Help me with CGI/Perl

Greg · 06-25-2007, 07:49 AM

I'm trying to write a CGI script that will generate an HTML file showing what is playing in my media player, Amarok. The command that outputs the artist and title is:

Code:

echo `dcop amarok player nowPlaying`

but when I include it in the CGI script it is just blank. The "date" command, however, works like a charm. When you load the page it will tell you the current time and date in bold, just like it should. Here is the current script with the working date command:

Code:

#!/usr/bin/perl
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
print "<html><head>\n";
print "<title>Test</title></head>\n";
print "<body>\n";
print "<b>";
print `date`;
print "</b>\n";
print "</body></html>\n";

Now how do I get it to work with the other command? Keep in mind I know basically nothing about Perl.

Oh, and when I just run the script from the command line it works fine as well. Here is what it gives me:

Code:

greg@Carl:~/apache/nowplaying$ perl playing.pl
Content-type: text/html

<html><head>
<title>Test</title></head>
<body>
<b>The Flaming Lips - Superhumans
</b>
</body></html>
greg@Carl:~/apache/nowplaying$

Thanks in advance for any help, and sorry for this crappy post. It's late and I'm tired.

Greg · 06-26-2007, 10:47 AM

Nevermind. I just ended up writing an Amarok script. Here is the result:

http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/8245/screeniean9.png

Simple, but it does exactly what I want it to do.

06-25-2007, 07:49 AM	#1 (permalink)
Greg Indeed. Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,457	Help me with CGI/Perl I'm trying to write a CGI script that will generate an HTML file showing what is playing in my media player, Amarok. The command that outputs the artist and title is: Code: echo `dcop amarok player nowPlaying` but when I include it in the CGI script it is just blank. The "date" command, however, works like a charm. When you load the page it will tell you the current time and date in bold, just like it should. Here is the current script with the working date command: Code: #!/usr/bin/perl print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"; print "<html><head>\n"; print "<title>Test</title></head>\n"; print "<body>\n"; print "<b>"; print `date`; print "</b>\n"; print "</body></html>\n"; Now how do I get it to work with the other command? Keep in mind I know basically nothing about Perl. Oh, and when I just run the script from the command line it works fine as well. Here is what it gives me: Code: greg@Carl:~/apache/nowplaying$ perl playing.pl Content-type: text/html <html><head> <title>Test</title></head> <body> <b>The Flaming Lips - Superhumans </b> </body></html> greg@Carl:~/apache/nowplaying$ Thanks in advance for any help, and sorry for this crappy post. It's late and I'm tired. __________________

06-26-2007, 10:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
Greg Indeed. Join Date: Dec 2004 Posts: 1,457	Re: Help me with CGI/Perl Nevermind. I just ended up writing an Amarok script. Here is the result: http://img243.imageshack.us/img243/8245/screeniean9.png Simple, but it does exactly what I want it to do. __________________

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