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json-generating cgi script

With your new function written and added to the athletemodel module, you were to create
a new CGI script that, when called, returns the data from the get_names_from_store()
function to the web requester as a JSON data stream.
You were to call your new script cgi-bin/generate_names.py.

Don’t forget this #! /usr/local/bin/python3
“magic” first line
if you’re running
on Linux or Mac
OS X. import json
import athletemodel Do your imports.

import yate

Get the data from
names = athletemodel.get_names_from_store() the model.
Start with the
appropriate
“Content-type”:
line. print(yate.start_response('application/json')) Sort “names”, then convert

print(json.dumps(sorted(names))) to JSON and send to
STDOUT.

Take care testing
your JSON-generating
CGI code.
The behavior you see
when testing your JSON-
generating CGI script will differ
depending on the web browser you
are using. For instance, Firefox might
attempt to download the generated
data as opposed to display it on screen.

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