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How to get data from a web page using GET and POST methods in a Python script on Windows

Posted by Alex On May 21, 2023

Python programs and scripts can make requests to and receive data from websites and web services using the GET and POST methods (as well as other HTTP methods: PUT, PATCH and DELETE). But what if you want to pass data from a web page to a Python script? This can be done in several ways. How to get data from...

How to get data from a web page using GET and POST methods in a Python script

Posted by Alex On May 21, 2023

Python programs and scripts can make requests to and receive data from websites and web services using the GET and POST methods (as well as other HTTP methods: PUT, PATCH and DELETE). But what if you want to pass data from a web page to a Python script? This can be done in several ways. How to get data from...

How to install Python as a CGI module in Apache on Linux

Posted by Alex On May 21, 2023

Table of contents 1. How to run a Python script on a web server 2. How to set up Python as a CGI module in Apache on Debian (Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Kali Linux) 2.1 Setting up Python CGI for a single directory 2.2 Setting up Python CGI for the entire web server 3. How to set up Python as a...

How to set up Python as a CGI module in Apache on Arch Linux (Manjaro, BlackArch)

Posted by Alex On May 21, 2023

Setting up Python CGI for a single directory Create a directory /srv/http/cgi-bin/ - this is where the Python scripts will be located: sudo mkdir /srv/http/cgi-bin/ Open the /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file – the web server configuration file: sudo gedit /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf Find a group of lines: <Directory "/srv/http/cgi-bin"> AllowOverride None Options None Require all granted </Directory> And replace it with: <Directory "/srv/http/cgi-bin"> AllowOverride...

How to set up Python as a CGI module in Apache on Debian (Ubuntu, Linux Mint)

Posted by Alex On May 21, 2023

Setting up Python CGI for a single directory Run the command to enable the CGI module: sudo a2enmod cgi Restart the web server for the changes to take effect: sudo systemctl restart apache2 Create file /usr/lib/cgi-bin/test.py: sudo gedit /usr/lib/cgi-bin/test.py Copy the following content to this file: #!/usr/bin/python3 print ("Content-type: text/html") print ("") print ("") print ("<html><head>") print ("") print ("</head><body>")...