cgi-node
CGI-Node is designed to replace PHP on any shared web hosting site.
CGI-Node provides the ability to run JavaScript on any web server just like PHP as a CGI using Node.js.
Essentially allowing developers to use a single programming language, JavaScript, for both client and server. You can even run the same code (libraries) on the client or server, reducing development time and code base.
CGI-Node run on shared hosting sites running Apache. It can run along side PHP.
Features
- Complete and easy access to the HTTP Request:
- url: The node.js URL object.
- method: GET | POST | ...
- headers: {name: value, ...}
- cookies: {name: value, ...}
- query/forms: {fieldName: fieldValue, ....}
- POST data such as forms and files
- Complete and simple HTTP Response interface:
- headers: get/set/remove response header fields.
- cookies: full cookies support between client and server (@see sessions)
- Full server-side Session management:
- Store cookies on the server.
- Store any data that persists between every request.
- Automatic error handling and global exception handler with HTML output to browser.
Easy Setup
- Download the appropriate Node.js binary from here and copy it to your bin folder on your site.
- Download cgi-node.js from here and copy it to your cgi-bin folder on your site.
- Update the first line within cgi-node.js to point to the location of the node executable you uploaded earlier. For example:
#!/home/mysite/bin/node
- Ensure you have .htaccess file that contains the following information:
Action cgi-node /cgi-bin/cgi-node.js AddHandler cgi-node .jss
That's it!