Using CGI and BOS

It’s pointless to create a completely new concept of web in bash while there are other well-known implementations, for example Bash On Steroids

Fiction supports CGI scripts and includes fiction.serveCGI function for CGI routes

Using Bash On Steroids

1. Download Bash On Steroids and example index

   wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tinoschroeter/bash_on_steroids/master/build.sh
   wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tinoschroeter/bash_on_steroids/master/index.htsh

2. Run the builder

   bash build.sh

   This should create an index.cgi file in /usr/lib/cgi-bin

3. Add CGI route

   Open your main file (index.shx by default) and add simple HTML route:

   index.shx

   fiction.serveCGI "/usr/lib/cgi-bin/index.cgi" "/cgi" "text/html"

4. Start the server

   fiction

   fiction run

   bash

   Fiction would automatically load and execute the main file with bashx

   bash index.shx

   bashx

   You can also use bashx directly to start the file

   bashx index.shx

5. Verify that it works Open your server’s URL in the browser and add /cgi to open CGI route

Using other CGI scripts

It’s pretty straightforward, make your script executable

chmod +x /path/to/script

and add route:

index.shx

FictionServeCGI "/path/to/script" "/cgi" "text/html"

For all CGI features visit FictionServeCGI