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  *  ["Hello World!" App (6 lines of code)](/doc/trunk/docs/helloworld.md)
  *  [Introduction To Writing Wapp Applications](/doc/trunk/docs/intro.md)
  *  [Quick Reference](/doc/trunk/docs/quickref.md)
  *  [Wapp Parameters](/doc/trunk/docs/params.md)
  *  [Wapp Commands](/doc/trunk/docs/commands.md)

  *  [URL Mapping](/doc/trunk/docs/urlmapping.md)
  *  [Security Features](/doc/trunk/docs/security.md)
  *  [How To Compile wapptclsh - Or Not](/doc/trunk/docs/compiling.md)
  *  [Limitations of Wapp](/doc/trunk/docs/limitations.md)
  *  [Example Applications](/file/examples)
  *  [Real-World Uses Of Wapp](/doc/trunk/docs/usageexamples.md)
  *  [Debugging Hints](/doc/trunk/docs/debughints.md)








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  *  ["Hello World!" App (6 lines of code)](/doc/trunk/docs/helloworld.md)
  *  [Introduction To Writing Wapp Applications](/doc/trunk/docs/intro.md)
  *  [Quick Reference](/doc/trunk/docs/quickref.md)
  *  [Wapp Parameters](/doc/trunk/docs/params.md)
  *  [Wapp Commands](/doc/trunk/docs/commands.md)
  *  [CGI Parameters](/doc/trunk/docs/quickref.md#cgiparams)
  *  [URL Mapping](/doc/trunk/docs/urlmapping.md)
  *  [Security Features](/doc/trunk/docs/security.md)
  *  [How To Compile wapptclsh - Or Not](/doc/trunk/docs/compiling.md)
  *  [Limitations of Wapp](/doc/trunk/docs/limitations.md)
  *  [Example Applications](/file/examples)
  *  [Real-World Uses Of Wapp](/doc/trunk/docs/usageexamples.md)
  *  [Debugging Hints](/doc/trunk/docs/debughints.md)
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If query parameters can have side effects, then you should omit the
wapp-allow-xorigin-params call.  Only invoke wapp-allow-xorigin-params
for web pages that only query information.  Do not invoke
wapp-allow-xorigin-params on pages where the parameters can be used
to change server-side state.


3.0 CGI Parameter Details
-------------------------

The CGI parameters in Wapp describe the HTTP request that is to be answered
and the execution environment.
These parameter look like CGI environment variables.  To prevent environment
information from overlapping and overwriting query parameters, all the
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If query parameters can have side effects, then you should omit the
wapp-allow-xorigin-params call.  Only invoke wapp-allow-xorigin-params
for web pages that only query information.  Do not invoke
wapp-allow-xorigin-params on pages where the parameters can be used
to change server-side state.

<a name='cgidetail'></a>
3.0 CGI Parameter Details [(Quick reference)](quickref.md#cgiparams)
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The CGI parameters in Wapp describe the HTTP request that is to be answered
and the execution environment.
These parameter look like CGI environment variables.  To prevent environment
information from overlapping and overwriting query parameters, all the
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### 3.2 Undefined Parameters When Using SCGI on Nginx

Some of the CGI parameters are undefined by default when using CGI mode
with Nginx.  If these CGI parameters are needed by the application, then
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### 3.2 Undefined Parameters When Using SCGI on Nginx

Some of the CGI parameters are undefined by default when using CGI mode
with Nginx.  If these CGI parameters are needed by the application, then
values must be assigned in the Nginx configuration file.  For example:
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|**wapp-content-security-policy** _POLICY_|&rarr;|Set the CSP for the current page|
|**wapp-debug-env**|&rarr;|Return a text description of the Wapp environment|
|**wapp** {_TEXT_}|&rarr;|Append _TEXT_ without substitution|
|**wapp-unsafe** _TEXT_|&rarr;|Append _TEXT_ that contains nothing that needs to be escaped|


<a name="cgiparams"></a>
3.0 CGI Parameters
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|BASE\_URL|&rarr;|URL for the Wapp script without a method|
|CONTENT|&rarr;|Raw (unparsed) POST content|
|CONTENT\_LENGTH|&rarr;|Number of bytes of raw, unparsed POST content|
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|**wapp-content-security-policy** _POLICY_|&rarr;|Set the CSP for the current page|
|**wapp-debug-env**|&rarr;|Return a text description of the Wapp environment|
|**wapp** {_TEXT_}|&rarr;|Append _TEXT_ without substitution|
|**wapp-unsafe** _TEXT_|&rarr;|Append _TEXT_ that contains nothing that needs to be escaped|


<a name="cgiparams"></a>
3.0 CGI Parameters [(More detail)](params.md#cgidetail)
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|BASE\_URL|&rarr;|URL for the Wapp script without a method|
|CONTENT|&rarr;|Raw (unparsed) POST content|
|CONTENT\_LENGTH|&rarr;|Number of bytes of raw, unparsed POST content|
|CONTENT\_TYPE|&rarr;|Mimetype of the POST content|
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4.0 URL Parsing
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4.0 URL Parsing
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