On 2019-08-13 15:49, tutor-requ...@python.org wrote: > Send Tutor mailing list submissions to > tutor@python.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > tutor-requ...@python.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > tutor-ow...@python.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Tutor digest..." > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Fwd: Re: HELP PLEASE (Alan Gauld) > 2. Re: HELP PLEASE (David L Neil) > 3. Re: HELP PLEASE (Cameron Simpson) > 4. Re: HELP PLEASE (Sithembewena L. Dube) > 5. Re: HELP PLEASE (Alan Gauld) > 6. Re: cgi module help (Peter Otten) > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor I went looking through the cgi module code and found the limitation is in the way urllib's parse_qsl method parses data. It simply does not handle nested dictionaries correctly. This lead to a simple solution/hack by just json'ing the nested values: """Client Code""" import json from requests import sessions inner_metadata = json.dumps({"date": "2019-08", "id": "0000"}) metadata = {"metadata": inner_metadata} session = sessions.Session() session.post(<url>, data=metadata) This is received on the server side and can be parsed with: """Server Code""" import cgi import json form = cgi.FieldStorage() metadata_json = form.getvalue("metadata", None) metadata = json.loads(metadata) print(metadata) > {"date": "2019-08", "id": "0000"} print(type(metadata)) > dict _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
