Scripts located in w3m's cgi-bin directory. For security reasons, w3m can only read scripts from here and ${pkgs.w3m}/libexec/w3m/cgi-bin/ (referenceable as $LIB in w3m). The cgi-bin scripts can be written in any language and have access to the query provided to them through the QUERY_STRING environment variable. A cgi-bin script can send commands back to w3m via stdout with the form "W3m-control: ".
See https://git.sr.ht/~rkta/w3m/tree/master/item/doc/MANUAL.html for more information.
As of w3m v0.5.5, the option cgi_bin isn't defined by default. If you want to use any cgi-bin scripts in w3m then set programs.w3m.settings.cgi_bin.
Declarations
Type
attribute set of (submodule)Default
{ }Example
{
"search.cgi" = {
text = ''
#!/usr/bin/env sh
PREFIX=$(echo "$QUERY_STRING" | cut -d ':' -f1)
INPUT=$(echo "$QUERY_STRING" | cut -d ':' -f2-)
case $PREFIX in
aw) echo "W3m-control: GOTO https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php?search=$INPUT";;
ddg) echo "W3m-control: GOTO https://lite.duckduckgo.com/lite/?q=$INPUT";;
esac
echo "W3m-control: DELETE_PREVBUF"
'';
};
}