Returning http status codes in Python CGI

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Is it possible to send a status code other than 200 via a python cgi script (such as 301 redirect)

score 24 · Accepted Answer · edited Feb 03 '13 at 15:57

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via cgi script?

print "Status:301\nLocation: http://www.google.com"

edited Feb 03 '13 at 15:57

Chris Huang-Leaver

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answered May 07 '09 at 09:35

Jiri

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can you also post http request handler in this case/ – Deepak Ingole Aug 18 '14 at 12:31
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Note also that this won't work if you're running your script via Python's built-in CGIHTTPServer http://stackoverflow.com/a/32079589/227651 – Mike Howsden Aug 18 '15 at 18:13
@MikeHowsden good point! It seems it is not possible to return status code with python built-in CGIHTTPServer. IMO it is major drawback because returning different status is very common even in quite simple webapps. Fortunately, other web server's behaviour is not the same. – Jiri Aug 21 '15 at 09:27

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 07 '09 at 11:27

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Via wsgi application?

def simple_app(environ, start_response):
    status = '301 Moved Permanently' # HTTP Status
    headers = [('Location','http://example.com')] # HTTP Headers
    start_response(status, headers)

    return []

answered May 07 '09 at 11:27

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Returning http status codes in Python CGI

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