From e7808778d6200ad94fdcae1e797262f5a78048ee Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guido van Rossum Date: Mon, 7 Aug 1995 20:12:09 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] added parse_qs(query_string) --- Lib/cgi.py | 7 +++++++ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+) diff --git a/Lib/cgi.py b/Lib/cgi.py index 3862cb548bc..f146dc99e52 100755 --- a/Lib/cgi.py +++ b/Lib/cgi.py @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ # # modified by Steve Majewski 12/5/94 # +# now maintained as part of the Python distribution # Several classes to parse the name/value pairs that are passed to # a server's CGI by GET, POST or PUT methods by a WWW FORM. This @@ -42,11 +43,17 @@ from os import environ def parse(): + """Parse the query passed in the environment or on stdin""" if environ['REQUEST_METHOD'] == 'POST': qs = sys.stdin.read(string.atoi(environ['CONTENT_LENGTH'])) environ['QUERY_STRING'] = qs else: qs = environ['QUERY_STRING'] + return parse_qs(qs) + + +def parse_qs(qs): + """Parse a query given as a string argument""" name_value_pairs = string.splitfields(qs, '&') dict = {} for name_value in name_value_pairs: