[Tutor] Re: Translating to Python [perl --> python]

[Kyle Babich]

Ok, well then something is still wrong because I'm still getting syntax
errors that I can't figure out.  Is there a python tutorial that is
more like cgi101.com (only python)?  (Ie. including source codes, live
working examples, and different sections for different commands)

Btw, here is the code again:

#!/usr/bin/env python

import cgi

print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"

form = cgi.FieldStorage()
c = form['c'].value
except KeyError :
c = ""
content = c
if c == 'abc':
content = "abc123"
elif c == 'def':
content = "def456"
else:
print "error: content failed\n"

file = open("text.txt")
text = file.read()
file.close()

print """

%(content)s


<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;

%(text)s

""" % vars()


It says there is an error near except KeyError: but I've never used
python before so I don't know what to change.

Thanks,
Kyle

On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 09:06:06 -0400, "Lloyd Kvam"
<pythontutor@venix.com> said:
> (I presume Danny is asleep by this time.)
> Simply delete the two lines that contain cgitb references, or make
> them comments:
> #import cgitb
> #cgitb.enable()
> 
> cgitb ONLY comes into play if your script fails and raises an
> exception.
> You can omit cgitb without affecting your normal processing.
> 
> Kyle Babich wrote:
> 
> > I would like to do the entire thing without cgitb because I don't have
> > the module and I don't want to try to convincing my host to install it.
> >  Is it possible to do it without cgitb?
> > 
> > On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 01:16:11 -0700 (PDT), "Danny Yoo"
> > <dyoo@hkn.eecs.berkeley.edu> said:
> > 
> >>
> >>On Mon, 1 Jul 2002, Kyle Babich wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>How could I do this without cgitb?
> >>>
> >>Hi Kyle,
> >>
> >>Which part, exactly, would you like to do without the 'cgitb' traceback
> >>module?  cgitb modifies the programming environment slightly so that
> >>raised exceptions give nicely formatted error messages back to the web
> >>browser.
> >>
> >>
> >>Try commenting the cgitb lines first, and deliberately introduce a
> >>syntax
> >>error in the script --- you'll notice that the web server doesn't
> >>output
> >>too much useful information back to the user (although it will be in
> >>the
> >>error log).  On Apache, a bug in a CGI script brings up the
> >>infuriatingly
> >>uninformative "Internal Server Error" page.
> >>
> >>
> >>Afterwards, uncomment the cgitb-related lines and try again, and you'll
> >>see a difference.  It's not mandatory, but it is pretty useful.  I
> >>usually
> >>keep 'cgitb' on because it's such a nice debugging tool, and looks
> >>nicer
> >>than having to do a:
> >>
> >>    tail -f /var/log/apache/error.log
> >>
> >>which would be an alternative way of watching script problems.
> >>
> >>
> >>If you have more questions, please feel free to ask!  By the way, it
> >>sounds like you're coming from a Perl background.  How much Perl do you
> >>know already?  We can tailor our answers to take advantage of your
> >>experiences in other languages, if that would be helpful for you.
> >>
> >>
> >>Good luck!
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> > 
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