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--><title>mod_actions - Apache HTTP Server</title><link href="/style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" /><link href="/style/css/manual-loose-100pc.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="No Sidebar - Default font size" /><link href="/style/css/manual-print.css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" /><link href="/images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /></head><body><div id="page-header"><p class="menu"><a href="/mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="/mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="/faq/">FAQ</a> | <a href="/glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="/sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p><p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0</p><img alt="" src="/images/feather.gif" /></div><div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="<-" alt="<-" src="/images/left.gif" /></a></div><div id="path"><a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> > <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/">Documentation</a> > <a href="../">Version 2.0</a> > <a href="./">Modules</a></div><div id="page-content"><div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_actions</h1><table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:
</a></th><td>This module provides for executing CGI scripts based on
<p>This module has two directives. The <code class="directive"><a href="#action">Action</a></code> directive lets you run CGI
scripts whenever a file of a certain type is requested. The
<code class="directive"><a href="#script">Script</a></code> directive lets
you run CGI scripts whenever a particular method is used in a
request. This makes it much easier to execute scripts that process
files.</p>
</div><div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="/images/down.gif" /> <a href="#action">Action</a></li>
</ul><h3>See also</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><code class="module"><a href="/mod/mod_cgi.html">mod_cgi</a></code></li><li><a href="/howto/cgi.html">Dynamic Content with CGI</a></li><li><a href="/handler.html">Apache's Handler Use</a></li></ul></div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="/images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Action" id="Action">Action</a> <a name="action" id="action">Directive</a></h2><table class="directive"><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:
</a></th><td>Activates a CGI script for a particular handler or
</a></th><td><code>Action <var>action-type</var> <var>cgi-script</var></code></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:
</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Override">Override:
</a></th><td>mod_actions</td></tr></table>
<p>This directive adds an action, which will activate
<var>cgi-script</var> when <var>action-type</var> is triggered by the
request. The <var>cgi-script</var> is the URL-path to a 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
<var>action-type</var> can be either a <a href="/handler.html">handler</a> or a MIME content type. It
sends the URL and file path of the requested document using the
standard CGI PATH_INFO and PATH_TRANSLATED environment
variables.</p>
<div class="example"><h3>Examples</h3><p><code>
# Requests for files of a particular type:<br />
<br />
# Files of a particular file extension<br />
AddHandler my-file-type .xyz<br />
</code></p></div>
<p>In the first example, requests for files with a MIME content
<p>In the second example, requests for files with a file extension of
<code>.xyz</code> are handled instead by the specified cgi script
<h3>See also</h3><ul><li><code class="directive"><a href="/mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code></li></ul></div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="/images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="Script" id="Script">Script</a> <a name="script" id="script">Directive</a></h2><table class="directive"><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:
</a></th><td>Activates a CGI script for a particular request
</a></th><td><code>Script <var>method</var> <var>cgi-script</var></code></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:
</a></th><td>server config, virtual host, directory</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:
</a></th><td>mod_actions</td></tr></table>
<p>This directive adds an action, which will activate
<var>cgi-script</var> when a file is requested using the method of
<var>method</var>. The <var>cgi-script</var> is the URL-path to a
resource that has been designated as a CGI script using <code class="directive"><a href="/mod/mod_alias.html#scriptaliase">ScriptAliase</a></code> or <code class="directive"><a href="/mod/mod_mime.html#addhandler">AddHandler</a></code>. The URL and
file path of the requested document is sent using the standard CGI
PATH_INFO and PATH_TRANSLATED environment variables.</p>
<div class="note">
Any arbitrary method name may be used. <strong>Method names are
case-sensitive</strong>, so <code>Script PUT</code> and
<code>Script put</code> have two entirely different
effects.
</div>
<p>Note that the Script command defines default actions only.
If a CGI script is called, or some other resource that is
capable of handling the requested method internally, it will do
so. Also note that Script with a method of <code>GET</code>
will only be called if there are query arguments present
proceed normally.</p>
<div class="example"><h3>Examples</h3><p><code>
# For <ISINDEX>-style searching<br />
<br />
# A CGI PUT handler<br />
</code></p></div>
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