>> I should probably expand on this: >> >> How can I get an array with all the GET variables in Python? >> How can I get an array with all the POST variables in Python? >> How can I get an array with all the COOKIE variables in Python? >> How can I get the request URI path (everything after >> http://[www.?]example.com/)? >> >> That's all I want: no templates and nothing between me and the HTML. >> The HTTP headers I can output to stdout myself as well. > > Again: if you insist on doing everything yourself - then of course any > library or framework isn't for you. >
I insist on handling the HTML myself. As for converting the request variables into Python variables, if a class/framework makes that easier then I would gladly use it. My question was serious. How can I do those things? > But then do you deal with headers correctly? Yes, so far as I know. This is actually simpler than the HTML, just be careful not to output two newline characters in sequence (thereby ending the header). > Do you respect character > encodings? Yes! UTF-8 from database to scripting language to HTTP request. > Form-encodings? Yes, UTF-8 the in the other direction. However, as form data can be spoofed, I would like a function that checks it. Does Python have such a function? What class does? > Is your generated HTML valid? Naturally, even though this is not a Python issue. > Are > timestamp-formats generated according to RFCs for your cookies? Yes, this is not a problem. Is there some gothcha that I am unaware of? > Do you parse > content negotiation headers? > No. I hate sites that do that. If the page is available in another language, their is a link in the corner. > I think you underestimate the task it is to make a webapplication good. Probably, but that would not depend on the scripting language. I make bad webapplications in PHP too! > And > even if not, what you will do is ... code your own webframework. That is why I am looking for a class that handles the backend stuff, but lets _me_ handle the HTML. > Because > there is a lot of boilerplate otherwis. If that's a learning-experience your > after, fine. > > Besides, yes, you can get all these things nonetheless. You just don't need > them most of the time. > > And at least pylons/TG2 lets you return whatever you want instead, as a > string. Not via "print" though - which is simply only for CGI, and no other > means (e.g. mod_wsgi) of python-web-programming. > I am trying to follow you here. What is "return whatever you want"? Return HTML to stdout to be sent to the browser? -- Dotan Cohen http://what-is-what.com http://gibberish.co.il -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list