Commit 290416f3 authored by Senthil Kumaran's avatar Senthil Kumaran

Issue11352 - Update cgi module docs

parent e654c11f
...@@ -86,11 +86,14 @@ produced by :mod:`cgitb` provide information that can save you a lot of time in ...@@ -86,11 +86,14 @@ produced by :mod:`cgitb` provide information that can save you a lot of time in
tracking down bugs. You can always remove the ``cgitb`` line later when you tracking down bugs. You can always remove the ``cgitb`` line later when you
have tested your script and are confident that it works correctly. have tested your script and are confident that it works correctly.
To get at submitted form data, use the :class:`FieldStorage` class. Instantiate To get at submitted form data, use the :class:`FieldStorage` class. If the form
it exactly once, without arguments. This reads the form contents from standard contains non-ASCII characters, use the *encoding* keyword parameter set to the
input or the environment (depending on the value of various environment value of the encoding defined for the document. It is usually contained in the
variables set according to the CGI standard). Since it may consume standard META tag in the HEAD section of the HTML document or by the
input, it should be instantiated only once. :mailheader:`Content-Type` header). This reads the form contents from the
standard input or the environment (depending on the value of various
environment variables set according to the CGI standard). Since it may consume
standard input, it should be instantiated only once.
The :class:`FieldStorage` instance can be indexed like a Python dictionary. The :class:`FieldStorage` instance can be indexed like a Python dictionary.
It allows membership testing with the :keyword:`in` operator, and also supports It allows membership testing with the :keyword:`in` operator, and also supports
...@@ -136,10 +139,10 @@ commas:: ...@@ -136,10 +139,10 @@ commas::
If a field represents an uploaded file, accessing the value via the If a field represents an uploaded file, accessing the value via the
:attr:`value` attribute or the :func:`getvalue` method reads the entire file in :attr:`value` attribute or the :func:`getvalue` method reads the entire file in
memory as a string. This may not be what you want. You can test for an uploaded memory as bytes. This may not be what you want. You can test for an uploaded
file by testing either the :attr:`filename` attribute or the :attr:`!file` file by testing either the :attr:`filename` attribute or the :attr:`!file`
attribute. You can then read the data at leisure from the :attr:`!file` attribute. You can then read the data at leisure from the :attr:`!file`
attribute:: attribute (the :func:`read` and :func:`readline` methods will return bytes)::
fileitem = form["userfile"] fileitem = form["userfile"]
if fileitem.file: if fileitem.file:
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