web page programs

[Servo]

I should of been more specific. This program will not be ran from a server,
I'm just using the web page as a prototype GUI (so to speak).



"Sheila King" <sheila at spamcop.net> wrote in message
news:f77egt0g1ijvheac887jtbb4mtvfqi51al at 4ax.com...
> On Sat, 19 May 2001 20:23:48 -0500, "Servo" <theservo at bellsouth.net> wrote
in
> comp.lang.python in article <e%EN6.5144$M8.264038 at news1.atl>:
>
> :Hey Guys,
> :
> :I'm going to attempt to make a client side web page program that will ask
> :the user to input some simple information (through text entries, list
boxes,
> :etc.) and it will then save the information to a file. At that point some
> :computation will be performed on the data and the output shown, as a
> :webpage.
> :
> :How would I go about doing this, if it is at all possible?
> :Would it be possible to send the information via the post method to a
Python
> :script?
>
> It is certainly possible to do this. You should use the cgi module that
comes
> with the standard Python distribution. You need not concern yourself with
what
> method is used to get the information from the script. However, when you
write
> your form for your web page, POST is certainly a good method. But as far
as
> writing the cgi script in Python, if you use the cgi module, it will
> automatically handle things for you, regardless of what method is used.
>
> Here are the basics for writing cgi scripts in Python:
> http://www.python.org/topics/web/basic-cgi.html
>
> You are welcome to look at a script that I wrote, called GypsyMail. It is
here:
> http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/computers/software/gypsymail.html
>
> It doesn't write the info to a file. It composes an email and sends the
email
> out. However, there may be things there, that would help you with some
parts of
> what you are trying to do.
>
> --
> Sheila King
> http://www.thinkspot.net/sheila/
> http://www.k12groups.org/
>
>
>