CGI question

Erik Max Francis max at alcyone.com
Tue Sep 17 14:31:34 EDT 2002


"John D. Boy" wrote:

> Now, my problem is to find out what follows behind the question mark
> in
> my CGI script. Unless the key has a value
> (http://my.domain.name/?key=value), it is not in the cgi.FieldStorage
> dictionary. Is it simply impossible, or am I not using the right
> function calls?

Try os.environ['QUERY_STRING'].

Note that this region is reserved for form submissions via GET, so if
you have any intention of having the user interact, then this isn't a
great choice of places to put it.

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