[Image-SIG] StringIO seems to garble images in cgi

[Georg Mischler]

Oops, that was meant to go to the list...

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Fredrik Lundh wrote:

> Doug.Shawhan@gecits.ge.com wrote:
>
> > The following almost works, unfortunately the image comes out garbled. I
> > have tried a variety of images in case they are somehow corrupt- no dice. Am
> > I missing a step?
>
> try saving an image to disk from the browser, and also from within
> the CGI, and compare the files.  if the sizes differ, chances are that
> your server is ignoring the "-u" option on the first line.
>
> </F>
>

> > [...]
> >
> > try:
> >     print 'Content-Type: image/jpeg\n'


Another possibility is that the missing second '\n' here
causes the server to send garbage. You need an empty line
between the HTTP headers and the data.


-schorsch

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