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sabz · Aug 18th, 2005, 1:38 AM

Hi,
I want to create a python client, that will receive and post messages to an HTML Webserver. I have found several articles on how to read html data, which i have been able to do. but i cant find any resources on how to trigger events for html, like pushing buttons.
Can anyone help me out?

iignotus · Aug 18th, 2005, 2:13 AM

If I'm not mistaken, you'll have to implement these python scripts on the server's side -- the side of a server that has mod_python or so running, moreover. Then you'll use an html/server module with python to print out the HTML data and forms, as well as process the data that the user sends.

However, I'm not too familiar with python, and even less so with python&html.

sabz · Aug 18th, 2005, 2:30 AM

Thanks but thats not what I want to do. Actually I have a networking device which is configured through its web interface. I want to automate the configuration. So I need to write a python script that would automatically load the config file to the network device through its webinterface.
So I need some python library that sends data back to the webinterface as well as retrieving it.

thechristelegacy · Aug 18th, 2005, 7:24 AM

Check out Python CGI. Comes as a built-in module so you don't ave to download anything else.

Cerulean · Aug 18th, 2005, 8:49 AM

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Thanks but thats not what I want to do. Actually I have a networking device which is configured through its web interface. I want to automate the configuration. So I need to write a python script that would automatically load the config file to the network device through its webinterface.
So I need some python library that sends data back to the webinterface as well as retrieving it.

Indeed. You don't want Python CGI related stuff or mod_python, people did not understand your question very well. You want to interact with the web interface from your script, so you want client-side stuff.
You either want urllib or urllib2, depending on whether or not your web interface, like mine, uses basic HTTP authentication for the login box (do you get a popup that asks you for your username or password) or not. Tell me that and i'll point you in the right direction

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sabz Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Python Client for an HTML Server Hi, I want to create a python client, that will receive and post messages to an HTML Webserver. I have found several articles on how to read html data, which i have been able to do. but i cant find any resources on how to trigger events for html, like pushing buttons. Can anyone help me out?

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iignotus Professional Programmer Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Nowhere Special Posts: 466 Rep Power: 4	If I'm not mistaken, you'll have to implement these python scripts on the server's side -- the side of a server that has mod_python or so running, moreover. Then you'll use an html/server module with python to print out the HTML data and forms, as well as process the data that the user sends. However, I'm not too familiar with python, and even less so with python&html. __________________ (Toggle Plain Text) % rc4 hexkey < input > output #define S ,t=s[i],s[i]=s[j],s[j]=t /* rc4 hexkey <file / unsigned char k[256],s[256],i,j,t;main(c,v,e)charv;{++v;while(++i)s[ i]=i;for(c=0;(v)++;k[c++]=e)sscanf((v)++-1,"%2x",&e);while(j+=s[i] +k[i%c]S,++i);for(j=0;c=~getchar();putchar(~c^s[t+=s[i]]))j+=s[++i]S;}

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Aug 18th, 2005, 2:30 AM	#3
sabz Newbie Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 2 Rep Power: 0	Thanks but thats not what I want to do. Actually I have a networking device which is configured through its web interface. I want to automate the configuration. So I need to write a python script that would automatically load the config file to the network device through its webinterface. So I need some python library that sends data back to the webinterface as well as retrieving it.

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thechristelegacy Expert Programmer Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Somerset, Pa Posts: 708 Rep Power: 5	Check out Python CGI. Comes as a built-in module so you don't ave to download anything else.

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