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--><title>mod_ext_filter - Apache HTTP Server</title><link href="../style/css/manual.css" rel="stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="Main stylesheet" /><link href="../style/css/manual-loose-100pc.css" rel="alternate stylesheet" media="all" type="text/css" title="No Sidebar - Default font size" /><link href="../style/css/manual-print.css" rel="stylesheet" media="print" type="text/css" /><link href="../images/favicon.ico" rel="shortcut icon" /></head><body><div id="page-header"><p class="menu"><a href="../mod/">Modules</a> | <a href="../mod/directives.html">Directives</a> | <a href="../faq/">FAQ</a> | <a href="../glossary.html">Glossary</a> | <a href="../sitemap.html">Sitemap</a></p><p class="apache">Apache HTTP Server Version 2.0</p><img alt="" src="../images/feather.gif" /></div><div class="up"><a href="./"><img title="&lt;-" alt="&lt;-" src="../images/left.gif" /></a></div><div id="path"><a href="http://www.apache.org/">Apache</a> &gt; <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/">HTTP Server</a> &gt; <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/">Documentation</a> &gt; <a href="../">Version 2.0</a> &gt; <a href="./">Modules</a></div><div id="page-content"><div id="preamble"><h1>Apache Module mod_ext_filter</h1><table class="module"><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Description">Description:
- </a></th><td>Pass the response body
- through an external program before delivery to the
- client</td></tr><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:
+ </a></th><td>Pass the response body through an external program before
+delivery to the client</td></tr><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#Status">Status:
</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#ModuleIdentifier">Module Identifier:
</a></th><td>ext_filter_module</td></tr><tr><th><a href="module-dict.html#SourceFile">Source File:
</a></th><td>mod_ext_filter.c</td></tr></table><h3>Summary</h3>
@@ -42,128 +41,159 @@
a prototype environment for filters.</p>
</div><div id="quickview"><h3 class="directives">Directives</h3><ul id="toc"><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#extfilterdefine">ExtFilterDefine</a></li>
<li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#extfilteroptions">ExtFilterOptions</a></li>
-</ul><h3>Topics</h3><ul id="topics"><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> Examples</li></ul></div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="section"><h2>Examples</h2>
-
-<h3>Generating HTML from some other type of response</h3>
-<div class="example"><pre>
-# mod_ext_filter directive to define a filter to HTML-ize text/c files
-# using the external program /usr/bin/enscript, with the type of the
-# result set to text/html
-ExtFilterDefine c-to-html mode=output intype=text/c outtype=text/html \
- cmd="/usr/bin/enscript --color -W html -Ec -o - -"
-
-&lt;Directory "/export/home/trawick/apacheinst/htdocs/c"&gt;
-
-# core directive to cause the new filter to be run on output
-SetOutputFilter c-to-html
-
-# mod_mime directive to set the type of .c files to text/c
-AddType text/c .c
-
-# mod_ext_filter directive to set the debug level just high
-# enough to see a log message per request showing the configuration
-# in force
-ExtFilterOptions DebugLevel=1
-
-&lt;/Directory&gt;
-</pre></div>
-
-
-<h3>Implementing a content encoding filter</h3>
-<div class="example"><pre>
-# mod_ext_filter directive to define the external filter
-ExtFilterDefine gzip mode=output cmd=/bin/gzip
-
-&lt;Location /gzipped&gt;
-
-# core directive to cause the gzip filter to be run on output
-SetOutputFilter gzip
-
-# mod_header directive to add "Content-Encoding: gzip" header field
-Header set Content-Encoding gzip
-
-&lt;/Location&gt;
-</pre></div>
-
- <p>Note: this gzip example is just for the purposes of illustration.
- Please refer to <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_deflate.html">mod_deflate</a></code> for a practical
- implementation.</p>
-
-
-<h3>Slowing down the server</h3>
-<div class="example"><pre>
-# mod_ext_filter directive to define a filter which runs everything
-# through cat; cat doesn't modify anything; it just introduces extra
-# pathlength and consumes more resources
-ExtFilterDefine slowdown mode=output cmd=/bin/cat preservescontentlength
-
-&lt;Location /&gt;
-
-# core directive to cause the slowdown filter to be run several times on
-# output
-SetOutputFilter slowdown slowdown slowdown
-
-&lt;/Location&gt;
-</pre></div>
-
-
-<h3>Using sed to replace text in the response</h3>
-<div class="example"><pre>
-# mod_ext_filter directive to define a filter which replaces text in
-# the response
-ExtFilterDefine fixtext mode=output cmd="/bin/sed s/verdana/arial/g" intype=text/html
-
-&lt;Location /&gt;
-
-# core directive to cause the fixtext filter to be run on output
-# output
-SetOutputFilter fixtext
-
-&lt;/Location&gt;
-</pre></div>
-
-
-<h3>Tracing another filter</h3>
-<div class="example"><pre>
-# Trace the data read and written by mod_deflate for a particular
-# client (IP 192.168.1.31) experiencing compression problems.
-# This filter will trace what goes into mod_deflate.
-ExtFilterDefine tracebefore cmd="/bin/tracefilter.pl /tmp/tracebefore" \
- EnableEnv=trace_this_client
-# This filter will trace what goes after mod_deflate. Note that without
-# the ftype parameter, the default filter type of AP_FTYPE_RESOURCE would
-# cause the filter to be placed *before* mod_deflate in the filter
-# chain. Giving it a numeric value slightly higher than
-# AP_FTYPE_CONTENT_SET will ensure that it is placed after mod_deflate.
-ExtFilterDefine traceafter cmd="/bin/tracefilter.pl /tmp/traceafter" \
- EnableEnv=trace_this_client ftype=21
-
-&lt;Directory /usr/local/docs&gt;
- SetEnvIf Remote_Addr 192.168.1.31 trace_this_client
- SetOutputFilter tracebefore;deflate;traceafter
-&lt;/Directory&gt;
-</pre></div>
-
-<div class="example"><h3>Here is the filter which traces the data:</h3><pre>
-#!/usr/local/bin/perl -w
-
-use strict;
-
-open(SAVE, "&gt;$ARGV[0]") or die "can't open $ARGV[0]: $?";
-
-while (&lt;STDIN&gt;)
-{
- print SAVE $_;
- print $_;
-}
-
-close(SAVE);
-</pre></div>
-
-
+</ul><h3>Topics</h3><ul id="topics"><li><img alt="" src="../images/down.gif" /> <a href="#examples">Examples</a></li></ul><h3>See also</h3><ul class="seealso"><li><a href="../filter.html">The filter documentation</a></li></ul></div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="section"><h2><a name="examples" id="examples">Examples</a></h2>
+
+ <h3>Generating HTML from some other type of response</h3>
+ <div class="example"><p><code>
+ # mod_ext_filter directive to define a filter<br />
+ # to HTML-ize text/c files using the external<br />
+ # program /usr/bin/enscript, with the type of<br />
+ # the result set to text/html<br />
+ ExtFilterDefine c-to-html mode=output \<br />
+ <span class="indent">
+ intype=text/c outtype=text/html \<br />
+ cmd="/usr/bin/enscript --color -W html -Ec -o - -"<br />
+ </span>
+ <br />
+ &lt;Directory "/export/home/trawick/apacheinst/htdocs/c"&gt;<br />
+ <span class="indent">
+ # core directive to cause the new filter to<br />
+ # be run on output<br />
+ SetOutputFilter c-to-html<br />
+ <br />
+ # mod_mime directive to set the type of .c<br />
+ # files to text/c<br />
+ AddType text/c .c<br />
+ <br />
+ # mod_ext_filter directive to set the debug<br />
+ # level just high enough to see a log message<br />
+ # per request showing the configuration in force<br />
+ ExtFilterOptions DebugLevel=1<br />
+ </span>
+ &lt;/Directory&gt;
+ </code></p></div>
+
+
+ <h3>Implementing a content encoding filter</h3>
+ <p>Note: this gzip example is just for the purposes of illustration.
+ Please refer to <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_deflate.html">mod_deflate</a></code> for a practical
+ implementation.</p>
+
+ <div class="example"><p><code>
+ # mod_ext_filter directive to define the external filter<br />
+ ExtFilterDefine gzip mode=output cmd=/bin/gzip<br />
+ <br />
+ &lt;Location /gzipped&gt;<br />
+ <span class="indent">
+ # core directive to cause the gzip filter to be<br />
+ # run on output<br />
+ SetOutputFilter gzip<br />
+ <br />
+ # mod_header directive to add<br />
+ # "Content-Encoding: gzip" header field<br />
+ Header set Content-Encoding gzip<br />
+ </span>
+ &lt;/Location&gt;
+ </code></p></div>
+
+
+ <h3>Slowing down the server</h3>
+ <div class="example"><p><code>
+ # mod_ext_filter directive to define a filter<br />
+ # which runs everything through cat; cat doesn't<br />
+ # modify anything; it just introduces extra pathlength<br />
+ # and consumes more resources<br />
+ ExtFilterDefine slowdown mode=output cmd=/bin/cat \<br />
+ <span class="indent">
+ preservescontentlength<br />
+ </span>
+ <br />
+ &lt;Location /&gt;<br />
+ <span class="indent">
+ # core directive to cause the slowdown filter to<br />
+ # be run several times on output<br />
+ #<br />
+ SetOutputFilter slowdown;slowdown;slowdown<br />
+ </span>
+ &lt;/Location&gt;
+ </code></p></div>
+
+
+ <h3>Using sed to replace text in the response</h3>
+ <div class="example"><p><code>
+ # mod_ext_filter directive to define a filter which<br />
+ # replaces text in the response<br />
+ #<br />
+ ExtFilterDefine fixtext mode=output intype=text/html \<br />
+ <span class="indent">
+ cmd="/bin/sed s/verdana/arial/g"<br />
+ </span>
+ <br />
+ &lt;Location /&gt;<br />
+ <span class="indent">
+ # core directive to cause the fixtext filter to<br />
+ # be run on output<br />
+ SetOutputFilter fixtext<br />
+ </span>
+ &lt;/Location&gt;
+ </code></p></div>
+
+
+ <h3>Tracing another filter</h3>
+ <div class="example"><p><code>
+ # Trace the data read and written by mod_deflate<br />
+ # for a particular client (IP 192.168.1.31)<br />
+ # experiencing compression problems.<br />
+ # This filter will trace what goes into mod_deflate.<br />
+ ExtFilterDefine tracebefore \<br />
+ <span class="indent">
+ cmd="/bin/tracefilter.pl /tmp/tracebefore" \<br />
+ EnableEnv=trace_this_client<br />
+ </span>
+ <br />
+ # This filter will trace what goes after mod_deflate.<br />
+ # Note that without the ftype parameter, the default<br />
+ # filter type of AP_FTYPE_RESOURCE would cause the<br />
+ # filter to be placed *before* mod_deflate in the filter<br />
+ # chain. Giving it a numeric value slightly higher than<br />
+ # AP_FTYPE_CONTENT_SET will ensure that it is placed<br />
+ # after mod_deflate.<br />
+ ExtFilterDefine traceafter \<br />
+ <span class="indent">
+ cmd="/bin/tracefilter.pl /tmp/traceafter" \<br />
+ EnableEnv=trace_this_client ftype=21<br />
+ </span>
+ <br />
+ &lt;Directory /usr/local/docs&gt;<br />
+ <span class="indent">
+ SetEnvIf Remote_Addr 192.168.1.31 trace_this_client<br />
+ SetOutputFilter tracebefore;deflate;traceafter<br />
+ </span>
+ &lt;/Directory&gt;
+ </code></p></div>
+
+ <div class="example"><h3>Here is the filter which traces the data:</h3><p><code>
+ #!/usr/local/bin/perl -w<br />
+ use strict;<br />
+ <br />
+ open(SAVE, "&gt;$ARGV[0]")<br />
+ <span class="indent">
+ or die "can't open $ARGV[0]: $?";<br />
+ </span>
+ <br />
+ while (&lt;STDIN&gt;) {<br />
+ <span class="indent">
+ print SAVE $_;<br />
+ print $_;<br />
+ </span>
+ }<br />
+ <br />
+ close(SAVE);
+ </code></p></div>
+
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ExtFilterDefine" id="ExtFilterDefine">ExtFilterDefine</a> <a name="extfilterdefine" id="extfilterdefine">Directive</a></h2><table class="directive"><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:
- </a></th><td /></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:
- </a></th><td><code>ExtFilterDefine <em>filtername</em> <em>parameters</em></code></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:
+ </a></th><td>Define an external filter</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:
+ </a></th><td><code>ExtFilterDefine <var>filtername</var> <var>parameters</var></code></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:
</a></th><td>server config</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:
</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:
</a></th><td>mod_ext_filter</td></tr></table>
@@ -171,7 +201,7 @@ close(SAVE);
characteristics of an external filter, including the program to
run and its arguments.</p>
- <p><em>filtername</em> specifies the name of the filter being
+ <p><var>filtername</var> specifies the name of the filter being
defined. This name can then be used in SetOutputFilter
directives. It must be unique among all registered filters.
<em>At the present time, no error is reported by the
@@ -180,48 +210,48 @@ close(SAVE);
<p>Subsequent parameters can appear in any order and define the
external command to run and certain other characteristics. The
- only required parameter is <em>cmd=</em>. These parameters
+ only required parameter is <code>cmd=</code>. These parameters
are:</p>
<dl>
- <dt>cmd=<em>cmdline</em></dt>
+ <dt><code>cmd=<var>cmdline</var></code></dt>
<dd>The <code>cmd=</code> keyword allows you to specify the
external command to run. If there are arguments after the
program name, the command line should be surrounded in
- quotation marks (e.g., <em>cmd="/bin/mypgm arg1 arg2"</em>.
- Normal shell quoting is not necessary since the program is
- run directly, bypassing the shell. Program arguments are
- blank-delimited. A backslash can be used to escape blanks
- which should be part of a program argument. Any backslashes
- which are part of the argument must be escaped with backslash
- themselves. In addition to the standard CGI environment
+ quotation marks (<em>e.g.</em>, <code>cmd="<var>/bin/mypgm</var>
+ <var>arg1</var> <var>arg2</var>"</code>. Normal shell quoting is
+ not necessary since the program is run directly, bypassing the shell.
+ Program arguments are blank-delimited. A backslash can be used to
+ escape blanks which should be part of a program argument. Any
+ backslashes which are part of the argument must be escaped with
+ backslash themselves. In addition to the standard CGI environment
variables, DOCUMENT_URI, DOCUMENT_PATH_INFO, and
QUERY_STRING_UNESCAPED will also be set for the program.</dd>
- <dt>mode=<em>mode</em></dt>
+ <dt><code>mode=<var>mode</var></code></dt>
- <dd><em>mode</em> should be <em>output</em> for now (the
- default). In the future, <em>mode=input</em> will be used to
+ <dd><code>mode</code> should be <code>output</code> for now (the
+ default). In the future, <code>mode=input</code> will be used to
specify a filter for request bodies.</dd>
- <dt>intype=<em>imt</em></dt>
+ <dt><code>intype=<var>imt</var></code></dt>
- <dd>This parameter specifies the internet media type (i.e.,
+ <dd>This parameter specifies the internet media type (<em>i.e.</em>,
MIME type) of documents which should be filtered. By default,
all documents are filtered. If <code>intype=</code> is
specified, the filter will be disabled for documents of other
types.</dd>
- <dt>outtype=<em>imt</em></dt>
+ <dt><code>outtype=<var>imt</var></code></dt>
- <dd>This parameter specifies the internet media type (i.e.,
+ <dd>This parameter specifies the internet media type (<em>i.e.</em>,
MIME type) of filtered documents. It is useful when the
filter changes the internet media type as part of the
filtering operation. By default, the internet media type is
unchanged.</dd>
- <dt>PreservesContentLength</dt>
+ <dt><code>PreservesContentLength</code></dt>
<dd>The <code>PreservesContentLength</code> keyword specifies
that the filter preserves the content length. This is not the
@@ -229,7 +259,7 @@ close(SAVE);
event that the filter doesn't modify the length, this keyword
should be specified.</dd>
- <dt>ftype=<em>filtertype</em></dt>
+ <dt><code>ftype=<var>filtertype</var></code></dt>
<dd>This parameter specifies the numeric value for filter type
that the filter should be registered as. The default value,
@@ -239,36 +269,34 @@ close(SAVE);
the AP_FTYPE_foo definitions in util_filter.h for appropriate
values.</dd>
- <dt>disableenv=<em>env</em></dt>
+ <dt><code>disableenv=<var>env</var></code></dt>
<dd>This parameter specifies the name of an environment variable
which, if set, will disable the filter.</dd>
- <dt>enableenv=<em>env</em></dt>
+ <dt><code>enableenv=<var>env</var></code></dt>
<dd>This parameter specifies the name of an environment variable
which must be set, or the filter will be disabled.</dd>
-
</dl>
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="../images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="directive-section"><h2><a name="ExtFilterOptions" id="ExtFilterOptions">ExtFilterOptions</a> <a name="extfilteroptions" id="extfilteroptions">Directive</a></h2><table class="directive"><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Description">Description:
- </a></th><td /></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:
- </a></th><td><code>ExtFilterOptions
- <em>option</em> [<em>option</em>] ...</code></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:
+ </a></th><td>Configure mod_ext_filter options</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Syntax">Syntax:
+ </a></th><td><code>ExtFilterOptions <var>option</var> [<var>option</var>] ...</code></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Default">Default:
</a></th><td><code>ExtFilterOptions DebugLevel=0 NoLogStderr</code></td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Context">Context:
</a></th><td>directory</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Status">Status:
</a></th><td>Experimental</td></tr><tr><th><a href="directive-dict.html#Module">Module:
</a></th><td>mod_ext_filter</td></tr></table>
<p>The <code class="directive">ExtFilterOptions</code> directive specifies
- special processing options for <code>mod_ext_filter</code>.
- <em>Option</em> can be one of</p>
+ special processing options for <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ext_filter.html">mod_ext_filter</a></code>.
+ <var>Option</var> can be one of</p>
<dl>
- <dt>DebugLevel=<em>n</em></dt>
+ <dt><code>DebugLevel=<var>n</var></code></dt>
<dd>
The <code>DebugLevel</code> keyword allows you to specify
the level of debug messages generated by
- <code>mod_ext_filter</code>. By default, no debug messages
+ <code class="module"><a href="../mod/mod_ext_filter.html">mod_ext_filter</a></code>. By default, no debug messages
are generated. This is equivalent to
<code>DebugLevel=0</code>. With higher numbers, more debug
messages are generated, and server performance will be
@@ -276,12 +304,11 @@ close(SAVE);
described with the definitions of the DBGLVL_ constants
near the beginning of <code>mod_ext_filter.c</code>.
- <p>Note: The core directive LogLevel should be used to
- cause debug messages to be stored in the Apache error
- log.</p>
+ <p>Note: The core directive <code class="directive"><a href="../mod/core.html#loglevel">LogLevel</a></code> should be used to cause debug messages to
+ be stored in the Apache error log.</p>
</dd>
- <dt>LogStderr | NoLogStderr</dt>
+ <dt><code>LogStderr | NoLogStderr</code></dt>
<dd>The <code>LogStderr</code> keyword specifies that
messages written to standard error by the external filter
@@ -289,9 +316,9 @@ close(SAVE);
<code>NoLogStderr</code> disables this feature.</dd>
</dl>
-<div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
- ExtFilterOptions LogStderr DebugLevel=0
-</code></p></div>
+ <div class="example"><h3>Example</h3><p><code>
+ ExtFilterOptions LogStderr DebugLevel=0
+ </code></p></div>
<p>Messages written to the filter's standard error will be stored
in the Apache error log. No debug messages will be generated by