> Subject: > Re: [Tutor] HTTP GET Request > From: > paul brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: > Tue, 27 Sep 2005 17:04:46 +0100 > To: > Jerl Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: > Jerl Simpson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > CC: > tutor@python.org > > >>Basicall, what I need is a stand alone CGI. Instead of the program passing >>the data off to a CGI, I want it to parse and handle the request directly. > > > instead of which program ? > > Http requests are served by a web server (ie Apache), which depending > on the type of request passes the request to wherever. > > As such any HTTP request *must* be handled first by a web server, and > cgi scripts traditionally lived in cgi-bin directory on the server so > a URL would look like http://www.example.com/cgi-bin/myscript.py > > I think you have 3 options > > 1. use the cgi module in python to create scripts like the one above. > They will not be fast but it gives you a lowlevel access to the request > However cgi was out of date about 8 years ago - it has some > serious limitations mostly on speed/capacity. >
From what others have told me, I wouldn't say that cgi is out of date. The couple of apps I've done perform just fine. Also, I'd recommend that every programmer do at least a little app using cgi to get a good understanding of the basics before jumping into alternative methods like mod_python or one of the million python web frameworks where things get more complex. Mike _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
