Python and POST data

Question

In PHP I simply write:

$bob = $_POST['bob'];

How do I do the same in Python?

And yes, I do normally check that it exists etc, I'm just stripping it down specifically to the functionality I am after.

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Edit: I am not using a framework

Answer 1

Well, that really depends on what framework you are using. Elaborate?

Answer 2

Full example of how to process forms, including POST values, can be found here http://www.pyzine.com/Issue008/Section_Articles/article_CGIOne.html

Answer 3

The simplest method is the 'cgi' module:

import cgi
data = cgi.FieldStorage()
data['bob']

But the context you are executing in (frameworks you're using, WSGI or even (heaven forbid) mod_python) may have different, more efficient or more direct methods of access.

Answer 4

What exactly are you coding for? Is it a CGI scritpt in python? a wsgi application? a django/pylons/whateverframework application?