http/urlib pos/get question (newbie)

[Philippe C. Martin]

I have found what I needed ... in one of my books :E)

regards,
Philippe


Philippe C. Martin wrote:

> Hi,
> (I am _very_ new to web programming)
> 
> I am writing a client module (browser plugin) and server module (Python
> CGI) that need to exchange information.
> 
> I want the transaction to be intiated when the client accesses the link.
> 
> I need data  to go back and forth between the client and the server (cgi
> script) with no impact on what the browser shows.
> 
> In the end (when I get the above to work), the server will say OK and the
> actual page will appear or NOK and an ERROR page will appear.
> 
> 
> I'm pretty clear (I think) as to what to do on the javascript (client)
> side (XMLHttp) but am not certain if my cgi script must "urlib.open" its
> own link in order to open the pipe on its side (there'll be some HTML
> GET/POST tag I assume but where is the pipe/socket ?)
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Philippe