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Gladsomebeast
11-21-2008, 03:58 PM
I’m using a local python web server to receive data from a form displayed with HTMLViewer. Internet Exploder/HTMLViewer gives a “Cannot display page” error when the python web server attempts to write back a ‘Post OK’ message. When I just run the web server and submit the form with Firefox, it displays the message.

What does the web sever need to do for IE to display a form response page?

Here is the python code that handles the form POST request and writes back the response:

class MyHandler(CGIHTTPRequestHandler):

def do_POST(self):
global rootnode
self.send_response(301)

self.send_header('Content-type', 'text/html')
self.end_headers()

rawForm = self.rfile.read(int(self.headers['Content-Length']))
parseDic = cgi.parse_qs(rawForm)

stringy = r'<html><head></head><body>POST OK.</body></html>'
self.wfile.write(stringy)

e = viz.Event()
e.resultsDic = parseDic
viz.sendEvent(RECEVED_TEST_DATA_EVENT, e)



I have attached a zip with test files. Run QuestionAsker.py to reproduce issue.

farshizzo
11-24-2008, 09:48 AM
I'm not sure what the problem is, but this sounds like an issue with Internet Explorer. Why are you sending a 301 response? Have you tried sending the OK response code, 200?

Gladsomebeast
12-01-2008, 09:12 PM
Sending the 200 response code works! However next time I try to process a form and send an response page it gives me the error page.

I guess it servers me right messing with protocols beyond my control.