thanks for the help, im really not used on doing web stuff, ill try reading the how to.
On Wed, Jan 28, 2009 at 9:03 AM, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com>wrote: > "Tiago Katcipis" <katci...@inf.ufsc.br> wrote > > I am trying to make a small HTTP server on python just to handle some POST >> and GET requests. I never worked with http before and dont know if i am >> doing something completely stupid (probably yes). >> > > Not stupid so much as overly complicated. > > The cgi module will do all the hard work for you including transparently > handling POST and GET requests > > Read the web HOWTO document: > > http://docs.python.org/howto/webservers.html > > Then read the CGI module documentation which includes a very quick > introduction to CGI programming. If you are intending expanding the web > site to anything beyond trivial consider using a Framework such as > Django, Turbo Gears or Pylons. > > Unless you are trying to do something very clever - which given your > level of knowledge I'd guess is not the case - then the standard > cgi module should do all you need! > > HTH, > > > -- > Alan Gauld > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > -- "it might be a profitable thing to learn Java, but it has no intellectual value whatsoever" Alexander Stepanov
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