[Tutor] Redirect from a CGI script

[Kent Johnson]

Paulino wrote:
> How can i redirect to another URL from a python CGI script.
> 
> Is's suposed to be as simply as:
> 
> print "Location : http://newurl "
> It's not working.
> 
> this simple code does't work - <redir.pyw>
> 'print "Content-Type:text/html\n\n"

Try it without the two extra newlines. A blank line in the output 
signals the end of the HTTP headers and the start of the content, so the 
following line is considered part of the content and is displayed by the 
browser.

Kent

> 'print "Location : /cgi-bin/ecodiv.pyw "
> 'print
> 
> I use CGIHTTPServer, the server script is as follows:
> 
> 'from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer
> 'from CGIHTTPServer import CGIHTTPRequestHandler
> 'HTTPServer(("localhost", 80), CGIHTTPRequestHandler).serve_forever()
> 
> instead of redirecting, it only prints 'Location : /cgi-bin/ecodiv.pyw' inthe
> browser
> 
> Paulino
> 
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