---
name: "HTTP::Server::Simple::CGI"
section: "3pm"
platform: "linux"
package: "perl-http-server-simple"
version: "0.52-6"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/HTTP::Server::Simple::CGI"
---

# HTTP::Server::Simple::CGI(3pm)

CGI.pm-style version of HTTP::Server::Simple

## NAME

HTTP::Server::Simple::CGI - CGI.pm-style version of HTTP::Server::Simple

## DESCRIPTION

HTTP::Server::Simple was already simple, but some smart-ass pointed out that there is no CGI in HTTP, and so this module was born to isolate the CGI.pm-related parts of this handler.

### accept\_hook

The accept\_hook in this sub-class clears the environment to the start-up state.

### post\_setup\_hook

Initializes the global CGI object, as well as other environment settings.

### cgi\_class \[Classname\]

Gets or sets the class to use for creating the `$cgi` object passed to `"handle_request"`.

Called with a single argument, it sets the coderef. Called with no arguments,  it returns this field's current value.

To provide an initialization subroutine to be run in the post\_setup\_hook,  see "cgi\_init".

e.g.

```
    $server->cgi_class('CGI');
    $server->cgi_init(sub {
        require CGI;
        CGI::initialize_globals();
    });
```

or, if you want to use CGI::Simple,

```
    $server->cgi_class('CGI::Simple');
    $server->cgi_init(sub {
        require CGI::Simple;
    });
```

### cgi\_init \[CODEREF\]

A coderef to run in the post\_setup\_hook.

Called with a single argument, it sets the coderef. Called with no arguments,  it returns this field's current value.

### setup

This method sets up CGI environment variables based on various meta-headers, like the protocol, remote host name, request path, etc.

See the docs in HTTP::Server::Simple for more detail.

### handle\_request CGI

This routine is called whenever your server gets a request it can handle.

It's called with a CGI object that's been pre-initialized. You want to override this method in your subclass

### handler

Handler implemented as part of HTTP::Server::Simple API