>On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 04:10:03PM -0500, Kruse, Matt wrote: >> 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 >> >Ok, I'm confused: the cookies are already in the request header, >and you want to 'convert' them into a request header? > > 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
>If you're using an Apache handler, see Apache::Cookie for unpeeling >cookies. >If you're running a classic CGI program, see CGI::Cookie for unpeeling >cookies. >> This will help me simulate a Single-Sign-On situation where the >> authentication handler passes all authenticated user information to the >> resource via headers. > >When you say 'HTTP request headers', did you really mean to say 'CGI >parameters', as the CGI module uses the term? > >> Thanks! >> >> Matt Kruse Also see: Apache::FakeCookie on CPAN for testing cookies without having to load httpd. It replaces the httpd server for generating cookie responses during development and testing of Apache-perl modules Michael
