is a java script a cgi script?

**pierre_labeguerie** · 10-08-2009

Hi,

one application I have to develop is to use cgi scripts in a web page. I've found shell script as examples of cgi scripts. But I have also find javascript integrated in html files.

So my question is "are javascript considered as cgi scripts or is it really different?"

thanks for reply and sorry for my unknowledge but I am a newbie in all this html stuff...

Pierre LABEGUERIE ESECO SYSTEMS.fr Web3.0 and Web4.0 appliances for videosurveillance, security and risk protection ESECO SYSTEMS

**GNU-Fan** · 10-08-2009

JavaScript is executed by the browser, on the client computer that is.
CGI is an interface which calls applications for execution on the server.

So they are not similar. Both methods work independently but can also be employed complementary.

**pierre_labeguerie** · 10-08-2009

So is this kind of linked scripts possibles?:

one html file like this one:

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE = "JavaScript">
function bouton()
{
alert("you've just clic")
}
</SCRIPT>
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE> TEST </TITLE>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<form method="GET" action="../usrcgi/hello.cgi" >
</form>
<h1> TEST </h1>
<INPUT type="button" value="clic" onClick="javascript:bouton()">
</BODY>
</HTML>

the (bonjour) cgi file being something like this:

#!/bin/sh

echo "Content-Type: text/plain"
echo "hello"

Pierre LABEGUERIE ESECO SYSTEMS.fr Web3.0 and Web4.0 appliances for videosurveillance, security and risk protection

**GNU-Fan** · 10-08-2009

Yes, it is.

**Rubberman** · 10-08-2009

Any programming language that can be executed directly and that obeys the rules for argument lists for CGI can be used for CGI. IE, most any shell or scripting language (perl, python, bash, etc) or compiled program (C, C++, Java, etc) can be used for CGI interfaces from your web server.

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