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    1/*  Part of SWI-Prolog
    2
    3    Author:        Jan Wielemaker
    4    E-mail:        J.Wielemaker@vu.nl
    5    WWW:           http://www.swi-prolog.org
    6    Copyright (c)  2000-2011, University of Amsterdam
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   33*/
   34
   35:- module(cgi,
   36          [ cgi_get_form/1              % -ListOf Name(Value)
   37          ]).   38:- use_module(library(shlib)).   39
   40:- use_foreign_library(foreign(cgi), install_cgi).   41
   42/** <module> Read CGI parameters
   43
   44Below is a very simple CGI script  that prints the passed parameters. To
   45test it, compile this program using the   command below, copy it to your
   46cgi-bin directory (or make it otherwise known  as a CGI-script) and try
   47the query =|http://myhost.mydomain/cgi-bin/cgidemo?hello=world|=
   48
   49    ==
   50    % swipl -o cgidemo --goal=main --toplevel=halt -c cgidemo.pl
   51    ==
   52
   53    ==
   54    :- use_module(library(cgi)).
   55
   56    main :-
   57        set_stream(current_output, encoding(utf8)),
   58        cgi_get_form(Arguments),
   59        format('Content-type: text/html; charset=UTF-8~n~n', []),
   60        format('<html>~n', []),
   61        format('<head>~n', []),
   62        format('<title>Simple SWI-Prolog CGI script</title>~n', []),
   63        format('</head>~n~n', []),
   64        format('<body>~n', []),
   65        format('<p>', []),
   66        print_args(Arguments),
   67        format('</body>~n</html>~n', []).
   68
   69    print_args([]).
   70    print_args([A0|T]) :-
   71        A0 =.. [Name, Value],
   72        format('<b>~w</b>=<em>~w</em><br>~n', [Name, Value]),
   73        print_args(T).
   74    ==
   75*/
   76
   77%!  cgi_get_form(-Form)
   78%
   79%   Decodes standard input and the environment variables to obtain a
   80%   list of arguments passed to the  CGI script. This predicate both
   81%   deals with the CGI *GET* method as well as the *POST* method. If
   82%   the data cannot be  obtained,   an  existence_error exception is
   83%   raised.
   84%
   85%   @param Form is a list of Name(Value) terms.