[server question] What can be done with server side scripting?

[Frank Jüdes]

I assume you mean the Gemini equivalent of CGI scripts?

Well you can do almost the same things that you can do with CGI in the WWW! - Just a little less fancier and more focused on content than visual effects. Some examples from my server:

 * Linux man-pages and Perl documentation:
   gemini://h2903872.stratoserver.net/OnlineDoc.gmi
 * Ascii-"Art" with the figlet and the boxes program and other tools:
   gemini://h2903872.stratoserver.net/DevToolBox.gmi
 * You can capture the output of any command line tool and print it as
   a gmi document, see  my lab-page:
   gemini://h2903872.stratoserver.net/CGI-test.gmi

I hope that helps.

Best regards from Charleston (WV),
     Frank/2

On 2021-06-04 22:39, Andrew Singleton wrote:
> I suppose I should come up with a use case I want and then ask if they can be done we I really don't feel in my depth on technical aspects.
>
> I just know serve scripts are possible, but I don't know what is realistically doable and it of that what actually works within the protocol's strengths.
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