Webware for Python

Hello all,

   I have an interesting question.  I am working with Macromedia's Flash MX 
xml methods and cannot seem to mimic the Java functionality in python.  Any 
help or "points in the right direction" would be greatly appreciated.

Is there a method for getting streams from the request and, further, is 
there a way to get that contents length?

i.e.
in = request.getInputStream();
bytes = request.getContentLength();

Thanks in advance,


-Andy