On Feb 3, 9:35 am, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Markus <markus...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > > As a beginner in python, I am looking for example code that would help > > me understand how to > > code following idea: > > 1. Start minimal http server > > http://docs.python.org/library/basehttpserver.htmlhttp://docs.python.org/library/simplehttpserver.htmlhttp://docs.python.org/library/cgihttpserver.html > > > 2. Send GET or POST data (url encoded, or from form) - example > > Name="Foo" > > http://docs.python.org/library/urllib.html#urllib.urlencode > > > 3. Analyze the GET/POST variable value on server and match to > > different value > > example 'if Name = "Foo" then retval = "Bar" ' > > http://docs.python.org/library/cgi.html > > > 4. serve the content of retval back to user as plain html > > > If some code snipped that does implement all or part of the algorithm > > is known to you, please point me to it. I would be thankful for any > > push to the right direction. > > You'll be reinventing quite a few wheels if you work at such a low > level of abstraction. Have you considered using a web framework? > Django (http://www.djangoproject.com/) is one of the popular ones, > though there are a myriad of options > (http://wiki.python.org/moin/WebFrameworks). I would recommend > learning Python first and then a web framework, rather than trying to > learn both in tandem. > > Cheers, > Chris > --http://blog.rebertia.com
Thank you for all that input, I will definitely check Django - it looks very interesting. I just found an example code that fits perfectly and is simple enough for me to play with it. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/336866/how-to-implement-a-minimal-server-for-ajax-in-python And one older post handling the same case with HTTPS: http://groups.google.com/group/comp.lang.python/browse_thread/thread/a1e761a02a852821/2ff6f704b3a6749a?lnk=gst&q=server+parse+post#2ff6f704b3a6749a :o) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
