Passing variable to python from a url

[William Park]

On Thu, Dec 09, 1999 at 02:19:57PM -0500, Tekhir wrote:
> I think I'm pretty good with python now, not a master but i can do most of the
> stuff I want without looking for help now.  But one thing I do need help on is
> passing a variable in a url like so "script.py?variable=1"  Is there a way to do
> this in python and can someone point me to an example or the library needed for
> this.
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Jeremy "Tekhir" Misavage
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That's GET method of CGI.  Read 'cgi.py' module in the standard
documentation.