fix date string and introduce HTTP argument parsing

find_WWR_and_output_as_gpx.py

@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ them as GPX Waypoints to a given output file in GPX format.
 """
 
 __author__ = "fordprefect"
-__date__ = "2020-03-2
+__date__ = "2020-03-25"
 __version__ = "0.1"
 
+import cgi
 import gpxpy
 import requests
 import os
@@ -44,6 +45,13 @@ verbosity = 0
 ######## end of configuration
 #####################################
 
+def get_arguments():
+    """Wrapper for cgi-environment.
+    Takes no options, returns dict of arguments
+    """
+    with cgi.FieldStorage() as args:
+        return {i: args.getvalue(i) for i in args}
+
 ## initialize gpx file
 if os.path.isfile(gpxfilename):
     # open file and parse