I have a unique need purely for testing purposes. I'm not very familiar (yet) with mod_perl handlers in Apache, so I've had a rough time getting anything going.
Here is my goal:
For every request to Apache:
1. Parse the cookie coming in via the request header
2. Pull out each value (ex: NAME=bob;TITLE=boss)
3. Convert them to HTTP Request Headers
4. Pass the request on to the requested resource (a script of some sort)
So, if I have a cookie like: NAME=bob;TITLE=boss
My program would then see the following headers in the request:
HTTP_NAME=bob
HTTP_TITLE=boss
This will help me simulate a Single-Sign-On situation where the authentication handler passes all authenticated user information to the resource via headers.
Can anyone help me by either:
1. Giving an outline of what handlers I would want to use, and how I can write request headers with them
or
2. Writing some sample code :)
NOTES:
1. I'm running Apache 2.0 and mod_perl 2 right now, but I can bump it down if required
2. I've already used mod_headers to simulate this, but unfortunately that isn't dynamic enough for testing, ie, I need to change httpd.conf and re-start the server to test different header scenarios.
Thanks!
Matt Kruse
