Python POST data using mod_wsgi

Question

This must be a very simple question, but I don\'t seem to be able to figure out.

I\'m using apache + mod_wsgi to host my python application, and I\'d like to get the

Answer 1

Be aware that technically speaking calling read() or read(-1) on wsgi.input is a violation of the WSGI specification even though Apache/mod_wsgi allows it. This is because the WSGI specification requires that a valid length argument be supplied. The WSGI specification also says you shouldn't read more data than is specified by the CONTENT_LENGTH.

So, the code above may work in Apache/mod_wsgi but it isn't portable WSGI code and will fail on some other WSGI implementations. To be correct, determine request content length and supply that value to read().