tag, use urllib.quote().
Caring about security
---------------------
There's one important rule: if you invoke an external program (e.g.
via the os.system() or os.popen() functions), make very sure you don't
pass arbitrary strings received from the client to the shell. This is
a well-known security hole whereby clever hackers anywhere on the web
can exploit a gullible CGI script to invoke arbitrary shell commands.
Even parts of the URL or field names cannot be trusted, since the
request doesn't have to come from your form!
To be on the safe side, if you must pass a string gotten from a form
to a shell command, you should make sure the string contains only
alphanumeric characters, dashes, underscores, and periods.
Installing your CGI script on a Unix system
-------------------------------------------
Read the documentation for your HTTP server and check with your local
system administrator to find the directory where CGI scripts should be
installed; usually this is in a directory cgi-bin in the server tree.
Make sure that your script is readable and executable by "others"; the
Unix file mode should be 755 (use "chmod 755 filename"). Make sure
that the first line of the script contains "#!" starting in column 1
followed by the pathname of the Python interpreter, for instance:
#!/usr/local/bin/python
Make sure the Python interpreter exists and is executable by "others".
Make sure that any files your script needs to read or write are
readable or writable, respectively, by "others" -- their mode should
be 644 for readable and 666 for writable. This is because, for
security reasons, the HTTP server executes your script as user
"nobody", without any special privileges. It can only read (write,
execute) files that everybody can read (write, execute). The current
directory at execution time is also different (it is usually the
server's cgi-bin directory) and the set of environment variables is
also different from what you get at login. in particular, don't count
on the shell's search path for executables ($PATH) or the Python
module search path ($PYTHONPATH) to be set to anything interesting.
If you need to load modules from a directory which is not on Python's
default module search path, you can change the path in your script,
before importing other modules, e.g.:
import sys
sys.path.insert(0, "/usr/home/joe/lib/python")
sys.path.insert(0, "/usr/local/lib/python")
(This way, the directory inserted last will be searched first!)
Instructions for non-Unix systems will vary; check your HTTP server's
documentation (it will usually have a section on CGI scripts).
Testing your CGI script
-----------------------
Unfortunately, a CGI script will generally not run when you try it
from the command line, and a script that works perfectly from the
command line may fail mysteriously when run from the server. There's
one reason why you should still test your script from the command
line: if it contains a syntax error, the python interpreter won't
execute it at all, and the HTTP server will most likely send a cryptic
error to the client.
Assuming your script has no syntax errors, yet it does not work, you
have no choice but to read the next section:
Debugging CGI scripts
---------------------
First of all, check for trivial installation errors -- reading the
section above on installing your CGI script carefully can save you a
lot of time. If you wonder whether you have understood the
installation procedure correctly, try installing a copy of this module
file (cgi.py) as a CGI script. When invoked as a script, the file
will dump its environment and the contents of the form in HTML form.
Give it the right mode etc, and send it a request. If it's installed
in the standard cgi-bin directory, it should be possible to send it a
request by entering a URL into your browser of the form:
http://yourhostname/cgi-bin/cgi.py?name=Joe+Blow&addr=At+Home
If this gives an error of type 404, the server cannot find the script
-- perhaps you need to install it in a different directory. If it
gives another error (e.g. 500), there's an installation problem that
you should fix before trying to go any further. If you get a nicely
formatted listing of the environment and form content (in this
example, the fields should be listed as "addr" with value "At Home"
and "name" with value "Joe Blow"), the cgi.py script has been
installed correctly. If you follow the same procedure for your own
script, you should now be able to debug it.
The next step could be to call the cgi module's test() function from
your script: replace its main code with the single statement
cgi.test()
This should produce the same results as those gotten from installing
the cgi.py file itself.
When an ordinary Python script raises an unhandled exception
(e.g. because of a typo in a module name, a file that can't be opened,
etc.), the Python interpreter prints a nice traceback and exits.
While the Python interpreter will still do this when your CGI script
raises an exception, most likely the traceback will end up in one of
the HTTP server's log file, or be discarded altogether.
Fortunately, once you have managed to get your script to execute
*some* code, it is easy to catch exceptions and cause a traceback to
be printed. The test() function below in this module is an example.
Here are the rules:
1. Import the traceback module (before entering the
try-except!)
2. Make sure you finish printing the headers and the blank
line early
3. Assign sys.stderr to sys.stdout
3. Wrap all remaining code in a try-except statement
4. In the except clause, call traceback.print_exc()
For example:
import sys
import traceback
print "Content-type: text/html"
print
sys.stderr = sys.stdout
try:
...your code here...
except:
print "\n\n"
traceback.print_exc()
Notes: The assignment to sys.stderr is needed because the traceback
prints to sys.stderr. The print "\n\n" statement is necessary to
disable the word wrapping in HTML.
If you suspect that there may be a problem in importing the traceback
module, you can use an even more robust approach (which only uses
built-in modules):
import sys
sys.stderr = sys.stdout
print "Content-type: text/plain"
print
...your code here...
This relies on the Python interpreter to print the traceback. The
content type of the output is set to plain text, which disables all
HTML processing. If your script works, the raw HTML will be displayed
by your client. If it raises an exception, most likely after the
first two lines have been printed, a traceback will be displayed.
Because no HTML interpretation is going on, the traceback will
readable.
Good luck!
Common problems and solutions
-----------------------------
- Most HTTP servers buffer the output from CGI scripts until the
script is completed. This means that it is not possible to display a
progress report on the client's display while the script is running.
- Check the installation instructions above.
- Check the HTTP server's log files. ("tail -f logfile" in a separate
window may be useful!)
- Always check a script for syntax errors first, by doing something
like "python script.py".
- When using any of the debugging techniques, don't forget to add
"import sys" to the top of the script.
- When invoking external programs, make sure they can be found.
Usually, this means using absolute path names -- $PATH is usually not
set to a very useful value in a CGI script.
- When reading or writing external files, make sure they can be read
or written by every user on the system.
- Don't try to give a CGI script a set-uid mode. This doesn't work on
most systems, and is a security liability as well.
History
-------
Michael McLay started this module. Steve Majewski changed the
interface to SvFormContentDict and FormContentDict. The multipart
parsing was inspired by code submitted by Andreas Paepcke. Guido van
Rossum rewrote, reformatted and documented the module and is currently
responsible for its maintenance.
XXX The module is getting pretty heavy with all those docstrings.
Perhaps there should be a slimmed version that doesn't contain all those
backwards compatible and debugging classes and functions?
"""
# " <== Emacs font-lock de-bogo-kludgificocity
__version__ = "2.0b4"
# Imports
# =======
import string
import sys
import os
# Parsing functions
# =================
def parse(fp=None, environ=os.environ, keep_blank_values=None):
"""Parse a query in the environment or from a file (default stdin)
Arguments, all optional:
fp : file pointer; default: sys.stdin
environ : environment dictionary; default: os.environ
keep_blank_values: flag indicating whether blank values in
URL encoded forms should be treated as blank strings.
A true value inicates that blanks should be retained as
blank strings. The default false value indicates that
blank values are to be ignored and treated as if they were
not included.
"""
if not fp:
fp = sys.stdin
if not environ.has_key('REQUEST_METHOD'):
environ['REQUEST_METHOD'] = 'GET' # For testing stand-alone
if environ['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST':
ctype, pdict = parse_header(environ['CONTENT_TYPE'])
if ctype == 'multipart/form-data':
return parse_multipart(fp, pdict)
elif ctype == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded':
clength = string.atoi(environ['CONTENT_LENGTH'])
qs = fp.read(clength)
else:
qs = '' # Unknown content-type
if environ.has_key('QUERY_STRING'):
if qs: qs = qs + '&'
qs = qs + environ['QUERY_STRING']
elif sys.argv[1:]:
if qs: qs = qs + '&'
qs = qs + sys.argv[1]
environ['QUERY_STRING'] = qs # XXX Shouldn't, really
elif environ.has_key('QUERY_STRING'):
qs = environ['QUERY_STRING']
else:
if sys.argv[1:]:
qs = sys.argv[1]
else:
qs = ""
environ['QUERY_STRING'] = qs # XXX Shouldn't, really
return parse_qs(qs, keep_blank_values)
def parse_qs(qs, keep_blank_values=None):
"""Parse a query given as a string argumen
Arguments:
qs : URL-encoded query string to be parsed
keep_blank_values: flag indicating whether blank values in
URL encoded queries should be treated as blank strings.
A true value inicates that blanks should be retained as
blank strings. The default false value indicates that
blank values are to be ignored and treated as if they were
not included.
"""
import urllib, regsub
name_value_pairs = string.splitfields(qs, '&')
dict = {}
for name_value in name_value_pairs:
nv = string.splitfields(name_value, '=')
if len(nv) != 2:
continue
name = nv[0]
value = urllib.unquote(regsub.gsub('+', ' ', nv[1]))
if len(value) or keep_blank_values:
if dict.has_key (name):
dict[name].append(value)
else:
dict[name] = [value]
return dict
def parse_multipart(fp, pdict):
"""Parse multipart input.
Arguments:
fp : input file
pdict: dictionary containing other parameters of conten-type header
Returns a dictionary just like parse_qs(): keys are the field names, each
value is a list of values for that field. This is easy to use but not
much good if you are expecting megabytes to be uploaded -- in that case,
use the FieldStorage class instead which is much more flexible. Note
that content-type is the raw, unparsed contents of the content-type
header.
XXX This does not parse nested multipart parts -- use FieldStorage for
that.
XXX This should really be subsumed by FieldStorage altogether -- no
point in having two implementations of the same parsing algorithm.
"""
import mimetools
if pdict.has_key('boundary'):
boundary = pdict['boundary']
else:
boundary = ""
nextpart = "--" + boundary
lastpart = "--" + boundary + "--"
partdict = {}
terminator = ""
while terminator != lastpart:
bytes = -1
data = None
if terminator:
# At start of next part. Read headers first.
headers = mimetools.Message(fp)
clength = headers.getheader('content-length')
if clength:
try:
bytes = string.atoi(clength)
except string.atoi_error:
pass
if bytes > 0:
data = fp.read(bytes)
else:
data = ""
# Read lines until end of part.
lines = []
while 1:
line = fp.readline()
if not line:
terminator = lastpart # End outer loop
break
if line[:2] == "--":
terminator = string.strip(line)
if terminator in (nextpart, lastpart):
break
lines.append(line)
# Done with part.
if data is None:
continue
if bytes < 0:
if lines:
# Strip final line terminator
line = lines[-1]
if line[-2:] == "\r\n":
line = line[:-2]
elif line[-1:] == "\n":
line = line[:-1]
lines[-1] = line
data = string.joinfields(lines, "")
line = headers['content-disposition']
if not line:
continue
key, params = parse_header(line)
if key != 'form-data':
continue
if params.has_key('name'):
name = params['name']
else:
continue
if partdict.has_key(name):
partdict[name].append(data)
else:
partdict[name] = [data]
return partdict
def parse_header(line):
"""Parse a Content-type like header.
Return the main content-type and a dictionary of options.
"""
plist = map(string.strip, string.splitfields(line, ';'))
key = string.lower(plist[0])
del plist[0]
pdict = {}
for p in plist:
i = string.find(p, '=')
if i >= 0:
name = string.lower(string.strip(p[:i]))
value = string.strip(p[i+1:])
if len(value) >= 2 and value[0] == value[-1] == '"':
value = value[1:-1]
pdict[name] = value
return key, pdict
# Classes for field storage
# =========================
class MiniFieldStorage:
"""Like FieldStorage, for use when no file uploads are possible."""
# Dummy attributes
filename = None
list = None
type = None
file = None
type_options = {}
disposition = None
disposition_options = {}
headers = {}
def __init__(self, name, value):
"""Constructor from field name and value."""
from StringIO import StringIO
self.name = name
self.value = value
# self.file = StringIO(value)
def __repr__(self):
"""Return printable representation."""
return "MiniFieldStorage(%s, %s)" % (`self.name`, `self.value`)
class FieldStorage:
"""Store a sequence of fields, reading multipart/form-data.
This class provides naming, typing, files stored on disk, and
more. At the top level, it is accessible like a dictionary, whose
keys are the field names. (Note: None can occur as a field name.)
The items are either a Python list (if there's multiple values) or
another FieldStorage or MiniFieldStorage object. If it's a single
object, it has the following attributes:
name: the field name, if specified; otherwise None
filename: the filename, if specified; otherwise None; this is the
client side filename, *not* the file name on which it is
stored (that's a temporary file you don't deal with)
value: the value as a *string*; for file uploads, this
transparently reads the file every time you request the value
file: the file(-like) object from which you can read the data;
None if the data is stored a simple string
type: the content-type, or None if not specified
type_options: dictionary of options specified on the content-type
line
disposition: content-disposition, or None if not specified
disposition_options: dictionary of corresponding options
headers: a dictionary(-like) object (sometimes rfc822.Message or a
subclass thereof) containing *all* headers
The class is subclassable, mostly for the purpose of overriding
the make_file() method, which is called internally to come up with
a file open for reading and writing. This makes it possible to
override the default choice of storing all files in a temporary
directory and unlinking them as soon as they have been opened.
"""
def __init__(self, fp=None, headers=None, outerboundary="",
environ=os.environ, keep_blank_values=None):
"""Constructor. Read multipart/* until last part.
Arguments, all optional:
fp : file pointer; default: sys.stdin
headers : header dictionary-like object; default:
taken from environ as per CGI spec
outerboundary : terminating multipart boundary
(for internal use only)
environ : environment dictionary; default: os.environ
keep_blank_values: flag indicating whether blank values in
URL encoded forms should be treated as blank strings.
A true value inicates that blanks should be retained as
blank strings. The default false value indicates that
blank values are to be ignored and treated as if they were
not included.
"""
method = None
self.keep_blank_values = keep_blank_values
if environ.has_key('REQUEST_METHOD'):
method = string.upper(environ['REQUEST_METHOD'])
if not fp and method == 'GET':
qs = None
if environ.has_key('QUERY_STRING'):
qs = environ['QUERY_STRING']
from StringIO import StringIO
fp = StringIO(qs or "")
if headers is None:
headers = {'content-type':
"application/x-www-form-urlencoded"}
if headers is None:
headers = {}
if environ.has_key('CONTENT_TYPE'):
headers['content-type'] = environ['CONTENT_TYPE']
if environ.has_key('CONTENT_LENGTH'):
headers['content-length'] = environ['CONTENT_LENGTH']
self.fp = fp or sys.stdin
self.headers = headers
self.outerboundary = outerboundary
# Process content-disposition header
cdisp, pdict = "", {}
if self.headers.has_key('content-disposition'):
cdisp, pdict = parse_header(self.headers['content-disposition'])
self.disposition = cdisp
self.disposition_options = pdict
self.name = None
if pdict.has_key('name'):
self.name = pdict['name']
self.filename = None
if pdict.has_key('filename'):
self.filename = pdict['filename']
# Process content-type header
ctype, pdict = "text/plain", {}
if self.headers.has_key('content-type'):
ctype, pdict = parse_header(self.headers['content-type'])
self.type = ctype
self.type_options = pdict
self.innerboundary = ""
if pdict.has_key('boundary'):
self.innerboundary = pdict['boundary']
clen = -1
if self.headers.has_key('content-length'):
try:
clen = string.atoi(self.headers['content-length'])
except:
pass
self.length = clen
self.list = self.file = None
self.done = 0
self.lines = []
if ctype == 'application/x-www-form-urlencoded':
self.read_urlencoded()
elif ctype[:10] == 'multipart/':
self.read_multi()
else:
self.read_single()
def __repr__(self):
"""Return a printable representation."""
return "FieldStorage(%s, %s, %s)" % (
`self.name`, `self.filename`, `self.value`)
def __getattr__(self, name):
if name != 'value':
raise AttributeError, name
if self.file:
self.file.seek(0)
value = self.file.read()
self.file.seek(0)
elif self.list is not None:
value = self.list
else:
value = None
return value
def __getitem__(self, key):
"""Dictionary style indexing."""
if self.list is None:
raise TypeError, "not indexable"
found = []
for item in self.list:
if item.name == key: found.append(item)
if not found:
raise KeyError, key
if len(found) == 1:
return found[0]
else:
return found
def keys(self):
"""Dictionary style keys() method."""
if self.list is None:
raise TypeError, "not indexable"
keys = []
for item in self.list:
if item.name not in keys: keys.append(item.name)
return keys
def has_key(self, key):
"""Dictionary style has_key() method."""
if self.list is None:
raise TypeError, "not indexable"
for item in self.list:
if item.name == key: return 1
return 0
def read_urlencoded(self):
"""Internal: read data in query string format."""
qs = self.fp.read(self.length)
dict = parse_qs(qs, self.keep_blank_values)
self.list = []
for key, valuelist in dict.items():
for value in valuelist:
self.list.append(MiniFieldStorage(key, value))
self.skip_lines()
def read_multi(self):
"""Internal: read a part that is itself multipart."""
import rfc822
self.list = []
part = self.__class__(self.fp, {}, self.innerboundary)
# Throw first part away
while not part.done:
headers = rfc822.Message(self.fp)
part = self.__class__(self.fp, headers, self.innerboundary)
self.list.append(part)
self.skip_lines()
def read_single(self):
"""Internal: read an atomic part."""
if self.length >= 0:
self.read_binary()
self.skip_lines()
else:
self.read_lines()
self.file.seek(0)
bufsize = 8*1024 # I/O buffering size for copy to file
def read_binary(self):
"""Internal: read binary data."""
self.file = self.make_file('b')
todo = self.length
if todo >= 0:
while todo > 0:
data = self.fp.read(min(todo, self.bufsize))
if not data:
self.done = -1
break
self.file.write(data)
todo = todo - len(data)
def read_lines(self):
"""Internal: read lines until EOF or outerboundary."""
self.file = self.make_file('')
if self.outerboundary:
self.read_lines_to_outerboundary()
else:
self.read_lines_to_eof()
def read_lines_to_eof(self):
"""Internal: read lines until EOF."""
while 1:
line = self.fp.readline()
if not line:
self.done = -1
break
self.lines.append(line)
self.file.write(line)
def read_lines_to_outerboundary(self):
"""Internal: read lines until outerboundary."""
next = "--" + self.outerboundary
last = next + "--"
delim = ""
while 1:
line = self.fp.readline()
if not line:
self.done = -1
break
self.lines.append(line)
if line[:2] == "--":
strippedline = string.strip(line)
if strippedline == next:
break
if strippedline == last:
self.done = 1
break
odelim = delim
if line[-2:] == "\r\n":
delim = "\r\n"
line = line[:-2]
elif line[-1] == "\n":
delim = "\n"
line = line[:-1]
else:
delim = ""
self.file.write(odelim + line)
def skip_lines(self):
"""Internal: skip lines until outer boundary if defined."""
if not self.outerboundary or self.done:
return
next = "--" + self.outerboundary
last = next + "--"
while 1:
line = self.fp.readline()
if not line:
self.done = -1
break
self.lines.append(line)
if line[:2] == "--":
strippedline = string.strip(line)
if strippedline == next:
break
if strippedline == last:
self.done = 1
break
def make_file(self, binary):
"""Overridable: return a readable & writable file.
The file will be used as follows:
- data is written to it
- seek(0)
- data is read from it
The 'binary' argument is 'b' if the file should be created in
binary mode (on non-Unix systems), '' otherwise.
This version opens a temporary file for reading and writing,
and immediately deletes (unlinks) it. The trick (on Unix!) is
that the file can still be used, but it can't be opened by
another process, and it will automatically be deleted when it
is closed or when the current process terminates.
If you want a more permanent file, you derive a class which
overrides this method. If you want a visible temporary file
that is nevertheless automatically deleted when the script
terminates, try defining a __del__ method in a derived class
which unlinks the temporary files you have created.
"""
import tempfile
tfn = tempfile.mktemp()
f = open(tfn, "w%s+" % binary)
os.unlink(tfn)
return f
# Backwards Compatibility Classes
# ===============================
class FormContentDict:
"""Basic (multiple values per field) form content as dictionary.
form = FormContentDict()
form[key] -> [value, value, ...]
form.has_key(key) -> Boolean
form.keys() -> [key, key, ...]
form.values() -> [[val, val, ...], [val, val, ...], ...]
form.items() -> [(key, [val, val, ...]), (key, [val, val, ...]), ...]
form.dict == {key: [val, val, ...], ...}
"""
def __init__(self, environ=os.environ):
self.dict = parse(environ=environ)
self.query_string = environ['QUERY_STRING']
def __getitem__(self,key):
return self.dict[key]
def keys(self):
return self.dict.keys()
def has_key(self, key):
return self.dict.has_key(key)
def values(self):
return self.dict.values()
def items(self):
return self.dict.items()
def __len__( self ):
return len(self.dict)
class SvFormContentDict(FormContentDict):
"""Strict single-value expecting form content as dictionary.
IF you only expect a single value for each field, then form[key]
will return that single value. It will raise an IndexError if
that expectation is not true. IF you expect a field to have
possible multiple values, than you can use form.getlist(key) to
get all of the values. values() and items() are a compromise:
they return single strings where there is a single value, and
lists of strings otherwise.
"""
def __getitem__(self, key):
if len(self.dict[key]) > 1:
raise IndexError, 'expecting a single value'
return self.dict[key][0]
def getlist(self, key):
return self.dict[key]
def values(self):
lis = []
for each in self.dict.values():
if len( each ) == 1 :
lis.append(each[0])
else: lis.append(each)
return lis
def items(self):
lis = []
for key,value in self.dict.items():
if len(value) == 1 :
lis.append((key, value[0]))
else: lis.append((key, value))
return lis
class InterpFormContentDict(SvFormContentDict):
"""This class is present for backwards compatibility only."""
def __getitem__( self, key ):
v = SvFormContentDict.__getitem__( self, key )
if v[0] in string.digits+'+-.' :
try: return string.atoi( v )
except ValueError:
try: return string.atof( v )
except ValueError: pass
return string.strip(v)
def values( self ):
lis = []
for key in self.keys():
try:
lis.append( self[key] )
except IndexError:
lis.append( self.dict[key] )
return lis
def items( self ):
lis = []
for key in self.keys():
try:
lis.append( (key, self[key]) )
except IndexError:
lis.append( (key, self.dict[key]) )
return lis
class FormContent(FormContentDict):
"""This class is present for backwards compatibility only."""
def values(self, key):
if self.dict.has_key(key) :return self.dict[key]
else: return None
def indexed_value(self, key, location):
if self.dict.has_key(key):
if len (self.dict[key]) > location:
return self.dict[key][location]
else: return None
else: return None
def value(self, key):
if self.dict.has_key(key): return self.dict[key][0]
else: return None
def length(self, key):
return len(self.dict[key])
def stripped(self, key):
if self.dict.has_key(key): return string.strip(self.dict[key][0])
else: return None
def pars(self):
return self.dict
# Test/debug code
# ===============
def test(environ=os.environ):
"""Robust test CGI script, usable as main program.
Write minimal HTTP headers and dump all information provided to
the script in HTML form.
"""
import traceback
print "Content-type: text/html"
print
sys.stderr = sys.stdout
try:
form = FieldStorage() # Replace with other classes to test those
print_form(form)
print_environ(environ)
print_directory()
print_arguments()
print_environ_usage()
def f():
exec "testing print_exception() -- italics?"
def g(f=f):
f()
print "What follows is a test, not an actual exception:
"
g()
except:
print_exception()
def print_exception(type=None, value=None, tb=None, limit=None):
if type is None:
type, value, tb = sys.exc_type, sys.exc_value, sys.exc_traceback
import traceback
print
print "Traceback (innermost last):
"
list = traceback.format_tb(tb, limit) + \
traceback.format_exception_only(type, value)
print "%s%s
" % (
escape(string.join(list[:-1], "")),
escape(list[-1]),
)
def print_environ(environ=os.environ):
"""Dump the shell environment as HTML."""
keys = environ.keys()
keys.sort()
print
print "Shell Environment:
"
print "
"
for key in keys:
print "- ", escape(key), "
- ", escape(environ[key])
print "
"
print
def print_form(form):
"""Dump the contents of a form as HTML."""
keys = form.keys()
keys.sort()
print
print "Form Contents:
"
print ""
for key in keys:
print "- " + escape(key) + ":",
value = form[key]
print "" + escape(`type(value)`) + ""
print "
- " + escape(`value`)
print "
"
print
def print_directory():
"""Dump the current directory as HTML."""
print
print "Current Working Directory:
"
try:
pwd = os.getcwd()
except os.error, msg:
print "os.error:", escape(str(msg))
else:
print escape(pwd)
print
def print_arguments():
print
print "Command Line Arguments:
"
print
print sys.argv
print
def print_environ_usage():
"""Dump a list of environment variables used by CGI as HTML."""
print """
These environment variables could have been set:
- AUTH_TYPE
- CONTENT_LENGTH
- CONTENT_TYPE
- DATE_GMT
- DATE_LOCAL
- DOCUMENT_NAME
- DOCUMENT_ROOT
- DOCUMENT_URI
- GATEWAY_INTERFACE
- LAST_MODIFIED
- PATH
- PATH_INFO
- PATH_TRANSLATED
- QUERY_STRING
- REMOTE_ADDR
- REMOTE_HOST
- REMOTE_IDENT
- REMOTE_USER
- REQUEST_METHOD
- SCRIPT_NAME
- SERVER_NAME
- SERVER_PORT
- SERVER_PROTOCOL
- SERVER_ROOT
- SERVER_SOFTWARE
In addition, HTTP headers sent by the server may be passed in the
environment as well. Here are some common variable names:
- HTTP_ACCEPT
- HTTP_CONNECTION
- HTTP_HOST
- HTTP_PRAGMA
- HTTP_REFERER
- HTTP_USER_AGENT
"""
# Utilities
# =========
def escape(s):
"""Replace special characters '&', '<' and '>' by SGML entities."""
import regsub
s = regsub.gsub("&", "&", s) # Must be done first!
s = regsub.gsub("<", "<", s)
s = regsub.gsub(">", ">", s)
return s
# Invoke mainline
# ===============
# Call test() when this file is run as a script (not imported as a module)
if __name__ == '__main__':
test()