"""CGI-savvy HTTP Server.
This module builds on SimpleHTTPServer by implementing GET and POST
requests to cgi-bin scripts.
"""
__version__ = "0.3"
import os
import sys
import time
import socket
import string
import urllib
import BaseHTTPServer
import SimpleHTTPServer
class CGIHTTPRequestHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
"""Complete HTTP server with GET, HEAD and POST commands.
GET and HEAD also support running CGI scripts.
The POST command is *only* implemented for CGI scripts.
"""
def do_POST(self):
"""Serve a POST request.
This is only implemented for CGI scripts.
"""
if self.is_cgi():
self.run_cgi()
else:
self.send_error(501, "Can only POST to CGI scripts")
def send_head(self):
"""Version of send_head that support CGI scripts"""
if self.is_cgi():
return self.run_cgi()
else:
return SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler.send_head(self)
def is_cgi(self):
"""test whether PATH corresponds to a CGI script.
Return a tuple (dir, rest) if PATH requires running a
CGI script, None if not. Note that rest begins with a
slash if it is not empty.
The default implementation tests whether the path
begins with one of the strings in the list
self.cgi_directories (and the next character is a '/'
or the end of the string).
"""
path = self.path
for x in self.cgi_directories:
i = len(x)
if path[:i] == x and (not path[i:] or path[i] == '/'):
self.cgi_info = path[:i], path[i+1:]
return 1
return 0
cgi_directories = ['/cgi-bin', '/htbin']
def run_cgi(self):
"""Execute a CGI script."""
dir, rest = self.cgi_info
i = string.rfind(rest, '?')
if i >= 0:
rest, query = rest[:i], rest[i+1:]
else:
query = ''
i = string.find(rest, '/')
if i >= 0:
script, rest = rest[:i], rest[i:]
else:
script, rest = rest, ''
scriptname = dir + '/' + script
scriptfile = self.translate_path(scriptname)
if not os.path.exists(scriptfile):
self.send_error(404, "No such CGI script (%s)" % `scriptname`)
return
if not os.path.isfile(scriptfile):
self.send_error(403, "CGI script is not a plain file (%s)" %
`scriptname`)
return
if not executable(scriptfile):
self.send_error(403, "CGI script is not executable (%s)" %
`scriptname`)
return
nobody = nobody_uid()
self.send_response(200, "Script output follows")
self.wfile.flush() # Always flush before forking
pid = os.fork()
if pid != 0:
# Parent
pid, sts = os.waitpid(pid, 0)
if sts:
self.log_error("CGI script exit status x%x" % sts)
return
# Child
try:
# Reference: http://hoohoo.ncsa.uiuc.edu/cgi/env.html
# XXX Much of the following could be prepared ahead of time!
env = {}
env['SERVER_SOFTWARE'] = self.version_string()
env['SERVER_NAME'] = self.server.server_name
env['GATEWAY_INTERFACE'] = 'CGI/1.1'
env['SERVER_PROTOCOL'] = self.protocol_version
env['SERVER_PORT'] = str(self.server.server_port)
env['REQUEST_METHOD'] = self.command
uqrest = urllib.unquote(rest)
env['PATH_INFO'] = uqrest
env['PATH_TRANSLATED'] = self.translate_path(uqrest)
env['SCRIPT_NAME'] = scriptname
if query:
env['QUERY_STRING'] = query
host = self.address_string()
if host != self.client_address[0]:
env['REMOTE_HOST'] = host
env['REMOTE_ADDR'] = self.client_address[0]
# AUTH_TYPE
# REMOTE_USER
# REMOTE_IDENT
if self.headers.typeheader is None:
env['CONTENT_TYPE'] = self.headers.type
else:
env['CONTENT_TYPE'] = self.headers.typeheader
length = self.headers.getheader('content-length')
if length:
env['CONTENT_LENGTH'] = length
accept = []
for line in self.headers.getallmatchingheaders('accept'):
if line[:1] in string.whitespace:
accept.append(string.strip(line))
else:
accept = accept + string.split(line[7:], ',')
env['HTTP_ACCEPT'] = string.joinfields(accept, ',')
ua = self.headers.getheader('user-agent')
if ua:
env['HTTP_USER_AGENT'] = ua
# XXX Other HTTP_* headers
decoded_query = string.replace(query, '+', ' ')
try:
os.setuid(nobody)
except os.error:
pass
os.dup2(self.rfile.fileno(), 0)
os.dup2(self.wfile.fileno(), 1)
print scriptfile, script, decoded_query
os.execve(scriptfile,
[script, decoded_query],
env)
except:
self.server.handle_error(self.request, self.client_address)
os._exit(127)
nobody = None
def nobody_uid():
"""Internal routine to get nobody's uid"""
global nobody
if nobody:
return nobody
import pwd
try:
nobody = pwd.getpwnam('nobody')[2]
except pwd.error:
nobody = 1 + max(map(lambda x: x[2], pwd.getpwall()))
return nobody
def executable(path):
"""Test for executable file."""
try:
st = os.stat(path)
except os.error:
return 0
return st[0] & 0111 != 0
def test(HandlerClass = CGIHTTPRequestHandler,
ServerClass = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer):
SimpleHTTPServer.test(HandlerClass, ServerClass)
if __name__ == '__main__':
test()