Newbie Q: CGI

[Michal Wallace]

On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Steven Adams wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> How do you get the IP number from a request for a web page? gethostbyname()
> and gethostbyaddress() weren't mentioned anywhere in the cgi module docs
> (that I could see, did I miss it?)
> 
> simple problem, but I just can't find the answer...

Hey Steven,

If I get what you're asking, you don't need the cgi module at all.
Try putting this in your script:

#--start
import os
print os.environ["REMOTE_HOST"]
#--end

By the way, using the weblib wrapper ( http://weblib.sourceforge.net/ ), 
that's the entire script.

Cheers,

- Michal
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