CGIHTTPServer.CGIHTTPRequestHandler

Module CGIHTTPServer :: Class CGIHTTPRequestHandler

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Class CGIHTTPRequestHandler

BaseRequestHandler --+            
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  StreamRequestHandler --+        
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    BaseHTTPRequestHandler --+    
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      SimpleHTTPRequestHandler --+
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                                CGIHTTPRequestHandler

Known Subclasses:: CGIHTTPRequestHandler

Complete HTTP server with GET, HEAD and POST commands.

GET and HEAD also support running CGI scripts.

The POST command is *only* implemented for CGI scripts.

Method Summary
	`do_POST(self)` Serve a POST request.
	`is_cgi(self)` Test whether self.path corresponds to a CGI script.
	`is_executable(self, path)` Test whether argument path is an executable file.
	`is_python(self, path)` Test whether argument path is a Python script.
	`run_cgi(self)` Execute a CGI script.
	`send_head(self)` Version of send_head that support CGI scripts
Inherited from SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
	`copyfile(self, source, outputfile)` Copy all data between two file objects.
	`do_GET(self)` Serve a GET request.
	`do_HEAD(self)` Serve a HEAD request.
	`guess_type(self, path)` Guess the type of a file.
	`list_directory(self, path)` Helper to produce a directory listing (absent index.html).
	`translate_path(self, path)` Translate a /-separated PATH to the local filename syntax.
Inherited from BaseHTTPRequestHandler
	`address_string(self)` Return the client address formatted for logging.
	`date_time_string(self)` Return the current date and time formatted for a message header.
	`end_headers(self)` Send the blank line ending the MIME headers.
	`handle(self)` Handle multiple requests if necessary.
	`handle_one_request(self)` Handle a single HTTP request.
	`log_date_time_string(self)` Return the current time formatted for logging.
	`log_error(self, *args)` Log an error.
	`log_message(self, format, *args)` Log an arbitrary message.
	`log_request(self, code, size)` Log an accepted request.
	`parse_request(self)` Parse a request (internal).
	`send_error(self, code, message)` Send and log an error reply.
	`send_header(self, keyword, value)` Send a MIME header.
	`send_response(self, code, message)` Send the response header and log the response code.
	`version_string(self)` Return the server software version string.
Inherited from StreamRequestHandler
	`finish(self)`
	`setup(self)`
Inherited from BaseRequestHandler
	`__init__(self, request, client_address, server)`

Class Variable Summary
`list`	`cgi_directories` = `['/cgi-bin', '/htbin']`
`bool`	`have_fork` = `False`
`bool`	`have_popen2` = `True`
`bool`	`have_popen3` = `True`
`int`	`rbufsize` = 0
Inherited from SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
`dict`	`extensions_map` = `{'': 'application/octet-stream', '.obj'...`
`str`	`server_version` = `'SimpleHTTP/0.6'`
Inherited from BaseHTTPRequestHandler
`str`	`error_message_format` = `'<head>\n<title>Error response</t...`
`list`	`monthname` = `[None, 'Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'J...`
`str`	`protocol_version` = `'HTTP/1.0'`
`dict`	`responses` = `{400: ('Bad request', 'Bad request syntax or...`
`str`	`sys_version` = `'Python/2.3.4'`
`list`	`weekdayname` = `['Mon', 'Tue', 'Wed', 'Thu', 'Fri', 'Sat',...`
Inherited from StreamRequestHandler
`int`	`wbufsize` = 0

Method Details

do_POST(self)

Serve a POST request.

This is only implemented for CGI scripts.

is_cgi(self)

Test whether self.path corresponds to a CGI script.

Return a tuple (dir, rest) if self.path requires running a CGI script, None if not. Note that rest begins with a slash if it is not empty.

The default implementation tests whether the path begins with one of the strings in the list self.cgi_directories (and the next character is a '/' or the end of the string).

is_executable(self, path)

Test whether argument path is an executable file.

is_python(self, path)

Test whether argument path is a Python script.

run_cgi(self)

Execute a CGI script.

send_head(self)

Version of send_head that support CGI scripts

Overrides:: SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.send_head

Class Variable Details

cgi_directories

Type:: list
Value:: ['/cgi-bin', '/htbin']

have_fork

Type:: bool
Value:: False

have_popen2

Type:: bool
Value:: True

have_popen3

Type:: bool
Value:: True

rbufsize

Type:: int
Value:: 0

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