[Tutor] Env Vars

[Lloyd Kvam]

I've been using HTMLgen where there are complications in the generated
html.  To see the environment that your cgi script sees, simply run
the cgi test function.  Here's one way to do it:

#cgitest.py
import cgi
cgi.test()

Install this into yor cgi-bin directory and use your browser to
reference it, something like:
	webserver.com/cgi-bin/cgitest.py?var1=ABC&var2=DEF

You will get back a useful dump of the environment and the variables
supplied to the script.

Kyle Babich wrote:

> Now I'm able to get it in the shell by importing os and then print
> (os.environ['OSTYPE']) but I when I try to open it in the browser I
> just get a blank page.
> 
> Also, so far my biggest problem with learning python has been the
> text/html header.  What is the standard way of printing the text/html
> header in python?
> 
> Thank you,
> Kyle
> 
> On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 20:51:17 +0000, "Kyle Babich" <kb@kb5.org> said:
> 
>>How do I use it, find out what variables it includes?
>>Also, how do I get raw_input to work in a browser?
>>
>>On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 14:43:37 -0400, "Lloyd Kvam"
>><pythontutor@venix.com> said:
>>
>>>os.environ is a dictionary containing your environment names and
>>>values.
>>>
>>>Also the cgi.test function will provide a great deal of information if
>>>you are still working on cgi scripts.
>>>
>>>Kyle Babich wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>How do environment variables work in python?  I couldn't seem to find
>>>>documentation for this either.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks,
>>>>Kyle
>>>>
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