ICI Modules: cgi

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Modules by name : by type

Overview

The cgi module provides a utility functions for writing CGI programs for use with HTTP servers. The module's functions handle tasks such as of parsing form input, generating reply headers, accessing cookies and encoding textual data.

Interface

• cgi.query_string_to_struct - return form fields in a struct

• cgi.start_reply_header - mark the start of CGI header output

• cgi.end_reply_header - mark the end of CGI header output

• cgi.content_type - generate a Content-Type header

• cgi.content_length - generate a Content-Length header

• cgi.setcookie - define a cookie header

• cgi.getcookie - retrieve any cookie sent by client

• cgi.redirect - generate a redirect response

• cgi.string_to_urle - encode a string for URL use

• cgi.urle_to_string - decode a URL string