Can I call a CGI script from a servlet?

[The following example works if the script is located behind a web server (either remote, or running on the same machine). But if you're using a standalone Java web server, and want to run (e.g.) a Perl CGI, is there any way to use System.exec() to invoke the script with the correct parameters? -Alex]

Yes, you can call CGI Script from a servlet. You can write your servlet as if it is sending data from browser. (Either using POST/ GET Method)

public void doPost(HttpServletRequest request,
                      HttpServletResponse response)
        throws IOException, ServletException {

    response.setContentType("text/html");
    PrintWriter out = response.getWriter();
    try{
        // Put you URL/CGI here !!!
        URL url = new URL("http://localhost:8080/CgiRedir");
        URLConnection connection = url.openConnection();   
        connection.setDoOutput(true);
        PrintStream outStream = 
               new PrintStream(connection.getOutputStream());

        //Sending parameter to URL/CGI
        outStream.println("dataname=" 
          + URLEncoder.encode("Shirish")+"&datavalue="
          + URLEncoder.encode("Bathe"));
        //outStream.println("dataname=Shirish&datavalue=Bathe");

        outStream.flush();
        outStream.close();

        // reading from URL
        DataInputStream inStream;
        String inputLine;

         inStream = new DataInputStream(connection.getInputStream());
         while (null != (inputLine = inStream.readLine())) {
	  //System.out.println(inputLine);
                out.println(inputLine);
         }
         inStream.close();
    } catch (MalformedURLException me) {
        System.err.println("MalformedURLException: " + me);
    } catch (IOException ioe) {
        System.err.println("IOException: " + ioe);
 }

Hope this will solve your problem.