[Zope] POST to zope

[seb bacon]

* Paul Zwarts <paz@oratrix.com> [010711 10:43]:

<snip example>

> Easy enough, yes? Now take something non-zope and try to post the submit.
> The 'do something' never occurs and nothing suggests that there was an
> error. Simply a zero-byte response.

Logically, there is no difference between POSTs from 'outside' or
'inside' Zope.  They are all coming from a browser, not from zope,
even if they were originally rendered by zope.

Much more likely is that the people who are trying to POST to zope are
using a broken POST form.  For example, if they are trying to send
files, it must be enctype="multipart/form-data".  Possibly, they are
using something other than a browser to do the post, such as a broken
ASP library?

I'd examine the output of their POST request in detail, since I think
it is probably the culprit.

seb


> Does this explain my problem better?
> 
> Thanks for your help,
> Paul Zwarts
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Spicklemire [mailto:steve@spvi.com]
> 
> Hi Paul,
> 
> 	Hmm.. you have a form that uses 'method="POST"'? POST/GET are just
> different ways of encoding variables that get sent with a REQUEST to
> Zope. GET encodes the variables as part of the URL, POST sends them
> after all the headers are finished. Zope handles the distinction by
> parsing the variables (however they were sent) and stores them in the
> REQUEST object, which can then be interrogated by your methods.
> 
> does that help?
> -steve
> 
> Paul Zwarts wrote:
> >
> > Can someone suggest a document somewhere that outlines Zope mechanism for
> > POST and GET? I'm trying to make POSTs to Zope from elsewhere without any
> > ideas of how to go about it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Paul Zwarts