cypherkronis

i know that to retrieve variables from the url in the form of index.py?variable=x i can use the os module and find them in the environment. however, i remember that there was a way to use the cgi function that immediately turns all those variables into python variables. i looked all through the module index of cgi, its so useless, they dont even list every function.. does anyone know how to accomplish this?

Cerulean

Unless i'm mistaken you don't use the os module for that, for GET you check sys.argv[1] which is where that string is, then parse it into a dictionary or whatever.
For POST you check stdin, which is to where POST data is written.
The cgi module provides a nice abstraction to this, allowing you to access the data in a method independant way.
Heh.. am I just seeing stuff there that you're not seeing? There is excellent documentation on the internet that can be accessed via a simple search. You visit that first link, and tell me what you discover.