NAME
CGI::Inspect - Inspect and debug CGI apps with an in-browser UI
SYNOPSIS
use CGI;
use CGI::Inspect;
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n";
for my $i (1..10) {
print "$i cookies for me to eat...<br>";
inspect() if $i == 5;
}DESCRIPTION
This class is a drop-in web based inspector for plain CGI (or CGI-based) applications. Include the library, and then call inspect(). In your server error logs you'll see something like "Please connect to localhost:8080". When you do, you'll be greeted with an inspection UI which includes a stack trace, REPL, and other goodies.
REQUIREMENTS
To work it's magic this modules needs Continuity, Padwalker, and Data::Alias. Some plugins have additional dependencies which are not pulled in when installing from CPAN.
EXPORTED SUBS
inspect()
This starts the Continuity server and inspector on the configured port (defaulting to 8080).
METHODS
These methods are all internal. All you have to do is call inspect().
CGI::Inspect->new()
Create a new monitor object.
$self->start_inspecting
Load plugins and start inspecting!
$self->start_server
Initialize the Continuity server, and begin the run loop.
$self->display
Display the current page, based on $self->{content}
$self->request
Returns the current request obj
$self->load_plugins
Load all of our plugins.
$self->main
This is executed as the entrypoint for inspector sessions.
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR
Brock Wilcox <awwaiid@thelackthereof.org> - http://thelackthereof.org/COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 2008-2009 Brock Wilcox <awwaiid@thelackthereof.org>. All rights
reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.