Alan, Thanks for the input. I am trying to make something that is capable of being a bit more B2B than a standard HTML form...but be able to have a friendly interface for a person. I have not liked SOAP in the past...way to much extra stuff. I was trying to think REST but I have to admit I am missing some pieces. Maybe XML/RPC. Thanks again for the advice...I will rethink how I am doing this. John Ertl Meteorologist FNMOC 7 Grace Hopper Ave. Monterey, CA 93943 (831) 656-5704 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
________________________________ From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of Alan Gauld Sent: Thu 6/7/2007 9:30 AM To: tutor@python.org Subject: Re: [Tutor] Best way to POST XML to CGI "Ertl, John C CIV 63134" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote > I have a Python program that makes images of data > and I want to be able to make these via a web interface. Fair enough. > I want to keep it simple so I thought I would send > an XML file to a cgi program But thats not simple. CGI is not really designed to deal with XML, they are almost complementary technologies. CGI sends name/value pairs either in GET or POST format. XML encodes the values into a text file. Different things. XML tends to be used for RPC or B2B type applications, CGI is typically used for basic form submissions. Sure you can do it, but I'm not sure there is much point! I'd probably look to use CGI to capture the details then create the XML file at the server end. Its a lot more efficient in terms of network bandwidth too. XML is about the most inefficient network "protocol" ever invented. > I have an HTML form that I use to collect input on what > kind of image. I then take that form input and make it > into an XML string. I then take that XML string and POST > it to a CGI script. As I say, a pretty complex process compared to a simple CGI submit action. > I bet Python has a simple way to receive a XML post > so I do not have to look for a specific form name? Python offers many ways to deal with XML file transmissions, including XML/RPC and SOAP. But CGI is probably not the best approach for XML IMHO. It can be done in the same way as posting a normal text file but its pretty much turning an easy job into a hard one for no benefit. Alan G. _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
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