[Zope] Python script URL

[complaw@hal-pc.org]

Do you mean (in other words) that you want to call the python script directly
via the URL?

I've wanted to do that myself and tried a few times.  All attempts failed. 
First, just calling the URL would lend Zope to think that you wanted to call the
script's index_html method.  You really need to have something like a DTML
Method call the script using the standard DTML call statement.  Alternatively,
you can use appropriate form tags (e.g., <FORM ACTION="my_cool_script"
METHOD="post> <INPUT TYPE="submit" VALUE="Do it!"> </FORM>) 

I think the problem is that the request that you make via Zope simply to call an
object via the URL doesn't provide the necessariy functionality to invoke a
script.  In short, the URL request is a "GET" rather than a "POST" operation.

Zope experts may have a better explanation.

Hope that helps.

Ron


> I have been playing around with existing Python scripts and have found
> that I need to determine the URL of the script itself. Actually what I
> need is the equivalent of the URLx construct for the http Request object
> that works with for the URL of the script.
> 
> My experience with Python is limited so I am probably missing something
> obvious -- can anybody provide a clue as to where I should start?
> 
> 
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