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  • Ralf
    #1

    CGI Script using Python

    Hello,
    is there anybody who can help me.
    I would like to use a Python Script to download Files from a Server to the
    Client, to update the Client.

    Thanx
    Ralf


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    • Fuzzyman
      #2
      Re: CGI Script using Python

      On Apr 19, 11:34 am, "Ralf" <r...@supanet.c omwrote:
      Hello,
      is there anybody who can help me.
      I would like to use a Python Script to download Files from a Server to the
      Client, to update the Client.
      >
      Downman is an example of a Python CGI which presents files for
      download.

      http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/cgi.shtml#downman

      You will want to copy the part that sends the right headers (etc)...

      Fuzzyman

      Thanx
      Ralf

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        • Tim Roberts
          #3
          Re: CGI Script using Python

          "Ralf" <ralfi@supanet. comwrote:
          >
          >is there anybody who can help me.
          >I would like to use a Python Script to download Files from a Server to the
          >Client, to update the Client.
          Remember, though, that a CGI script cannot actually put files anywhere. You
          can certainly download files to the client browser, but the user will have
          to be involved to tell the browser where to store the incoming file.

          Doing anything else would be a security hole.
          --
          Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
          Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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            • Fuzzyman
              #4
              Re: CGI Script using Python

              On Apr 21, 10:02 pm, Tim Roberts <t...@probo.com wrote:
              "Ralf" <r...@supanet.c omwrote:
              >
              is there anybody who can help me.
              I would like to use a Python Script to download Files from a Server to the
              Client, to update the Client.
              >
              Remember, though, that a CGI script cannot actually put files anywhere. You
              can certainly download files to the client browser, but the user will have
              to be involved to tell the browser where to store the incoming file.
              >
              Doing anything else would be a security hole.
              But a CGI script can send a file in response to an automated request
              from a client application, without ever needing a browser to be
              involved.

              Sending the right headers means that existing libraries (urllib2 I
              guess) will know how to handle the response.

              Fuzzyman
              http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/articles.shtml
              --
              Tim Roberts, t...@probo.com
              Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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