or you can use python urllib2: http://docs.python.org/library/urllib2.html

On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 02:15, Gabriel Gayan <gabrielga...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Maybe trying with ajax?
> jquery has some nice functions to deal with ajax post requests.
> You can even send files via ajax.
> From the server side, you could return JSON objects and parse them on the
> client (for validation).
> Cheers
>
> On Mon, Jun 28, 2010 at 4:22 PM, Margie Roginski <margierogin...@yahoo.com>
> wrote:
>>
>> I'd like to find a way to let my users submit form data without
>> submitting
>> it via an actual web form. For example, I have users that would like
>> to
>> send their data via email, or perhaps provide it in an excel spread
>> sheet,
>>
>> I'm trying to figure out how to do this and still leverage all the
>> error
>> checking associated with my forms (ie, via is_valid).
>>
>> I'm thinking that on the server side I could create a form with
>> initial data,
>> and then instead of rendering that form, I'd like to just convert it
>> directly
>> to a POST data dict, as if the user submitted the form without making
>> any changes. Then I'd take that POST data, add a bit of additinal
>> data
>> that I've gotten from some other source (ie from email or excel), then
>> run
>> is_valid(), then do my standard save to my db object.
>>
>> Can anyone comment on if this seems like a good approach for doing
>> this,
>> and if so, if there is any django support for turning a form directly
>> into a data dict?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Margie
>>
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