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Robert Squire
rjsquire at ebi-online.com
Thu Oct 20 09:39:54 EDT 2005
Graham Dumpleton wrote: > Strange. > > Are you typing in values for all input fields? > > Which browser are you using? > > I changed the action target to be my form debugger: > > http://www.dscpl.com.au/projects/vampire/examples/templates/ > form_values.html > > and even with no input, it still displayed three actual form fields. > > What do you get if you point form at that URL? > > Grahamd > > > On 20/10/2005, at 8:22 PM, Robert Squire wrote: > >> Hello: >> Thank you to everyone who responded to my previous posting. >> Now I've hit something new. The code that follows is taken exactly >> from the tutorial at: >> >> http://www.modpython.org/live/current/doc-html/tut-pub.html >> >> I expected the function email to be called with 4 parameters, the >> req object and the three inputs from the form. However this is the >> error output from mod_python: >> =========================== >> >> Mod_python error: "PythonHandler mod_python.publisher" >> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/apache.py", line >> 299, in HandlerDispatch >> result = object(req) >> >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/publisher.py", >> line 136, in handler >> result = util.apply_fs_data(object, req.form, req=req) >> >> File "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages/mod_python/util.py", line >> 361, in apply_fs_data >> return object(**args) >> >> >> TypeError: email() takes exactly 4 non-keyword arguments (1 given) >> >> =========================== >> I tried removing the req from the email parameter list and the error >> reflected the change by stating that the function takes 3 arguments >> and zero were supplied. Is this a problem brought about by a change >> in mod_python since the tutorial was written or have I made yet >> another boneheaded error? >> >> >> >> In the .htaccess file I have >> =========================== >> AddHandler mod_python .py >> PythonHandler mod_python.publisher >> PythonDebug On >> =========================== >> >> The html form, form.html: >> =========================== >> <html> >> Please provide feedback below: >> <p> >> <form action="form.py/email" method="POST"> >> Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br> >> Email: <input type="text" name="email"><br> >> Comment: <textarea name="comment" rows=4 cols=20></textarea><br> >> <input type="submit"> >> >> </form> >> </html> >> =========================== >> >> And the python file, form.py: >> =========================== >> import smtplib >> >> WEBMASTER = "webmaster" # webmaster e-mail >> SMTP_SERVER = "smtp.comcast.net" # your SMTP server >> >> def email(req, name, email, comment): >> >> # make sure the user provided all the parameters >> if not (name and email and comment): >> return "A required parameter is missing, \ >> please go back and correct the error" >> >> # create the message text >> msg = """\ >> From: %s >> Subject: feedback >> To: %s >> >> I have the following comment: >> >> %s >> >> Thank You, >> >> %s >> >> """ % (email, WEBMASTER, comment, name) >> >> # send it out >> conn = smtplib.SMTP(SMTP_SERVER) >> conn.sendmail(email, [WEBMASTER], msg) >> conn.quit() >> >> # provide feedback to the user >> s = """\ >> <html> >> >> Dear %s,<br> >> Thank You for your kind comments, we >> will get back to you shortly. >> >> </html>""" % name >> >> return s >> =========================== >> _______________________________________________ >> Mod_python mailing list >> Mod_python at modpython.org >> http://mailman.modpython.org/mailman/listinfo/mod_python >> > > I can't explain this but I just changed my form action back to form.py/email and it's working now. Looks exactly the same to me. I have not restarted apache or modified any configuration since starting this process. Very strange. <html> Please provide feedback below: <p> <form action="form.py/email" method="POST"> Name: <input type="text" name="name"><br> Email: <input type="text" name="email"><br> Comment: <textarea name="comment" rows=4 cols=20></textarea><br> <input type="submit"> </form> </html>
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