session information in cgi scripts

[robin]

James Gregory <james at anchor.net.au> wrote:

>Simple qn: Is there a module that implements session data? Or rather,
>what is the module that implements session data? I'm using python as a
>CGI so storing stuff in my own webserver isn't really an option. I
>looked on http://python.org/doc/current/modindex.html and nothing leapt
>out at me.

You could try my Wasp:
http://www.execulink.com/~robin/wasp/readme.html

It has a session module that stores info server-side in a regular
pickle file, keyed to a cookie id. Expiry time, etc. can be set and
the programmer can store arbitrary data in the session.

-- robin