Annoucing the Apache::No404Proxy module, which serves as 404-free
HTTP proxy server!
Note that you should be careful before really start using this...
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NAME
Apache::No404Proxy - 404 Redirecting Proxy
SYNOPSIS
# in httpd.conf
PerlTransHandler Apache::No404Proxy # default uses ::Google
DESCRIPTION
Oops, 404 Not found. But wait..., there is a Google cache!
Apache::No404Proxy serves as a proxy server, which automaticaly detects
404 responses and redirects your browser to Google cache.
Set your browser's proxy setting to Apache::No404Proxy based server, and
it becomes 404 free now!
See also the section on "RESRICTIONS FOR USE" before you use this.
SUBCLASSING
Default cache archive is Google's one. Here is how you customize this.
* Declare your URL translator class.
* Inherit from Apache::No404Proxy.
* Define "translate()" method.
That's all. Here is an example of implementation, extracted from
Apache::No404Proxy::Google.
package Apache::No404Proxy::Google;
use WWW::Cache::Google;
use base qw(Apache::No404Proxy);
sub translate {
my($class, $uri) = @_;
return WWW::Cache::Google->new($uri)->as_string;
}
Define "translate()" method as a class method. Argument $uri is a string
that represents URI.
At last, remember to add the following line to httpd.conf:
PerlTransHandler Apache::No404Proxy::Google
RESTRICTIONS FOR USE
READ THIS before you use this proxy, especially for the default Google
implementation.
This proxy may or may not break terms of service of Google. In fact,
Google prohibits *Automatic Query* without their permissions. See
http://www.google.com/terms_of_service.html for details.
Yes, this means you are recommended to contact staff at Google,
otherwise your IP address would be blacklisted from Google :( The one
you should get contact with is Ray Sidney, whose email addy is
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Thanks to Ray for his kindness.
AUTHOR
Tastuhiko Miyagawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
under the same terms as Perl itself.
This module comes WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.
SEE ALSO
the Apache::ProxyPassThru manpage, the LWP::UserAgent manpage, the
Apache::No404Proxy::Google manpage
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Tatsuhiko Miyagawa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
