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How do I use google API within perl CGI script?

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Just ignore the CGI documentation and print your own HTML head section with the <script> section.

By the way, the header function in CGI prints the HTTP header, not the HTML header. The html header is produced by a function start_html. But you do not need to use CGI's built-in function. CGI output is supposed to look like the following (without the # parts):

Content-Type: text/html                   # HTTP HEADER

<html>                                    # HTML HEADER
<head>
<script type="text/javascript">           # JavaScript
...
</script>
</head>
...

Snake Plissken 2010-06-11 22:51:01

Should I use the other functions in the CGI module or just write out everything myself? Seems like the CGI module is just getting in the way.

stephenmm 2010-06-11 23:29:31

@stephenmm: I wouldn't recommend using the HTML generation routines in CGI.pm. If you have a lot of HTML generation to do, think about using the Template Toolkit (Template module). Otherwise, just use print statements and heredocs.

Snake Plissken 2010-06-11 23:36:23

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