NAME

       HTTP::Request::AsCGI - Set up a CGI environment from an HTTP::Request

VERSION

       version 1.2

SYNOPSIS

           use CGI;
           use HTTP::Request;
           use HTTP::Request::AsCGI;

           my $request = HTTP::Request->new( GET => 'http://www.host.com/' );
           my $stdout;

           {
               my $c = HTTP::Request::AsCGI->new($request)->setup;
               my $q = CGI->new;

               print $q->header,
                     $q->start_html('Hello World'),
                     $q->h1('Hello World'),
                     $q->end_html;

               $stdout = $c->stdout;

               # environment and descriptors will automatically be restored
               # when $c is destructed.
           }

           while ( my $line = $stdout->getline ) {
               print $line;
           }

DESCRIPTION

       Provides a convenient way of setting up an CGI environment from an HTTP::Request.

METHODS

       new ( $request [, key => value ] )
           Constructor.  The first argument must be a instance of HTTP::Request, followed by
           optional pairs of environment key and value.

       environment
           Returns a hashref containing the environment that will be used in setup.  Changing the
           hashref after setup has been called will have no effect.

       setup
           Sets up the environment and descriptors.

       restore
           Restores the environment and descriptors. Can only be called after setup.

       request
           Returns the request given to constructor.

       response
           Returns a HTTP::Response. Can only be called after restore.

       stdin
           Accessor for handle that will be used for STDIN, must be a real seekable handle with
           an file descriptor. Defaults to a tempoary IO::File instance.

       stdout
           Accessor for handle that will be used for STDOUT, must be a real seekable handle with
           an file descriptor. Defaults to a tempoary IO::File instance.

       stderr
           Accessor for handle that will be used for STDERR, must be a real seekable handle with
           an file descriptor.

SEE ALSO

       examples directory in this distribution.
       WWW::Mechanize::CGI
       Test::WWW::Mechanize::CGI

THANKS TO

       Thomas L. Shinnick for his valuable win32 testing.

AUTHORS

       Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com> Hans Dieter Pearcey <hdp@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       This software is copyright (c) 2010 by Christian Hansen <ch@ngmedia.com>.

       This is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as
       the Perl 5 programming language system itself.