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| author | Hugo van Kemenade <hugovk@users.noreply.github.com> | 2022-02-06 13:59:32 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2022-02-06 13:59:32 (GMT) |
| commit | 6c4e44ef8ab550f846ba056d4561efb8256b8eab (patch) | |
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bpo-23952: Document cgi module's maxlen variable (GH-30338)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/cgi.rst b/Doc/library/cgi.rst index c151f04..a2957ba 100644 --- a/Doc/library/cgi.rst +++ b/Doc/library/cgi.rst @@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ Support module for Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts. This module defines a number of utilities for use by CGI scripts written in Python. +The global variable ``maxlen`` can be set to an integer indicating the maximum +size of a POST request. POST requests larger than this size will result in a +:exc:`ValueError` being raised during parsing. The default value of this +variable is ``0``, meaning the request size is unlimited. + Introduction ------------ @@ -13,6 +13,11 @@ This module defines a number of utilities for use by CGI scripts written in Python. + +The global variable maxlen can be set to an integer indicating the maximum size +of a POST request. POST requests larger than this size will result in a +ValueError being raised during parsing. The default value of this variable is 0, +meaning the request size is unlimited. """ # History |