[mod_python] ValueError with Flash 8 FileReference.upload(url)

Attempting to upload a file using Flash 8 FileReference.upload(url)
causes a ValueError at line 173 of util.py.
 
Windows XP
Apache 2.0.54
mod_python 3.2.8
 
>From httpd.conf:
<VirtualHost *:8020>
    ServerName python
    DocumentRoot "c:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs/python"
    <Directory "c:/Program Files/Apache Group/Apache2/htdocs/python">
        AddHandler mod_python .py
        PythonHandler deko_publisher
        PythonDebug Off
        RewriteEngine On
        RewriteRule ^$ ^$ [F]
        RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
        RewriteRule ^(\w+)/(.*)$ $1.py/$2 [QSA,L]
        ErrorDocument 500 "<h2>Application error</h2>Problem with Python
Setup"
    </Directory>
</VirtualHost>
 
deko_publisher is my own handler that delegates to mod_python.publisher
 
It seems that the HTTP request has some header lines that aren't of the
form "Name: value" such as file boundaries.
 
>From error.log:
 
[Mon Apr 03 12:05:40 2006] [INFO] WebPython deko_publisher.py:17 about
to run uploadFoo
[Mon Apr 03 12:05:40 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PythonHandler
deko_publisher: Traceback (most recent call last):
[Mon Apr 03 12:05:40 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PythonHandler
deko_publisher:   File
"C:\\Python23\\Lib\\site-packages\\mod_python\\apache.py", line 299, in
HandlerDispatch\n    result = object(req)
[Mon Apr 03 12:05:41 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PythonHandler
deko_publisher:   File "C:/Program Files/Apache
Group/Apache2/htdocs/python/deko_publisher.py", line 18, in handler\n
return apache.handler(req)
[Mon Apr 03 12:05:41 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PythonHandler
deko_publisher:   File
"C:\\Python23\\Lib\\site-packages\\mod_python\\publisher.py", line 213,
in handler\n    published = publish_object(req, object)
[Mon Apr 03 12:05:41 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PythonHandler
deko_publisher:   File
"C:\\Python23\\Lib\\site-packages\\mod_python\\publisher.py", line 411,
in publish_object\n    req.form = util.FieldStorage(req,
keep_blank_values=1)
[Mon Apr 03 12:05:41 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PythonHandler
deko_publisher:   File
"C:\\Python23\\Lib\\site-packages\\mod_python\\util.py", line 173, in
__init__\n    h, v = line.split(":", 1)
[Mon Apr 03 12:05:41 2006] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] PythonHandler
deko_publisher: ValueError: unpack list of wrong size
 
util.py (lines 169-175):
           while line not in ('\r','\r\n'):
               # we read the headers until we reach an empty line
               # NOTE : a single \n would mean the entity is malformed,
but
               # we're tolerating it anyway
               h, v = line.split(":", 1)
               headers.add(h, v)
               h = h.lower()
 
proposed change:
           while line not in ('\r','\r\n'):
               # we read the headers until we reach an empty line
               # NOTE : a single \n would mean the entity is malformed,
but
               # we're tolerating it anyway
               try:
                  h, v = line.split(":", 1)
               except ValueError:
                  h, v = "", ""
               headers.add(h, v)
               h = h.lower()

 
 
Harold Ship
Giant Steps Networks