Python CGI

Sample code

Hello World

#!/usr/bin/python
print ("Content-type: text/html;charset=utf-8\n")
print ("Hello world!")

Dump the env!

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-

import cgi
cgi.print_environ()

Receive some text from a form

#!/usr/bin/env python
#-*- coding:utf-8 -*-

import cgitb; cgitb.enable()
import cgi

q = cgi.FieldStorage()
text = q.getvalue("text", "")
print ("Content-type: text/html;charset=utf-8\n")

# Print any received text in a purple box
print ("""<h1>Hello</h1>""")
if text:
    print ("""<div style="border: 5px solid purple">""")
    print text
    print ("""</div>""")

# Print the form
print ("""<form method="get" action="">
<textarea name="text"></textarea>
<input type="submit" />
</form>""")

CGI Module

Python has a CGI module that takes care of many things like working with values posted form a form or handling an uploaded file.

http://docs.python.org/2/library/cgi.html#module-cgi

Python CGI Checklist

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