Get the GET query in a Python CGI script (Apache, mod_cgi)

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I am trying to get the query string in a CGI python script because for some reason the .FieldStorage and .getvalue functions are returning "None". The query is being generated correctly. I checked it in Wireshark and it is correctly produced.

Any ideas on how I can just get the string itself correctly?

I was trying to use os.environ('QUERY_STRING') but that didn't work either.

Josh

Josh · Accepted Answer · 2011-03-13 03:37:56Z

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I think I figured it out. I need to use the environ variable passed to the application function by mod_wsgi.

Thanks!

answered Mar 13, 2011 at 3:37

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Graham Dumpleton Over a year ago

You should really use a framework rather than doing this yourself from scratch. Flask is a simple micro framework. Also read 'webpython.codepoint.net/wsgi_tutorial' which goes through use of FieldStorage with WSGI.

Josh Over a year ago

It was a simple script but for next time I will use Flash. Thanks for the link! It seems to be broken though?

Graham Dumpleton Over a year ago

StackOverflow left extraneous quote at end of URL. Just remove it. Ie., webpython.codepoint.net/wsgi_tutorial

Josh Over a year ago

Thanks Graham! I used this tutorial but both seem good: archimedeanco.com/wsgi-tutorial

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