Processing Parameters Passed to CGI Scripts : Introduction « CGI Web « Python Tutorial

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#!/usr/bin/pythonimport cgi, sys

#Send errors to browser
sys.stderr = sys.stdout

#Parse data from form
data = cgi.FieldStorage()

#Send response to browser
print "Content-type: text/html\n"
print "<title>CGI Form Response</title>\n"
print "<h2>Current Quote</h2><P>"

if data.has_key('name') and data.has_key('quote'):
    print "<B>%s</B>: %s" % (data['name'].value, \
          data['quote'].value)