cgi.FieldStorage

_ClassType 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.

Instance Methods

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__init__(self, fp=None, headers=None, outerboundary='', environ={'LESS': '-X -i -Psline %l/%L$ -Pmline %l/%L (%p)$', 'DPKG_ARC..., keep_blank_values=0, strict_parsing=0)
Constructor.

__repr__(self)
Return a printable representation.

__iter__(self)

__getattr__(self, name)

__getitem__(self, key)
Dictionary style indexing.

getvalue(self, key, default=None)
Dictionary style get() method, including 'value' lookup.

getfirst(self, key, default=None)
Return the first value received.

getlist(self, key)
Return list of received values.

keys(self)
Dictionary style keys() method.

has_key(self, key)
Dictionary style has_key() method.

__contains__(self, key)
Dictionary style __contains__ method.

__len__(self)
Dictionary style len(x) support.

read_urlencoded(self)
Internal: read data in query string format.

read_multi(self, environ, keep_blank_values, strict_parsing)
Internal: read a part that is itself multipart.

read_single(self)
Internal: read an atomic part.

read_binary(self)
Internal: read binary data.

read_lines(self)
Internal: read lines until EOF or outerboundary.

__write(self, line)

read_lines_to_eof(self)
Internal: read lines until EOF.

read_lines_to_outerboundary(self)
Internal: read lines until outerboundary.

skip_lines(self)
Internal: skip lines until outer boundary if defined.

make_file(self, binary=None)
Overridable: return a readable & writable file.

Class Variables

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FieldStorageClass = None

bufsize = 8192

init(self, fp=None, headers=None, outerboundary=`''`, environ={'LESS': '-X -i -Psline %l/%L$ -Pmline %l/%L (%p)$', 'DPKG_ARC`...`, keep_blank_values=0, strict_parsing=0)
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Constructor.  Read multipart/* until last part.

Arguments, all optional:

fp              : file pointer; default: sys.stdin
    (not used when the request method is GET)

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 indicates 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.

strict_parsing: flag indicating what to do with parsing errors.
    If false (the default), errors are silently ignored.
    If true, errors raise a ValueError exception.

make_file(self, binary=None)

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 unused -- the file is always opened
in binary mode.

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.

_ClassType FieldStorage

__init__(self, fp=None, headers=None, outerboundary='', environ={'LESS': '-X -i -Psline %l/%L$ -Pmline %l/%L (%p)$', 'DPKG_ARC..., keep_blank_values=0, strict_parsing=0) (Constructor)

make_file(self, binary=None)

init(self, fp=None, headers=None, outerboundary=`''`, environ={'LESS': '-X -i -Psline %l/%L$ -Pmline %l/%L (%p)$', 'DPKG_ARC`...`, keep_blank_values=0, strict_parsing=0)
(Constructor)