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diff --git a/Doc/faq/library.rst b/Doc/faq/library.rst index 597caaa..22f7f84 100644 --- a/Doc/faq/library.rst +++ b/Doc/faq/library.rst @@ -669,41 +669,6 @@ and client-side web systems. A summary of available frameworks is maintained by Paul Boddie at https://wiki.python.org/moin/WebProgramming\ . -Cameron Laird maintains a useful set of pages about Python web technologies at -https://web.archive.org/web/20210224183619/http://phaseit.net/claird/comp.lang.python/web_python. - - -How can I mimic CGI form submission (METHOD=POST)? --------------------------------------------------- - -I would like to retrieve web pages that are the result of POSTing a form. Is -there existing code that would let me do this easily? - -Yes. Here's a simple example that uses :mod:`urllib.request`:: - - #!/usr/local/bin/python - - import urllib.request - - # build the query string - qs = "First=Josephine&MI=Q&Last=Public" - - # connect and send the server a path - req = urllib.request.urlopen('http://www.some-server.out-there' - '/cgi-bin/some-cgi-script', data=qs) - with req: - msg, hdrs = req.read(), req.info() - -Note that in general for percent-encoded POST operations, query strings must be -quoted using :func:`urllib.parse.urlencode`. For example, to send -``name=Guy Steele, Jr.``:: - - >>> import urllib.parse - >>> urllib.parse.urlencode({'name': 'Guy Steele, Jr.'}) - 'name=Guy+Steele%2C+Jr.' - -.. seealso:: :ref:`urllib-howto` for extensive examples. - What module should I use to help with generating HTML? ------------------------------------------------------ |