Passing parameters to a CGI program using the URL (python)

Question

As the title suggests, I'm trying to pass parameters into my cgi script so that when you type in (for example): www.helloworld.com/cgi-bin/world.py?post=101, the script will display that post

I've tried the following:

link = '<a href="world.py?post=%s">test</a>' % postNumber

link = cgi.FieldStorage()
id = link.getvalue('post')
print id

but the value of id is nothing. It's like it's not reading the link properly or something.

Please help!

Answer 1

How about:

id = link["post"].value
print id