Python and POST data

Question

In PHP, I just write:

$bob = $_POST['bob']; 

How do I do the same in Python?

And yes, I usually check that it exists, etc., I just remove it specifically for the functionality that I use.

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Edit: I do not use the framework

Answer 1

The simplest method is the cgi module:

 import cgi data = cgi.FieldStorage() data['bob'] 

But the context that you execute in (the framework you use, WSGI, or even (sky) mod_python) may have different, more efficient, or more direct access methods.