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manage your data

Test Drive

Let’s use your form-generating CGI script from earlier to try out add_timing_data.py. As you
enter data in the form and press the Send button, watch what happens on the web server’s console.

Enter some
data into your
web form.

The web browser
displays a very File Edit Window Help DisplayingPOSTs
basic response. $ python3 simple_httpd.py
All is “OK”. Starting simple_httpd on port: 8080
localhost - - [21/Sep/2010 17:34:54] "GET /cgi-bin/test_form.py HTTP/1.1" 200 -
localhost - - [21/Sep/2010 17:34:54] "GET /favicon.ico HTTP/1.1" 200 -
localhost - - [21/Sep/2010 17:35:24] "POST /cgi-bin/add_timing_data.py HTTP/1.1" 200 -
localhost, 127.0.0.1, Tue Sep 21 17:35:24 2010: POST: TimeValue->2.22

The web server’s
logging screen
displays the data
that arrived, as
well as the name
associated with it.

That worked perfectly. The data entered into the form is delivered to your
CGI script on the your server. Your next challenge is to provide the same user
input experience on an Android phone.

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