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RFC 3875
The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) Version 1.1,October 2004
- File formats:
- Status:
- INFORMATIONAL
- Authors:
- D. Robinson
K. Coar - Stream:
- INDEPENDENT
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC3875
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Abstract
The Common Gateway Interface (CGI) is a simple interface for running external programs, software or gateways under an information server in a platform-independent manner. Currently, the supported information servers are HTTP servers.
The interface has been in use by the World-Wide Web (WWW) since 1993. This specification defines the 'current practice' parameters of the 'CGI/1.1' interface developed and documented at the U.S. National Centre for Supercomputing Applications. This document also defines the use of the CGI/1.1 interface on UNIX(R) and other, similar systems. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.