CGI on Medusa server

[Sergio Boix Moriano]

Hi all,

    I've a medusa http server configured on WinNT, and i want to run a
cgi.

    I'm triyng to do a POST command from an html form, but i get the
response HTTP 400. I suspect that i have to configure the http server
for execute cgi scripts, bu t i don't know how to do it. Any idea?

    I send you the codes of the form and the cgi script

######### FORM.HTML ########

<FORM method="post" action="http://umbriel.pauta.es/cgi/simple.py">
<INPUT TYPE=HIDDEN NAME="key" VALUE="process">
Your name:<BR>
<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="name" value="nombre" size=60>
<BR>
Email: (optional)<BR>
<INPUT TYPE=TEXT NAME="email" value="emilio" size=60>
<BR>
Favorite Color:<BR>
<INPUT TYPE=RADIO NAME="color" VALUE="blue" CHECKED>Blue
<INPUT TYPE=RADIO NAME="color" VALUE="yellow">No, Yellow...
<INPUT TYPE=RADIO NAME="color" VALUE="swallow">What do you
        mean, an African or European swallow?
<P>
Comments:<BR>
<TEXTAREA NAME="comment" value="comentarios" ROWS=8 COLS=60>
</TEXTAREA>
<P>
 <INPUT TYPE="SUBMIT" VALUE="prueba">
</FORM>

######### SIMPLE.PY #####

#! d:/python/python.exe
import re
import cgi

# specify the filename of the template file
TemplateFile = "c:/pysicon/ftp/html/template.html"
# specify the filename of the form to show the user
FormFile = "c:/pysicon/ftp/html/form.html"

# Display  takes one parameter - a string to Display
def Display(Content):
    TemplateHandle = open(TemplateFile, "r")  # open in read only mode
    # read the entire file as a string
    TemplateInput = TemplateHandle.read()
    TemplateHandle.close()                    # close the file
    # this defines an exception string in case our
    # template file is messed up
    BadTemplateException = "There was a problem with the HTML template."

    #SubResult = re.subn("<!-- *** INSERT CONTENT HERE *** -->",
Content,TemplateInput)
    SubResult=[0,1]
    print SubResult
    if SubResult[1] == 0:
        raise BadTemplateException
    print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n"
    print SubResult[0]

### what follows are our two main 'action' functions, one to show the
### form, and another to process it

# this is a really simple function
def DisplayForm():
    FormHandle = open(FormFile, "r")
    FormInput = FormHandle.read()
    FormHandle.close()
    Display(FormInput)

def ProcessForm(form):
    # extract the information from the form in easily digestible format
    try:
        name = form["name"].value
    except:
        # name is required, so output an error if
        # not given and exit script
        Display("You need to at least supply a name. Please go back.")
        raise SystemExit
    try:
        email = form["email"].value
    except:
        email = None
    try:
        color = form["color"].value
    except:
        color = None
    try:
        comment = form["comment"].value
    except:
        comment = None

    Output = ""  # our output buffer, empty at first

    Output = Output + "Hello, "

    if email != None:
        Output = Output + "<A HREF=\"mailto:\"" + email + "">"" + name +
"</A>.<P>"
    else:
        Output = Output + name + ".<P>"

    if color == "swallow":
        Output = Output + "You must be a Monty Python fan.<P>"
    elif color != None:
        Output = Output + "Your favorite color was " + color + "<P>"
    else:
        Output = Output + "You cheated!  You didn't specify a color!<P>"


    if comment != None:
        Output = Output + "In addition, you said:<BR>" + comment + "<P>"

    Display(Output)


###
### Begin actual script
###

### evaluate CGI request
form = cgi.FieldStorage()

### "key" is a hidden form element with an
### action command such as "process"
try:
    key = form["key"].value
except:
    key = None
if key == "process":
    ProcessForm(form)
else:
    DisplayForm()


Thanks in advance for all your responses