CGI upload

Jay Dorsey jay at jaydorsey.com
Thu Oct 9 18:42:26 EDT 2003


Thomas Williams wrote:
> Can anyone tell me where to find info, on writing a
> script that handles a file from a CGI form? 
> 

Tom,

Check this out:  http://www.python.org/doc/essays/ppt/sd99east/sld058.htm

And some more CGI slides here:
http://www.python.org/doc/essays/ppt/sd99east/

Also a concise example of handling an upload:
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/python-list/1568177



The biggest thing to remember is to add enctype="multipart/form-data" to 
the HTML form tag, or the file won't get uploaded at all.

Jay






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