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vasanthz

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 3:53 am
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Hi,

I am trying to write a sample Hello World REXX CGI script on Apache server(z/OS).
tried running,
Code:
Command ===>                                 
********************************* Top of Data *
/*rexx*/                                       
say "Content-type: text/html\n\n";             
say "Hello, World.";                           
exit                                           
******************************** Bottom of Data

By executing the URL https://server/cgi-bin/foo.rx
But got the error,
Code:
malformed header from script 'foo.rx': Bad header: Hello, World.

I tried googling "REXX CGI" and all the information on the pages just goes over my head.
I was unable to find a good tutorial for dummies.

Please help.

Vasanth.S
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Robert Sample

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 4:27 am
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I am by no means an expert in REXX nor CGI but try this:
Code:
/*rexx*/                                       
say "Content-type: text/html\n\n";             
say " ";
say "<h1>Hello, World.</h1>";                           
exit
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vasanthz

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:49 pm
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Robert, Thanks for your response.
With your program, I get the below error
Code:
malformed header from script 'foo.rx': Bad header:   

Without the spaces, it was complaining about the Hello earlier

From USS, I am able to put an X(execute) infront of the script and it works ok. But when we invoke it from Web browser I get this error.
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Robert Sample

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PostPosted: Fri Jul 13, 2018 9:51 pm
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Hmmmm ... try taking the SAY " "; out, then.
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vasanthz

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PostPosted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 4:24 am
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Finally got it working, I am elated :-)

The space was getting messed up in the conversion from USS file to the server.

I had to use
Say "";
instead of
Say " ";

This works
Code:
/* REXX */                   
Say 'Content-type: text/html';
Say '';                    <-- the tiny detail causing the issue.                       
Say "<h1>It works :-)</h1>";


Regards,
Vasanth.S
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