Net::FastCGI(3)

NAME
Net::FastCGI - FastCGI Toolkit

DESCRIPTION
This distribution aims to provide a complete API for working with the FastCGI protocol.

The primary goal is to provide a function oriented and object oriented API which are not tied to a specific I/O model or framework.

Secondary goal is to provide higher level tools/API which can be used for debugging and interoperability testing.

PROGRESS
The function oriented API is considered feature complete. Net::FastCGI::Protocol provides functions to build and parse all FastCGI v1.0 messages, also provided is a few convenient higher level functions such as "build_begin_request()", "build_end_request()", "parse_record()" and "dump_record()".

Work has begun on object oriented implementation and a simple blocking I/O class which is intended for testing and debugging.

PACKAGES

Net::FastCGI::Constant
    FastCGI protocol constants.

Net::FastCGI::IO
    Provides functions to read and write FastCGI messages.

Net::FastCGI::Protocol
    Provides functions to build and parse FastCGI messages.

ENVIRONMENT
Environment variable "NET_FASTCGI_PP" can be set to a true value before loading this package to disable usage of XS implementation.

PREREQUISITES

  Run-Time

perl 5.6 or greater.
Carp, core module.
Exporter, core module.

  Build-Time
In addition to Run-Time:

Test::More 0.47 or greater, core module since 5.6.2.
Test::Exception.
Test::HexString.

SEE ALSO

  Community

Official FastCGI site
    <http://www.fastcgi.com/>

  Standards

FastCGI Specification Version 1.0
    <http://www.fastcgi.com/devkit/doc/fcgi-spec.html>

RFC 3875 - The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Version 1.1
    <http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc3875>

  White papers

FastCGI: A High-Performance Web Server Interface
    <http://www.fastcgi.com/devkit/doc/fastcgi-whitepaper/fastcgi.htm>

FastCGI - The Forgotten Treasure
    <http://cryp.to/publications/fastcgi/>

  Perl implementations

AnyEvent::FCGI
    Application server implementation, built on top of AnyEvent. Supports Responder role. Capable of multiplexing.

FCGI
    Application server implementation, built on top of "libfcgi" (reference implementation). Supports all FastCGI roles. Responds to management records. Processes requests synchronously.

FCGI::Async
    Application server implementation, built on top of IO::Async. Supports Responder role. Responds to management records. Capable of multiplexing.

FCGI::Client
    Client (Web server) implementation. Supports Responder role.

FCGI::EV
    Application server implementation, built on top of EV. Supports Responder role.

Mojo::Server::FastCGI
    Application server implementation. Supports Responder role. Processes requests synchronously.

POE::Component::FastCGI
    Application server implementation, built on top of POE. Supports Responder role. Capable of multiplexing.

SUPPORT
Please report any bugs or feature requests to "bug-net-fastcgi@rt.cpan.org", or through the web interface at <http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Net-FastCGI>

AUTHOR
Christian Hansen "chansen@cpan.org"

COPYRIGHT
Copyright 2008-2010 by Christian Hansen.

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