cgi.FieldStorage() not working on Windows

[arorap]

OOps .. yes I mean mod_python. I've been using PHP way too long :P ..
hence the typo


On Jun 13, 4:01 am, Graham Dumpleton <Graham.Dumple... at gmail.com>
wrote:
> On Jun 13, 12:58 pm,arorap<aro... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks for your reply.
>
> > The reason I want to run it as CGI (even though mod_php is available
> > on my local computer
>
> Why do you keep mentioning mod_php, surely you mean mod_python.
>
> > is that the target machine to which I will
> > finally be uploading my scripts runs CGI.
>
> > cgihandler should work just like CGI.
>
> I wouldn't rely on it being exactly the same. The way it works uses a
> number of kludges. Also, the mod_python.cgihandler code in mod_python
> doesn't really get much attention from mod_python developers anymore
> and not sure if it was even specifically retested when mod_python 3.3
> was released.
>
> > Any clue why the
> > cgi.FieldStorage()might not be working ?
>
> Have no idea why it doesn't work as works as written on MacOS X even
> when mod_python.cgihandler is used.
>
> You'll have to get someone else who has Windows to try it. You might
> be better off going to the mod_python mailing list to get help, or
> just use plain old CGI instead since using mod_python isn't really
> going to gain you much anyway.
>
> Graham
>
>
>
> > On Jun 12, 7:59 pm, Graham Dumpleton <Graham.Dumple... at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
>
> > > On Jun 13, 1:17 am,arorap<aro... at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > > > I've mod_php installed with Apache 2.2. In one of my folders, I'm
> > > > using the cgihandler as the PythonHandler as my target host runs
> > > > python only as CGI. Here cgi.FieldStorage() doesn't seem to work. I
> > > > can see the form data in sys.stdin but cgi.FieldStorage() returns an
> > > > empty dictionary. Here's the code for the test script I am posting to
> > > > -
>
> > > > --
> > > > #!/usr/bin/python
>
> > > > import os
> > > > import cgi
> > > > import sys
>
> > > > print "Content Type: text/plain\n\n"
> > > > print "Hello CGI World !\n"
>
> > > > for key in os.environ:
> > > >   print key + "= " + os.environ[key]
>
> > > > print cgi.FieldStorage()
>
> > > > print sys.stdin.read()
> > > > --
>
> > > > And here's the output I see ..
>
> > > > --
> > > > Hello CGI World !
>
> > > > HTTP_REFERER=http://learnpython/form.htm
> > > > SERVER_SOFTWARE= Apache/2.2.4 (Win32)mod_python/3.3.1 Python/2.5.1
> > > > SCRIPT_NAME= /mptest.py
> > > > SERVER_SIGNATURE=
> > > > REQUEST_METHOD= POST
> > > > SERVER_PROTOCOL= HTTP/1.1
> > > > QUERY_STRING= abc=ayz
> > > > PATH= C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer;;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:
> > > > \WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;q:\bin;m:\cm\clearcase\bin;M:\PERL\NT
> > > > \EXEC\BIN;m:\cm\clearcase\bin\nt;M:\Perl\NT\EXEC\BIN;m:\perl\nt\exec
> > > > \bin;m:\cm\clearcase\utils;q:\bin;m:\opus;m:\tvcs;C:\highc331\bin;C:
> > > > \Program Files\Rational\ClearCase\bin;C:\Program Files\Rational\common
> > > > CONTENT_LENGTH= 86
> > > > HTTP_USER_AGENT= Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows NT 5.1;
> > > > SV1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727)
> > > > HTTP_CONNECTION= Keep-Alive
> > > > SERVER_NAME= learnpython
> > > > REMOTE_ADDR= 127.0.0.1
> > > > PATHEXT= .COM;.EXE;.BAT;.CMD;.VBS;.VBE;.JS;.JSE;.WSF;.WSH
> > > > SERVER_PORT= 80
> > > > SERVER_ADDR= 127.0.0.1
> > > > DOCUMENT_ROOT= D:/Projects/LearnPython/www
> > > > COMSPEC= C:\WINDOWS\system32\cmd.exe
> > > > SCRIPT_FILENAME= D:/Projects/LearnPython/www/mptest.py
> > > > SERVER_ADMIN= puneet.ar... at tekelec.com
> > > > HTTP_HOST= learnpython
> > > > SystemRoot= C:\WINDOWS
> > > > HTTP_CACHE_CONTROL= no-cache
> > > > REQUEST_URI= /mptest.py?abc=ayz
> > > > HTTP_ACCEPT= */*
> > > > WINDIR= C:\WINDOWS
> > > > GATEWAY_INTERFACE= Python-CGI/1.1
> > > > REMOTE_PORT= 1081
> > > > HTTP_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE= en-us
> > > > CONTENT_TYPE= application/x-www-form-urlencoded
> > > > HTTP_ACCEPT_ENCODING= gzip, deflate
>
> > > > FieldStorage(None, None, [])
>
> > > > firstName=puneet&address=hawaii
> > > > --
>
> > > > I am posting to this script using a form with two text fields named
> > > > firstName and address.
>
> > > > any clue where am I going wrong ?
>
> > > You don't need mod_python/cgihandler to run CGI scripts. Rather than
> > > bring mod_python into the picture and confuse things, set up Apache to
> > > run your script as a traditional CGI script instead.
>
> > > BTW, the fact that mod_python is loaded means that CGI scripts aren't
> > > the only way of using Python available to you as you seem to think.
> > > So, suggest you do some research as to what the differences are
> > > between CGI and mod_python.- Hide quoted text -
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