Shreyas wrote:
> I am a new user writing some scripts to store data entered via a
> browser into a database. I have several content pages, and one
> "processing" page. A content page often has a form like this:
>
> <form method=POST action=processing.py>
> <input type=text name=username>
> ...
>
> And the processing page goes like this:
>
> form = cgi.FieldStorage()
> ## do some work, put data into the db
>
> The thing is, processing.py doesn't have any content that I want to
> display to the user.
And this is a GoodThing(tm). A successful post should always be followed
by a redirect.
> I would ideally like processing.py to seamlessly
> send the user back to the content page that it came from, perhaps with
> some parameter tweaks.
import cgi
print "Location: %s\n\n" % url_of_the_page_you_want_to_redirect_to
(snip)
> Please let me know if there's a way to do this, or if my general
> approach (having such a processing page) is off.
Nope, having a separate script doing the form processing, then
redirecting is the right thing to do.
>
> - I did try searching for this in the archive but am not even entirely
> sure what it is called...
It's a redirection. If you are to work with CGI (or any other web
programming solution FWIW), you'd better know the HTTP protocol.
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