### Apache HTTP Server Version 1.3

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# Module mod_actions

This module provides for executing CGI scripts based on media type or request method.

Status: Base
Source File: mod_actions.c
Module Identifier: action_module
Compatibility: Available in Apache 1.1 and later.

## Summary

This module has two directives. The Action directive lets you run CGI scripts whenever a file of a certain type is requested. The Script directive lets you run CGI scripts whenever a particular method is used in a request. This makes it much easier to execute scripts that process files.

## Directives

- Action
- Script

## Action directive

Syntax: Action action-type cgi-script
Context: server config, virtual host, directory, .htaccess
Override: FileInfo
Status: Base
Module: mod_actions
Compatibility: Action is only available in Apache 1.1 and later

This directive adds an action, which will activate cgi-script when action-type is triggered by the request. The cgi-script is the URL-path to a resource that has been configured as a CGI script using `ScriptAlias` or `AddHandler`. The action-type can be either a handler or a MIME content type. It sends the URL and file path of the requested document using the standard CGI PATH_INFO and PATH_TRANSLATED environment variables.

Examples:

        # Requests for files of a particular type:
        Action image/gif /cgi-bin/images.cgi

        # Files of a particular file extension
        AddHandler my-file-type .xyz
        Action my-file-type /cgi-bin/program.cgi

In the first example, requests for files with a MIME content type of `image/gif` will instead be handled by the specified cgi script `/cgi-bin/images.cgi`.

In the second example, requests for files with a file extension of `.xyz` are handled instead by the specified cgi script `/cgi-bin/program.cgi`.

See also: AddHandler

## Script directive

Syntax: Script method cgi-script
Context: server config, virtual host, directory
Status: Base
Module: mod_actions
Compatibility: Script is only available in Apache 1.1 and later; arbitrary method use is only available with 1.3.10 and later

This directive adds an action, which will activate cgi-script when a file is requested using the method of method. The cgi-script is the URL-path to a resource that has been configured as a CGI script using `ScriptAlias` or `AddHandler`. The URL and file path of the requested document is sent using the standard CGI PATH_INFO and PATH_TRANSLATED environment variables.

> Prior to Apache 1.3.10, method can only be one of `GET`, `POST`, `PUT`, or `DELETE`. As of 1.3.10, any arbitrary method name may be used. Method names are case-sensitive, so `Script PUT` and `Script put` have two entirely different effects.

Note that the Script command defines default actions only. If a CGI script is called, or some other resource that is capable of handling the requested method internally, it will do so. Also note that Script with a method of `GET` will only be called if there are query arguments present (e.g., foo.html?hi). Otherwise, the request will proceed normally.

Examples:

        # For <ISINDEX>-style searching
        Script GET /cgi-bin/search
        # A CGI PUT handler
        Script PUT /~bob/put.cgi

### Apache HTTP Server Version 1.3