Pass Python parameters to HTML

Question

I've the following HTML code:

<html>
    <form action="index.php" method="post">
    Enter Input:
        <input type="text" class="textbox" name="usn" id="usn" required />
        <input  class="buttongo" type="submit" value="Go" />
        <input type="hidden" name="task" value="getResult"/>
    </form>
</html>

I want to write a python script, which executes the above HTML, passing a value parameter to the first input statement to the above HTML. That is,

<html>
    <form action="index.php" method="post">
    Enter Input:
        <input type="text" class="textbox" name="usn" id="usn" value="FromPython" />
        <input  class="buttongo" type="submit" value="Go" />
        <input type="hidden" name="task" value="getResult"/>
    </form>
</html>

Further, is there a way in which I can directly send the value to index.php and get the response?

(P.S.: I want to loop the value from 0 to 100 and save the response generated in a file)

Think of using %s in your code or try considering .format() function — ZdaR
– ZdaR, Commented Jan 15, 2015 at 13:33

zxzak · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-15 13:49:16Z

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Why don't you send the request using python ? You can send the requests inside a loop and pass the parameters you want.

Making requests with the requests module

sample code :

import requests

for i in range(101):
    payload = {'usn': i}
    response = requests.post("index.php", data=payload)
    # do something with response

edited Jan 15, 2015 at 13:49

answered Jan 15, 2015 at 13:34

zxzak

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Banana Over a year ago

its better to include the relevant code in your answer, if that website you linked goes down, your answer becomes useless.

Akash Singh Over a year ago

Thanks @zxzak. Can you just explain a bit more how do I play with the response generated? can I use it as a string? I tried print(response), but that doesn't work.

Akash Singh Over a year ago

I got it, used response.text.

Prabhu · Accepted Answer · 2015-07-21 04:18:23Z

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Use urllib module, documentation at: https://docs.python.org/2/library/urllib.html

As described in the link, this module provides a high-level interface for fetching data across the World Wide Web.

answered Jul 21, 2015 at 4:18

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