Re: CGI fakery expertise needed

[Jake Morrison <jake_morrison@example.com>]

Frank,

Perhaps the python httplib module does this?

If not, RFC 2109 has details on cookies:
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc2109.html
Seems a bit old, though. There may be something
newer in, e.g. the HTTP 1.1 spec.

Regards,
Jake

--- "Frank BENNETT ( $B%U%i%s%/!!%Y%M%C%H (B )"
<bennett@example.com> wrote:
> Dear all,
> 
> I've written a little CGI proxy in Python that helps
> me to collect
> information from the Web.  Anchors and form
> references and whatnot are
> rewritten so that they reinvoke the CGI, with a
> variable set to the address of
> the target page.  It's working very well for the
> most part, but I've hit one
> snag.
> 
> The Japanese Supreme Court site at:
> 
>  
>
http://courtdomino.courts.go.jp/home.nsf/pageview?OpenView#whatsnew
> 
> messes up when accessed via my CGI tool.  The CGI is
> written in Python. It
> uses a simple call to urllib.urlopen(url).read() to
> grab the file.  What I
> think is happening is that the Domino server wants
> to place a cookie in the
> calling CGI, and breaks when the magic doesn't take
> at this end.
> 
> I have written CGI scripts that set and retrieve
> cookies, but I have never
> needed to mimic a browser before.  I've looked
> around for info on cookies, and
> can't seem to find info on them anywhere.  Are they
> in the CGI spec?  HTTP?
> HTML?  I'm sort of lost.
> 
> Any help greatly appreciated.
> 
> Cheers,
> Frank
> 
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