I have a python script which process text, i want to create webpages with django and then django call the python script to execute it.
Here an Example for my case:
There is an input text in the web page, when we click in the button, the script take the input text, process it and return the result in the web page.
How can i perform this task?
Create a form with a text input, like this:
<form action="{% url "hello" %}" method="post">
{% csrf_token %}
<input name="hiya">
<input type="submit">
</form>
Route the hello URL in urls.py:
from . import views
urlpatterns = [
# ...
url(r'^blabla$', views.whatever, name='hello'),
]
In your views.py file, create the needed view:
def whatever(request):
if request.method == 'POST':
import subprocess
output = subprocess.check_output(["script.py", "--", request.POST['hiya'])
return HttpResponse(output, content_type='text/plain')
You probably do not want to do this however. It is much more efficient to call a library function that to create an entire new process, and much easier too in general. Django also has niceties that makes doing anything less than a trivial form nicer, I would recommend reading the Django tutorial to understand them.
