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:

http://www.webserver.com/script.cgi?...by&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]

sophie_newbie wrote:

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:

http://www.webserver.com/script.cgi?...by&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?

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

Regards,

Diez

[Mike Meyer]

"sophie_newbie" <pa**********@gmail.com> writes:

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:

http://www.webserver.com/script.cgi?...by&FIELD2=GOVT

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

QUERY_STRING='TERM1=hello&FIELD1=TTL&TERM2=goodby& FIELD2=GOVT' 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]

Diez B. Roggisch wrote:

sophie_newbie wrote:

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.

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

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

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

Kent