Drop-in replacement for the cgi module

Question

Python 3.13 removed the cgi module.

While there are many ways described how to workaround that issue, e.g. via using urllib and the email package, for one project I actually need a drop-in replacement, that is a package which also offers a FieldStorage class which I can use instead of the removed one.

I have read about such a project a few weeks ago, but unfortunately did not bookmark it.

tl/dr

• I look for a package which offers a FieldStorage class as a replacement for the removed cgi.FieldStorage in Python 3.13.
• I am not interested in ways to rewrite the code via urllib and the email package
• Werkzeug is not a drop-in replacement

Thank you!

Answer 1

It seems other people had the same need.

The Python CGI package is a drop-in replacement for the cgi package, which was removed from Python 3.13 onwards.

https://github.com/jackrosenthal/python-cgi

In order to use it, you only have to

pip install legacy-cgi

There are no code changes required.