Perl is an excellent language for writing web-based CGI scripts. The majority of

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Perl is an excellent language for writing web-based CGI scripts. The majority of the CGI scripts on the web are written in Perl. Because this is such a popular application for the language, the module CGI is included to give you a very accessible interface for writing CGI scripts.

The Common Gateway Interface, or CGI, is the protocol that defines how data is passed to web servers and how forms are processed by web servers.

The form that sends the data is defined in HTML, with action and method defined. The HTML itself is not necessarily CGI; it could be a plain HTML web page. The URL to the CGI script is defined in the action parameter, and the method specifies whether a GET or POST is to be used by the browser to send the data to the server.

In this Lab Activity, you are to develop a Perl CGI script that takes a .automation file from the server, parses it and displays in a form on a browser; then updates the .automation file with any change made to the form from the client browser.

So you should first develop an HTML form that matches the data from the file. Be sure to check boxes and/or drop boxes for fields with know values such as “true” or “false”; and be sure to set the default values.

.automation file

[customer]
id=306
ASU Foundation Parent
[options]
sftp_username=asu-sftp
sftp_path=asu-sftp/home/asu-sftp/inbound
batch_file_frequency=30
batch_file_namespec=^.*_To_IA_(CAD|FULL|TEST)_.*$
batch_email_file_receipt=eLinksSupport@asu.edu,ops@ia.com
batch_email_general_error=ops@ia.com
batch_email_file_failure=ops@ia.com
batch_email_file_being_processed=ops@ia.com
batch_email_file_successfull=ops@ia.com
batch_additional_email_file_successfull=ops@ia.com
Do you wish to use default account type overriding old logic (true/false)? false (default)
sftp_whitelist_IPs_(comma delimited): 277.111.15.10,92.72.10.10
API_whitelist_IPs_(comma delimited):

Note: All email fields can take multiple, comma delimited email addresses

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