Python: how to read 'Chunked Transfer Coding' from a request in web.py server

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I am using web.py to run a server. I need to get a request from a remote server, however, the request sends me a data with Chunked Transfer Coding.

I can use web.ctx.env['wsgi.input'].read(1000) to get the data. But this is not what I need since I don't know the length of the data (because it is chunked). But if I use web.ctx.env['wsgi.input'].read() the server would crash.

Can anybody tell me how to get the chunked data in a request?

>But if I use web.ctx.env['wsgi.input'].read() the server would crash. How was it crashing? Throwing an exception/which one? — rsaxvc, Mar 01 '15 at 18:26

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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Calling .read() will fetch the entire file into a string, which might be too large.

Based on: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10140333/1125660

while True: chunk = web.ctx.env['wsgi.input'].read(1000) if chunk == '': break process(chunk)

edited May 23 '17 at 11:50

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answered Mar 01 '15 at 18:27

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score -1 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 30 '14 at 10:53

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web.py runs CherryPy as the web server and it has support for handling requests with chunked transfer coding. Have you misread the documentation?

answered Oct 30 '14 at 10:53

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