Python - Parsing multipart/form-data request on server side

Question

Im trying to do a http \'POST\' with multipart/form-data to a python GAE backend. My server side method is receiving the complete body but i have absolutely no idea how to p

Answer 1

You want the .cgi python library.

Specifically something like this:

import cgi
form = cgi.FieldStorage() 
value1 = form.getfirst("value1", "")
value2 = form.getfirst("value2", "") 
value3 = form.getfirst("value3", "") 
logtext = form.getfirst("logText", "")

Answer 2

If you want the uploaded files, you can do this

for upload in self.get_uploads():

If you want just a text field:

x = self.request.get('value1')

Answer 3

For some reason cgi.FieldStorage() wasnt working for me, but only the deprecated method :

pdict = {'boundary':'*****'}
cgi.parse_multipart(self.request.body_file, pdict)

Dont know why but as long as its working im fine with that.