Read input in do_POST() method (was: embeddable Python web server)

[Michael Ströder]

Michael Ströder wrote:
> 
> Running through own do_POST() method in a web server class derived
> from SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler:
> 
> self.rfile.read(contentlength) works with lynx, w3m, but Netscape
> 4.7 hangs.
> 
> self.rfile.readline() works with w3m, Netscape 4.7, but lynx hangs.
> 
> Can anyone shed light on this?!?

This turned out to be a platform-specific problem. On my S.u.S.E.
6.3 based system I had the problems. On a Debian-Linux the cleaner
self.rfile.read(contentlength) works. I'll stick to that (module cgi
does the same).

Ciao, Michael.