Re: How to exit a cgi file after a download
There is no such thing as a "cgi form" or "cgi window". Your cgi script runs when the user requests a Web page, generates a page, and then ends. At that point, python has stopped running. If your want the client's browser window to close, that's not a python problem. If you want to invalidate the download link after one successful download, you'll have to add a unique identifier to the url and keep track of which identifiers are still valid. Thanks for responding, Technically cgi is a script. But a form is what a cgi script file can create. The form I asked about is html, it was generated by a cgi script file. So I should have written; a cgi script file generated html form, or a cgi script file generated html window. Lazy writing. My mistake. However I asked a question which now is mute. Once the user downloads the data the user can copy it, so why limit the download?. I appreciate the response, jd inqvista.com -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How to exit a cgi file after a download.
On 5/09/2013 5:42 AM, Joel Goldstick wrote: This same message comes up under one of Niko's many aliases. Is this another? Why post twice? Because he's a troll. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How to exit a cgi file after a download
On Sep 4, 2013 1:29 PM, "Ferrous Cranus" wrote:
>
> Python help.
>
> I use the following code in a cgi file
> to give the client a download link to
> download a file.
>
> ---
>
> print "%s" % (' Down
> Load ')
>
>
>
> A click on "Down Load" opens a pop up browser
> window which allows the user to choose where
> to download the "Setup.zip" file, then after
> the download, the pop up window closes.
>
> My problem is that I want the cgi form, which
> contains the link, to also close after the
> download. The only way I can figure out to
> close the cgi window is to give the user a
> button to close it.
>
> Without closing it, the client can download
> again and forever if they choose to because
> the cgi window is open and the link is still
> active.
>
> I am trying to find a way to close the cgi
> file or call another file after the download
> without adding a close button and asking the
> client to close the window.
>
> jd
>
>
There is no such thing as a "cgi form" or "cgi window". Your cgi script
runs when the user requests a Web page, generates a page, and then ends. At
that point, python has stopped running. If your want the client's browser
window to close, that's not a python problem. If you want to invalidate the
download link after one successful download, you'll have to add a unique
identifier to the url and keep track of which identifiers are still valid.
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Re: How to exit a cgi file after a download
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013, at 12:49, Ferrous Cranus wrote: > Without closing it, the client can download > again and forever if they choose to because > the cgi window is open and the link is still > active. Why is this a problem? They usually won't want to, and if they do want to (for example if they accidentally canceled the download) I don't see why not to let them. The solution should be to give them a unique download link that will only work once (or only for a certain period of time), not to close the window. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
Re: How to exit a cgi file after a download.
This same message comes up under one of Niko's many aliases. Is this
another? Why post twice?
On Wed, Sep 4, 2013 at 2:44 PM, inq1ltd wrote:
> Python help.
>
> I use the following code in a cgi file
> to give the client a download link to
> download a file.
>
> ---
>
> print "%s" % (' Down
> Load ')
>
>
>
> A click on "Down Load" opens a pop up browser
> window which allows the user to choose where
> to download the "Setup.zip" file, then after
> the download, the pop up window closes.
>
> My problem is that I want the cgi form, which
> contains the link, to also close after the
> download. The only way I can figure out to
> close the cgi window is to give the user a
> button to close it.
>
> Without closing it, the client can download
> again and forever if they choose to because
> the cgi window is open and the link is still
> active.
>
> I am trying to find a way to close the cgi
> file or call another file after the download
> without adding a close button and asking the
> client to close the window.
>
> jd
>
>
>
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How to exit a cgi file after a download.
Python help.
I use the following code in a cgi file
to give the client a download link to
download a file.
---
print "%s" % (' Down
Load ')
A click on "Down Load" opens a pop up browser
window which allows the user to choose where
to download the "Setup.zip" file, then after
the download, the pop up window closes.
My problem is that I want the cgi form, which
contains the link, to also close after the
download. The only way I can figure out to
close the cgi window is to give the user a
button to close it.
Without closing it, the client can download
again and forever if they choose to because
the cgi window is open and the link is still
active.
I am trying to find a way to close the cgi
file or call another file after the download
without adding a close button and asking the
client to close the window.
jd
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How to exit a cgi file after a download
Python help.
I use the following code in a cgi file
to give the client a download link to
download a file.
---
print "%s" % (' Down
Load ')
A click on "Down Load" opens a pop up browser
window which allows the user to choose where
to download the "Setup.zip" file, then after
the download, the pop up window closes.
My problem is that I want the cgi form, which
contains the link, to also close after the
download. The only way I can figure out to
close the cgi window is to give the user a
button to close it.
Without closing it, the client can download
again and forever if they choose to because
the cgi window is open and the link is still
active.
I am trying to find a way to close the cgi
file or call another file after the download
without adding a close button and asking the
client to close the window.
jd
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