[Zope] Easily including external HTML file?

[michel@digicool.com]

Alexander Staubo <alex@mop.no> writes:

> Afaik, Zope does not have any built-in document grabbing routines, but
> it's real easy to do with httplib in an External Method. Something like:
> 
> import httplib
> 
> def GetLinuxToday():
>   http = httplib.HTTP('linuxtoday.com')
>   http.putrequest('GET', '/backend/lthead.inc')
>   http.putheader('Accept', 'text/html')  # we can handle text/html
>   http.putheader('Accept', 'text/plain')  # we can handle text/plain
>   http.endheaders()
>   httpcode, httpmsg, headers = http.getreply()  # get response headers
>   if httpcode != 200:
>     raise "Could not get document"  # HTTP error
>   doc = http.getfile()
>   data = doc.read()  # read file
>   doc.close()
>   return data
> 
> Didn't test this inside Zope, but it works standalone. Just put it in a
> file in Zope's extensions directory (eg., c:\zope\extensions), add an
> External Method, enter GetLinuxToday as id and function name, and call
> it up in a document:
> 
> 	<!--#var "GetLinuxToday()"-->
> 

Alternatively you could genericize this method in the obvious way
(pass the URL into the method)  I'll speak to Jim about the
possibility of getting something like this into the DTML _ namespace
now that 2.0 is concurrent (The problem with this in 1.x is, of
course, the getreply() call blocking the Zope process, unless you're
*positive* that a blocking call will return almost immediately, you
shouldn't use one in 1.x).

-Michel

PS My new mailer quotes properly!  Forget Outlook!

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> Hope this helps.
> 
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> 
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: dyork@mercury.mv.net [mailto:dyork@mercury.mv.net]On
> >Behalf Of Dan
> >York
> >Sent: 17. juni 1999 02:46
> >To: zope@zope.org
> >Subject: [Zope] Easily including external HTML file?
> >
> >
> >Greetings!  I've been lurking for a bit and have appreciated
> >the tips and ideas I've picked up on the list.  But now I have
> >a question.  In one of my pages, I would like to pull in the
> >latest stories from Linux Today.  They explain what to do at:
> >
> >  http://linuxtoday.com/linkus.html
> >
> >All I would like to do is pull the following file into the
> >middle of a DTML document:
> >
> >  http://linuxtoday.com/backend/lthead.inc
> >
> >Now I frequently did this before with Apache and server-side
> >includes, but I can't figure out exactly how to do this using
> >DTML.  In looking around zope.org, I found the contributed
> >external method for pulling in items from Slashdot.org:
> >
> >  http://www.zope.org/Download/Contrib/slashdot.py
> >
> >And while that works... and I could sit and modify the python
> >to have it go pull in the LinuxToday info... I just find myself
> >sitting here thinking there's got to be a better way to do this!
> >All I want to do is pull in the LT file... no formatting or
> >anything else.
> >
> >Any ideas you have will be appreciated.
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Dan
> >--
> >--------------------------------------------------------
> >Dan York, Certification Program Manager, Linuxcare, Inc.
> >dyork@linuxcare.com    http://www.linuxcare.com/
> >415-740-4519 mobile, 603-268-0691 tel, 603-268-0103 fax
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