Calling CGI-Script from Apple script

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#1

Hi All,
I am new to apple script i want to call a CGI-SCript in applescript and get its return value for e.g
https://www.test.com/cgi-bin/get_location?user=xyz this will return a value which i have to capture in a variable and process it.Please help me out ,a early solution will be very much appreciated.

Thanks in advance.
Regards
Suresh

#2

Hi,

What happens if you do something like this:

tell application “Safari”
open location “https://www.test.com/cgi-bin/get_location?user=xyz”
set t to text of front document
end tell
return t

gl,

#3

Hi,
Thank you very much for the reply.In my case i dont want the browser to open,i want the script to get processed in the background and return the result alone.
Please help me out.Thanks in advance.
Regards
Suresh

#4

This runs the test-cgi here:

set lib_ref to (path to “dlib” from local domain)
set lib_path to POSIX path of lib_ref
set script_ref to quoted form of (lib_path & “WebServer/CGI-Executables/test-cgi”)
do shell script script_ref

I don’t know how you would add those parameters.

gl,

#5

Or like this:

do shell script “‘/Library/WebServer/CGI-Executables/test-cgi’”

Might be less confusing.

gl,

#6

I think you can do it using “curl”. Ie:

set var to (do shell script "curl 'https://www.test.com/cgi-bin/get_location?user=xyz'")