Python Advanced Tutorial 7 - CGI Programming

This is tutorial covering how to set up a basic web server on Ubuntu and use python for our server-side scripts. All Links and Slides will be in the description. Subscribe for more cool stuff!

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[joto]

Thank you very much for this video. I was searching for a way how my python script could talk and react with the users web browser. I was not aware of there is an CGI
module exists. I watched about 10 tutorial videos about this topic, but none of them answered my question. Then i stumbled upon yours, and finally found the solution immediately. So you saved my day!

[Baazi]

for apache 2.4 on ubuntu 16.04 lts u first need to enable a2enmod with:
sudo a2enmod cgi

[andrewdavis]

Nicely done.  I appreciate the detail you gave and the demonstration..

[savetheplanetplease]

Thanks dude i tried ubuntu 12 version and it worked

[DrapsTV]

I'm about to record a video on Database Interaction, And I'm working on a video about The Birthday Attack, as well as working on a video for Alternate Data Streams!

[giteshchopra]

Hey ! I am using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS . I installed Apache2,   in the sites-available directory there is only 000-default.conf and default-ssl.conf and 1 mycgi.conf. I explicitly made a default.conf and copied the contents you showed in the slide.
In the default 000-defafult.conf I changed the document room from /var/www/html to /var/www. But on typing 127.0.0.1 it says 404 PAGE NOT FOUND .
Also, when I am normally typing 127.0.0.1, it shows APACHE UBUNTU DEFAULT PAGE in which it has explained the configuration overview. I am just not able to proceed . Please help. Thanks

[rasulo]

Thx for clear explanation, this video is great!

[LeandroQuibemMagnabosco]

Thank you for this video.
Your explanation helped me a lot.

[islarf]

TO NOTE!: CGI USES "getvalue()" not "getValue()". it does not like capital V.
At the beginning of your script ALSO do
import cgitb
cgitb.enable()

ISSUE I WAS HAVING. For some reason, this does not accept using ", " to seperate strings.... you gotta use "+".

[nope]

sudo vim vim not found ?? erro vim what vim ??? help me

[vishakraj]

After apache is installed, I have 000-default.conf not the default file
And the 000-default file is empty
What to do

My question after seeing this is if php does need a CGI kind of module in order to run by default? and other question would be: what if a wanted to run not just PHP, Python or Perl, What if I wanted to run C or C++?

[islarf]

how did you add automated syntax colouring to .cgi? I have to do it manually everytime

[swapnilbhaumik]

Hi. You stored the python file in var/www directory. Is it possible to store it in some other directory ad run the file in the browser?

[jordanlee]

Question:
Say that I have an index.html that contains a form element with a post method and an action assigned to a python script. When viewing the html, I would select, within the form, "bring me a random number". The python script would gather the form name and post data and run a simple function that would generate a random number. How can I return the random number generated to the html page instead of using python to print a line of html containing the random number. I.e, is there an form method that retrieves values from a python script (given that the html form submitted a particular post)?

[japhetmnyeta]

Hallow, I have been working into my simple project doing the CGI using the same operating system as you and the same configuration but there is no output once I run my local server it says you can not access this server
Please help me

[savetheplanetplease]

I can only see default-ssl.conf and 000-default.conf 
Please help me i am new to python
There is no default file

[MohdSadique]

Me also using Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and having the same problem as GIRISH CHOPRA having. Please Help us..

[anumsheraz]

When i downloaded apt-get install apache2, and i try to run it, it gives me syntax errors i.e. "Config Variable${APACHE_LOCK_DIR} is not defined " and "syntax error on line 74 of /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: invalid Mutex directory in argument file:${APACHE_LOCK_DIR}"

[pawandeepsingh]

Can I create separate html file and then take data from it to the python file instead of doing html work in python. Is there any method for that.