how-to POST form data to ASP pages?

[livin]

Any ideas on how to troubleshoot the 'Operation timed out' error, or 
work-around it?

I'm just sending a POST to a windows-based web server (non-IIS).

thanks!


"livin" <livin@@cox.net> wrote in message 
news:03Suf.4623$B93.2306 at fed1read07...
> Dennis, Alan, Mike... help?
>
> According to the HomeSeer (I'm trying to trigger events on the HomeSeer 
> application) documentation I do not need to use ASP. The simple HTTP 
> command should be accepted directly from a HTML page.
>
> Here's the page in the online manual for Homeseer with the info:
>
> HomeSeer info on Controlling Devices from HTML - 
> http://www.homeseer.com/support/homeseer/WebHelp/web_access/controlling_devices_and_events_from_your_own_pages.htm
>
>
> I appreciate the assistance.
>
>
>
> "livin" <livin@@cox.net> wrote in message 
> news:2b%tf.249$B93.242 at fed1read07...
>> The library is the PC version of 2.3  --- I have done some more testing.
>>
>> I simplified my .py to only 2 lines...
>>
>> import urllib
>> urllib.urlopen('http://192.168.1.11', urllib.urlencode({'control_device':
>> 'Kitchen Lights=off'}))
>>
>> I get this error...
>>
>> File "Q:\python\python23.zlib\urllib.py", line 78, in urlopen
>> File "Q:\python\python23.zlib\urllib.py", line 183, in open
>> File "Q:\python\python23.zlib\urllib.py", line 297, in open_http
>> File "Q:\python\python23.zlib\httplib.py", line 712, in endheaders
>> File "Q:\python\python23.zlib\httplib.py", line 597, in _send_output
>> File "Q:\python\python23.zlib\httplib.py", line 564, in send
>> File "Q:\python\python23.zlib\httplib.py", line 548, in connect
>> IOError
>> :
>> [Errno socket error] (10060, 'Operation timed out')
>>
>> I've taken the commands I'm using from working HTTP & ASP pages.
>>
>> Here's actual code from an HTML page I'm using for the same device I'm
>> trying in my .PY...
>>
>> <form method="post">
>> <td nowrap class="tableroweven">
>> <a name="bm83274"></a>
>> <input type="hidden" name="bookmark" value="83274">
>> <input type="hidden" name="ref_page" value="stat">
>> <input type="hidden" name="control_device" value="Kitchen Lights">
>> <input class="formbutton" type="submit" name="action_on" value="On">
>> <input class="formbutton" type="submit" name="action_off" value="Off">
>> <select class="formdropdown" name="selectdim" SIZE="1"
>> onchange="SubmitForm(this)">
>> <option selected value="0">0%</option>
>> <option value="10">10%</option>
>> <option value="20">20%</option>
>> <option value="30">30%</option>
>> <option value="40">40%</option>
>> <option value="50">50%</option>
>> <option value="60">60%</option>
>> <option value="70">70%</option>
>> <option value="80">80%</option>
>> <option value="90">90%</option>
>> <option value="100">100%</option>
>> </select>
>> </td></form>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Dennis Lee Bieber" <wlfraed at ix.netcom.com> wrote in message 
>> news:bkfgr11u46rdafolb5kmklqusgoln4atf4 at 4ax.com...
>>> On Sun, 1 Jan 2006 12:35:06 -0700, "livin" <livin@@cox.net> declaimed
>>> the following in comp.lang.python:
>>>
>>>> IOError
>>>> :
>>>> [Errno socket error] (10057, 'Socket is not connected')
>>>>
>>>
>>> That doesn't look like anything to do, directly, with parameter
>>> encodings... Rather, it looks like your server is closing the connection
>>> unexpectedly.
>>>
>>> You've got the Python source for everything down to the call to
>>> "sendall", examine it -- it might help figure out where things are
>>> failing. ("sendall" looks to be in a compiled module)
>>>
>>>
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