Running a Python cgi program
Simple example without html
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The html to prompt for your name looks like this
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<body>
<FORM ACTION="/cgi-bin/hello-python1.cgi" METHOD="POST">
<label><b>Please enter your name</b></label>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="person" SIZE=30 >
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>
Note: you can also use javascript to prompt for the name rather than a form
See Javascript example1
The Python cgi code on the server looks like this
Simple example without html
#!/usr/bin/python
# Import modules for CGI handling
import cgi, cgitb
# Create instance of FieldStorage
form = cgi.FieldStorage()
# Get data from fields
person = form.getvalue('person')
print "Content-type:text/html\r\n\r\n"
print "hello %s" % (person)
Return web page (html) with results
#!/usr/bin/python
import cgi, cgitb
form = cgi.FieldStorage()
person = form.getvalue('person')
# Send a new html page so you can run it again
print "Content-type:text/html\r\n\r\n"
print """
<html>
<head>
<title>Hello - CGI Program</title>
</head>
<body>
<h2>Hello %s </h2>
<P>
Try it again<BR>
<form action="/cgi-bin/hello-python1.cgi" method="post">
<label><b>Please enter your name</b></label>
<input type="text" name="person" SIZE=30>
<input type="submit" value="Submit" />
</form>
</body>
</html>""" % (person)
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