Reading a client's header from Python CGI script?

Question

I\'m writing a very simple web service, written in Python and run as CGI on an Apache server.

According to Python docs (somewhere... I forgot where), I can use sys.stdin

Answer 1

As this page explains, most HTTP request headers are made available to your CGI script via environment variables. Run cgi.test() instead of your script to see the environment (including HTTP request headers) shown back to your visiting browser.