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GET POST in Perl - Exercise
Test POST and GET
Take the formtest.cgi program from the previous lesson and make it work with either the
POST
or
GET
method. (You can download this file from the course Resources page.) Be sure to test it both ways.
Chapter 3 in
The CGI Book
contains a detailed description of the GET and POST methods. Paste your source code below and click the
Submit
button when you are finished.
In Perl, the (CGI) is a protocol which defines the interaction of web servers with an executable program in order to produce dynamic web pages. CGI enables the web server to send information to the program and the program then sends the information back to the web server which in turn can be sent back to the browser. GET and POST are not interchangeable and both of these types represent different operations. Proxy servers may cache the output of GET requests. GET method is the default method for all web request to pass the information from browser to the web server and it also creates a long string that shows up in the browserâs URL box. It sends the encrypted user information attached to the page request.