*.py star.py

[Serge Bakkal <Se...@wanadoo.fr>]

Hi , This is my first post here

Hi switched from cgi to mod_python recently and came across the *.py problem
I grabbed cgihandler and wrote this (mostly cutting and pasting , I've been
a Python user
for 3 days only , and this is day 3 evening )

It is very likely  to have many pitfalls , but I need to dig form handling
with python and I'm sure
specialists will enhance this (I'll post probably updates shortly )
I sincirely hope the copyright is compliant with the apache license .

This one has to be run from mod_apache directory and I modified its
__init__.py
from
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__all__ = ["apache", "cgihandler",
           "publisher", "util" ]
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to
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__all__ = ["apache", "cgihandler",
           "publisher", "util" , "star"]
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star.py :
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 # derived from cgihandler originally develloped Gregory Trubetskoy.
 # developed by Serge PBA Bakkal
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 # $Id: star.py,v 1.12 2003/06/02 10:18:00 Exp sergepbabak $
import apache
import imp
import os
import sys

# if threads are not available
# create a functionless lock object
try:
    import threading
    _lock = threading.Lock()
except (ImportError, AttributeError):
    class DummyLock:
        def acquire(self):
            pass
        def release(self):
            pass
    _lock = DummyLock()

# the next statement  deserves some explaining.
# it seems that the standard os.environ object looses
# memory if the environment is manipulated frequently. Since for
# CGI you have to rebuild it for every request, your httpd will
# grow rather fast. I am not exactly sure why it happens and if there
# is a more sensible remedy, but this seems to work OK.
os.environ = {}

original = sys.modules.keys()

# find out the standard library location
stdlib, x = os.path.split(os.__file__)

def handler(req):

    if req.subprocess_env.has_key("script_filename"):
        dir, file = os.path.split(req.subprocess_env["script_filename"])
    else:
        dir, file = os.path.split(req.filename)
    module_name, ext = os.path.splitext(file)

    _lock.acquire()
    try:
        try:
            cwd = os.getcwd()
            os.chdir(dir)
            try:
                # we do not search the pythonpath (security reasons)
                fd, path, desc = imp.find_module(module_name, [dir])
            except ImportError:
                raise apache.SERVER_RETURN, apache.HTTP_NOT_FOUND
            module = imp.load_module(module_name, fd, path, desc)
            _req = req
            ret = module.handler(_req)
            os.chdir(cwd)
#RIGHT NOW :
            if(ret == 0):
                return apache.OK
            else:
                return apache.HTTP_NOT_FOUND
        finally:
            # unsimulate the cgi environment
            try:
                fd.close()
            except: pass
            os.chdir(cwd)
    finally:
        _lock.release()
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Serge Bakkal