[Tutor] Help search files

Thu Jul 5 01:38:39 CEST 2007

"Alejandro Decchi" <adecchi at gmail.com> wrote

> Ok  but i have this form:
> <body>
> <form id="form1" name="form1" method="post" 
> action="/cgi-bin/search.py">

OK, You didn't make it clear that you meant a CGI program,
I was assuming you meant a GUI program. That adds a whole
heap of extra complexity. A lot depends on what web
mechanism/framework you are using. If we assume the
standard cgi module then you need to get the submited
data out of the request with the field_storage dictionary.
Then you need to call your search function and finally
format the results as HTML. Either offer to downoad a
particular file and have a second request start the download
or just send the file back, but that could be an unexpected result.
I'd offer the file as a link and let the user click on it to fetch it
from the server.

But web programming is a whole different ball game.
You should look up some simple examples first.

Alan G.