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| 8 | <H3>Creating CGI scripts with MacPython</H3> |
| 9 | <BLOCKQUOTE> |
| 10 | Note: this document is work-in-progress, and not tested. |
| 11 | </BLOCKQUOTE> |
| 12 | |
| 13 | <P>MacPython allows you to use Python as a CGI scripting language |
| 14 | for your webserver. Moreover, there are some helper applications |
| 15 | that allow you to write your CGI scripts in the same way as for |
| 16 | Unix and Windows, i.e. obtaining their arguments from <TT>os.environ</TT> |
| 17 | and sending their results to <TT>stdout</TT>. MacPython also has |
| 18 | all the facilities to program CGI scripts in the Macintosh way, |
| 19 | through AppleEvents, but that falls outside the scope of this |
| 20 | document (reading the source code for the helper scripts will |
| 21 | give you an idea about how to do this).</P> |
| 22 | |
| 23 | <P>For the purpose of this document we will assume you are using |
| 24 | Apple's Personal Webserver 1.5, which comes standard with your |
| 25 | machine as of MacOS 9.</P> |
| 26 | |
| 27 | <P>The first step is to start the webserver, you will find it |
| 28 | in your control panels. Give it a folder to serve documents from, |
| 29 | and check that it is working by pointing your browser at it.</P> |
| 30 | |
| 31 | <P>The next step is to tell the webserver that documents with |
| 32 | a ".<TT>py</TT>" extension should be served through |
| 33 | the <TT>PythonCGISlave</TT> helper application. Open the webserver, |
| 34 | choose Preferences, tab Action, Add, Start on Extension, extension |
| 35 | ".py", select application <TT>PythonCGISlave</TT> (which |
| 36 | lives in <TT>Python:Mac:Tools:CGI</TT>).</P> |
| 37 | |
| 38 | <P>The last step is to try it. Put the following script in <TT>Macintosh |
| 39 | HD:Webpages:hello.py </TT>(assuming your webserver has the default |
| 40 | settings for its document folder):</P> |
| 41 | |
| 42 | <BLOCKQUOTE> |
| 43 | <P><CODE>print "Content-type: text/plain"<BR> |
| 44 | print<BR> |
| 45 | print "Hello world!"<BR> |
| 46 | import time<BR> |
| 47 | print "Local time is", time.ctime(time.time())</CODE></P></BLOCKQUOTE> |
| 48 | |
| 49 | <P>Point your webbrowser at <A HREF="http://localhost/hello.py">http://localhost/hello.py</A><CODE> |
| 50 | </CODE>and check whether it works. |
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