nginx-luaRead shell command output with io.popen
server {
location / {
content_by_lua_block {
local handle = io.popen('date')
local out = handle:read("*a")
handle:close()
ngx.say(out)
}
}
}ctrl + ccontent_by_lua_blocknginx-lua module directive to specify block of Lua code | io.popenexecute specified shell command and return handle to read output |
handle:readread data from handle (command output) | handle:close()close handle |
ngx.sayoutput given text to client | |
Usage example
local handle = io.popen('date')
local out = handle:read("*a")
handle:close()
ngx.say(out)output
Tue Mar 22 16:54:33 UTC 2022
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