How to print to HTML using python as server side script?

Question

I have the following html button

<td><form id="form2" name="form2" method="post" onclick="../cgi-bin/py/GuestBookEntry.py">
<input type="submit" name="gBookSrib" id="gBookSrib" value="Sribble" />
</form></td>

My python script is

#!/usr/bin/python
print "Content-type: text/html\n\n"
print "<html><body>Hello World!</body></html>

When i click the button i want my serverside script to execute and create a html page. How do i do that?

My webhost service provider is fatcow. I think he runs apache, is there a way to check it though? Yes he supports python cgi script. He mentioned that if i place my 'py' files inside the cgi-bin, it should work, even without the 'she'bang.

Fatcow does not allow custom modules. Only standard python modules. They had not allowed access to my cgi-bin folder by default, so had to call them, and then the below stuff just worked.

sys.write("Content-type: text/html\r\n\r\n") to fit the spec. Are you familiar with Apache? — khachik
– khachik, Commented May 23, 2011 at 17:52
@khachik - no am new to apache, my webhoster is fatcow.com, but i think he runs it on apache. — devgp
– devgp, Commented May 23, 2011 at 18:03

Mononofu · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-23 17:52:23Z

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You need a webserver that serves Python code.

There are several different possibilities out there.

Twisted Web is a webserver written in Python, allowing you to serve content from python with minimal overhead.
Apache / ngnix + Django offers a more complete stack to develop a full web application

answered May 23, 2011 at 17:52

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devgp Over a year ago

Thanks, but how do i install custom modules. My host provider is someoneelse (fatcow.com) he provides support for python cgi, but how do i print to webpage to see output of my python function on button click

Mononofu Over a year ago

do you have ssh access to your account?

devgp Over a year ago

nope i spoke with the customer care, they support only standard Python 2.5 modules. Nothing more. But i got it to work. Thanks

Hyperboreus · Accepted Answer · 2011-05-23 17:50:40Z

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Which web server are you using? For apache2 there is very tidy module called apache2-modpython, that takes care of executing server-side python scripts and returning the result to the client.

Using this module your python would look like:

def index (req): return "<html><body>Hello World!</body></html>"

Let's say this script is called test.py and has the URI http://yourserver.tld/test.py, then your form would look like:

<form id="form2" name="form2" method="post" action="test.py">

Inside the entry of your site definition add the following lines

    AddHandler mod_python .py
    PythonHandler mod_python.publisher
    PythonDebug On

answered May 23, 2011 at 17:50

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devgp Over a year ago

where do i add the site definition? .htaccess? i have to see how fatcow (my web host service provider) gives access to htaccess files.

Hyperboreus Over a year ago

not in htaccess, but in your site definition. By default located in /etc/apache2/sites-enabled.

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