How do I access the HTTP Header of request in a CGI script?

Question

I\'ve used Perl a bit for small applications and test code, but I\'m new to networking and CGI.

I get how to make the header of a request (using CGI.pm and printing

Answer 1

They're supplied as environment variables, such as

HTTP_HEADERATTRIBUTE=value

You may have to do something to configure your web server to supply such a variable, though.