"""HTTP header parsing helpers.""" def _parse_param(s): while s[:1] == ';': s = s[1:] end = s.find(';') while end > 0 and (s.count('"', 0, end) - s.count('\\"', 0, end)) % 2: end = s.find(';', end + 1) if end < 0: end = len(s) f = s[:end] yield f.strip() s = s[end:] def parse_header(line): """Parse a ``Content-Type`` like header. Return the main ``Content-Type`` and a dictionary of options. Copied from removed stdlib :mod:`cgi` module. See `cherrypy/cherrypy#2014 (comment) `_ for background. """ parts = _parse_param(';' + line) key = parts.__next__() pdict = {} for p in parts: i = p.find('=') if i >= 0: name = p[:i].strip().lower() value = p[i + 1:].strip() if len(value) >= 2 and value[0] == value[-1] == '"': value = value[1:-1] value = value.replace('\\\\', '\\').replace('\\"', '"') pdict[name] = value return key, pdict