutorial is useful (not just gemini)
🐧 pytat0 · 2024-04-17 at 11:33:
— https://youtu.be/9Anh0sNUCY4?feature=shared
— https://youtu.be/33IYTFoeOrc?feature=shared
CGI: I am interested in CGI tutorials for Gemini applications. I have basic knowledge but need some best practice tutorials. maybe to get more insights on common pitfalls. would be very interested in getting some hints. thankx