titaniumdecoy

I just started learning Python, and I'm trying to figure out how to access GET/POST form variables. Anyone know? Thanks.

Sane

With... raw sockets? CherryPy? CGI?

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titaniumdecoy

That sounds sorta complicated. Isn't there an easy way to do it? In PHP you can use $_GET['var'] or $_POST['var']...

EDIT: I believe this article covers what I was looking for.

Sane

No... I was asking you what the medium was for attaining the arguments? Are you trying to do it I take it from that tutorial that you were using CGI. Just stick with a tutorial then, not much more to say. Good luck.

titaniumdecoy

I'm talking about getting information submitted to a script by an HTML form. If there's an easier/better way to do it than by using the CGI module, I'd be glad to hear about it.

Sane

I know that's what you're talking about, but it would have helped if you said what you're listening to the HTTP packets with. CherryPy, for example, makes this very easy for you. The POST/GET arguments come in directly as arguments to the functions you map to pages. http://cherrypy.org can teach you all about CherryPy.

Raw Sockets you would have to parse yourself. Not sure about CGI. Not aware of any other methods, other then the HTTP module that interfaces to the socket library.

DaveQB

CGI module is the way to go. Its not too hard, very similiar to PHP besides the import statement.

Arevos

CGI is the way to go only if you have no alternative. If your host restricts you to Python CGI, then that's what you have to use. If you have no such restriction, I can think of absolutely no advantage of using CGI.

titaniumdecoy

Thanks DaWei.

Why is CGI so bad? Would you suggest using CherryPy like Sane?

Arevos

CGI is lowest common denominator stuff. It's both the slowest, and most basic, way in which to use Python to create a web app.

I'd be tempted by Django or Turbogears for a project of reasonable size. Smaller projects I'd use PHP for, I think. Perhaps mod_python if it were available.

But if you wish to use Python, and your host doesn't have mod_python or FastCGI or whatever, you're pretty much stuck with basic CGI.