How can I debug POST requests with python's BaseHTTPServer / SimpleHTTPServer?

Question

I found a script on this site for running a simple server via the command line with python.

I added some print lines in because I\'d like to print out the G

Answer 1

You can use cgi module instead of urlparse. cgi implements POST params parsing out of the box. Using well-tested libraries seems better.

import cgi

def do_POST(self):
    form = cgi.FieldStorage(
        fp=self.rfile,
        headers=self.headers,
        environ={"REQUEST_METHOD": "POST"}
    )

    for item in form.list:
        print "%s=%s" % (item.name, item.value)