cookiecutter.py listing

This is the current under devlopment version of cookiecutter.py- this is a ssi include of the actual almost working version in our server NOW. You can examint it's operational output at COOKIETEST.SHTML

You can download the tarball also. cookiecutter.1.0.0.tar.gz This includes a readme file for the program.

#!/usr/local/bin/python
#
# cookiecutter.py V:1.0.0 COPYRIGHT 2002 by Kirk D Bailey
# Released under the GNU GPL. Use this at will as a fortune cookie machine.
# It is invoked as 
# assuming the source file is in the directory with the script. 
# The  path to the source file is also required. Paths are RELATIVE
# TO THE WEB DIRECTORY, which the cgi will treat as the home reference-
# in effect, that web directory is the scenter of the world all other
# things relate to. The invokine line would look like:
# 

#
import random, string, sys
#
# comment the next line out if you use the 
# tag- which is insecure! 
# print "Content-Type: text/html \n\n"
#
try:
	myfile=string.strip(sys.argv[1])	# first arguement is the filename
except Exception, e:				# if it cannot do this,
	print "ERROR:"+str(e)			# display the error returned
	sys.exit()				# then abort.
#
#
# ok, now we read the cookie jar
try:
	f1=open(myfile,'r')			# open the file,
	cookiejar=f1.readlines()		# read it in to a list,
	f1.close()				# close the file,
	print random.choice(cookiejar)		# print ONE SELECTED ITEM from it,
	sys.exit()				# Then exit the program.
except Exception, e:				# if you cannot do this,
	print str(e)				# print the error returned, then quit.

ODD#kdb/cookielisting.shtml