CGI

Question 1

extract variables from forms

Answer 1

import cgi
form = cgi.FieldStorage()
r = form.getvalue(“r”)

Question 2

required opening of all CGI script with output

Answer 2

print “Content-type: text/html\n”

Question 3

specify the interpreter explicitly

Answer 3

!/store/bin/python

Question 4

check for form value

Answer 4

if form.getvalue(“r”) is not Note:

if “mailaddress” in form

Question 5

nicely formatted errors

Answer 5

import cgitb; cgitb.enable()

Question 6

Run CGI script from command line

Answer 6

export QUERY_STRING=”r=1.4”
./hw2.py.cgi > index.html
cat index.html