Passing cgi parameters to script...

[sophie_newbie]

Is there any way that I can pass cgi parameters to my script locally,
before i upload it to the webserver, so that i can debug it.

Normally I would pass parameters like this:

https://www.webserver.com/script.cgi?TERM1=hello&FIELD1=TTL&TERM2=goodby&FIELD2=GOVT

The problem is that I get errors that do not show up when I run the
script locally and I do not have access to the error logs.

So is there a way I can pass the form values TERM1, FIELD1 etc to the
script without having to upload it to the server?

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Re: Passing cgi parameters to script...

sophie_newbie wrote:
[color=blue]
> Is there any way that I can pass cgi parameters to my script locally,
> before i upload it to the webserver, so that i can debug it.
>
> Normally I would pass parameters like this:
>
>[/color]
https://www.webserver.com/script.cgi...by&FIELD2=GOVT[color=blue]
>
> The problem is that I get errors that do not show up when I run the
> script locally and I do not have access to the error logs.
>
> So is there a way I can pass the form values TERM1, FIELD1 etc to the
> script without having to upload it to the server?[/color]


You might think of using CGIHttpServer to test your scripts in a
server-environment - while still being local.

Regards,

Diez

[Mike Meyer]

Re: Passing cgi parameters to script...

"sophie_new bie" <paulgeeleher@g mail.com> writes:[color=blue]
> Is there any way that I can pass cgi parameters to my script locally,
> before i upload it to the webserver, so that i can debug it.
>
> Normally I would pass parameters like this:
>
> https://www.webserver.com/script.cgi...by&FIELD2=GOVT[/color]

CGI paramaters are set in the environment. On Unix, in an sh-like
shell, do:

QUERY_STRING='T ERM1=hello&FIEL D1=TTL&TERM2=go odby&FIELD2=GOV T' www.webserver.com/script.cgi

Depending on the package you're using for handling CGI, you may need
to set other CGI parameters as well. The traceback from trying this
should give you a KeyError naming the environment variable it's
looking for.

<mike
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[Kent Johnson]

Re: Passing cgi parameters to script...

Diez B. Roggisch wrote:[color=blue]
> sophie_newbie wrote:
>[color=green]
>>Is there any way that I can pass cgi parameters to my script locally,
>>before i upload it to the webserver, so that i can debug it.[/color]
>
> You might think of using CGIHttpServer to test your scripts in a
> server-environment - while still being local.[/color]

Which can be as simple as typing
python -c "import CGIHTTPServer; CGIHTTPServer.t est()"

from the command line in the root dir of your site (the dir that
contains the cgi-bin dir).

Kent