Python CGI Open file with absolute URL path

Question

I'm writing a Python script that opens a file based on the URL (using .htaccess). I want to be able to open it using an absolute path relative to the servers DocumentRoot. With PHP I would do:

$_SERVER['DOCUMENT_ROOT']/path

Is there a similar function with CGI?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I finally found the solution, just use:

import os
os.environ['CONTEXT_DOCUMENT_ROOT']