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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions Doc/library/cgi.rst
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Expand Up @@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ Support module for Common Gateway Interface (CGI) scripts.
This module defines a number of utilities for use by CGI scripts written in
Python.

The global variable ``maxlen`` can be set to an integer indicating the maximum
size of a POST request. POST requests larger than this size will result in a
:exc:`ValueError` being raised during parsing. The default value of this
variable is ``0``, meaning the request size is unlimited.


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This module defines a number of utilities for use by CGI scripts
written in Python.

The global variable maxlen can be set to an integer indicating the maximum size
of a POST request. POST requests larger than this size will result in a
ValueError being raised during parsing. The default value of this variable is 0,
meaning the request size is unlimited.
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