[Zope] cgi and zope

[Andreas Kostyrka]

On Tue, 20 Jul 1999, Peter Oliver Monz wrote:

> Hello!
> 
> Can I include cgi-output like in SSI (Apache) in Zope templates?
You don't as such.
Apache is a server, that displays static pages from the filesystem and
creates dynamic pages from cgi scripts (and other sources). With SSI you
can include other pages in a given page.

Zope is a server that publishes objects and their methods. With standard
DTML syntax you can include other objects and method values.

If you need the output of a preexisting URL (CGI script) this is getting
problematic:
-) You can write an external method to fetch the URL.
-) You can port the external method to be a Python method of Zope.

Depending upon the complexity of CGI script, you can choose the better
solution.

Andreas
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