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Differentiate between different forms using cgi python

I have multiple forms in a html file, which all call the same python cgi script. For example:

<html>
<body>
<form method="POST" name="form1" action="script.cgi" enctype="multipart/data-form">
....
</form>
...
<form method="POST" name="form2" action="script.cgi" enctype="multipart/data-form">
...
</form>
...
</body>
</html>

And in my cgi script I do the following:

#!/usr/bin/python
import os
import cgi

print "content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8\n\n"
form = cgi.FieldStorate();
...

I am unable to get the data from the second from. I have tried to call FieldStorage multiple times, but that did not seem to work. So my question is how do I access different forms in the same cgi script?

Solution

  • You cannot. The browser submits one form, or the other, but not both.

    If you need data from both forms, merge the forms into one <form> tag instead.