cgi script: get the url of this page

[Matt Price]

On Tue, Aug 10, 2004 at 12:43:03AM +0200, Peter van Kampen wrote:

> > is there a standard trick to get the url of the current page in a cgi
> 
> import os
> 
> script = os.environ["SCRIPT_FILENAME"]
great, thanks for the hint.  tho I think "script_filename" gives the
file name, not the internet url -- for that REQUEST_URI seems to be
better.  This is great, thanks!

> > script, or the url from which form data has been passed??  I want to
> 
> Hmm. You can try HTTP_REFERER but it depends on several things (browser,
> server, cgi-implementation etc.) wether this reports something useful or
> not. It is probably more reliably to check REMOTE_ADDR if that would provide
> enough information.
hmm, REMOTE_ADDR doesn't seem to show up mosto f the time;
HTTP_REFERRER works great, though, long as the fom isn't sent to the
page it came from...  

thanks much!
matt

> 
> Hth,
> 
> PterK
> 

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