Sample CGI scripts and syntaxes

Sample syntaxes that show how to perform useful actions in CGI scripts.

nco_ping script

The following example shows the URL for the nco_ping CGI script when it is run on an event that generated from a device with the node name zen1 and the data source NCOMS. The GET query string is as follows.

selected_rows.Node=zen1&datasource=NCOMS

The following data is passed to the CGI script.

protocol://server:port/ibm/console/webtop/cgi-bin/
nco_ping.cgi?%24selected_rows.Node=zen1&datasource=NCOMS

Using values from cookies

CGI scripts can also use values from cookies that originate from the same domain as the Web GUI server. You are responsible for setting browser cookies and using cookie values correctly. To reference a value from a cookie, use the following syntax.

{%cookie.cookiename}

Where cookiename is the name of the cookie. For example, the full syntax of referencing a value from a cookie is as follows.

$(SERVER)cgi-bin/scriptname.cgi?parametername={%cookie.cookiename}

Referencing a value from an ObjectServer field

To reference a value from an ObjectServer field in a query string, use the following syntax.

{@fieldname}

Where fieldname is the name of the field.

Showing a query string

The following example shows a query string using the Node and Summary fields.

$(SERVER)cgi-bin/scriptname.cgi?node={@Node}&abstract={@Summary}

Where scriptname is the name of the CGI script.