Python, cgi and redirect

[Neil Schemenauer]

Teemu Keskinarkaus <teemu.keskinarkaus at ramk.fi> wrote:
>Is there simple cgi module for python that can do redirect?? Now I'm
>doing redirect in cgi-script like this:
>
>print "Status: 302 Moved"
>print "Location: http://url.to.somewhere"
>
>That works fine except I get 'Premature end of script headers' errors
>in apache error_log everytime I use that script.

You need to terminate the headers with a empty line ("\r\n"):

    sys.stdout.write("Status: 302 Moved\r\n"
                     "Location: http://url.to.somewhere\r\n"
                     "\r\n")

I think most clients will accept "\n" although it is not
technically correct.

    Neil

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