How do I display a website with html-forms locally using python and collect the user input?

Question

I am a behavorial scientist and usually collect data by letting participants do some tasks on a computer and record their responses (I write the programs using the pyglet wr

Answer 1

your want a simple solution, so just write a http server and run your simple page.

using python.BaseHTTPServer, coding a 15 line web server:

import BaseHTTPServer

class WebRequestHandler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    def do_GET(self):
        if self.path == '/foo':
            self.send_response(200)
            self.do_something()
        else: 
            self.send_error(404)

    def do_something(self):
        print 'hello world'

server = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(('',80), WebRequestHandler)
server.serve_forever()

easy enough,but i suggest using some web frameworks. They are easy too.

for example, web.py. here is what u want in 50 line codes:

1. install web.py

2. make a dir with 2 files:

   ./
   |-- app.py
   `-- templates
       `-- index.html
   

3. index.html

   $def with (form, ret)

   
   
                   
   
   
           
    hello, this is a web.py page 
   
           
   
                   $:form.render()
           
   
           
   $:ret
   
   
   
   

4. app.py logic file:

   import web
   
   ### Url mappings
   
   urls = (
        '/', 'Index', )
   
   ### Templates 
   render = web.template.render('templates')
   
   class Index:
       form = web.form.Form(
           web.form.Textbox('fav_name', web.form.notnull, description="Favorite Name:"),
           web.form.Textbox('cur_name', web.form.notnull, description="Current Name:"),
           web.form.Button('Send Away'),
       )
   
       def GET(self):
           """ Show page """
           form = self.form()
           return render.index(form, "")
   
       def POST(self):
           """ handle button clicked """
           form = self.form()
           if not form.validates():
               return render.index(form, "INPUT ERROR")
   
           # save data by ur method, or do some task
           #pyglet.save_data(form.d.fav_name, form.d.cur_name)
           #pyglet.draw(some_pic)
           #os.system(some_cmd)
   
           form = self.form()
           return render.index(form, "YOUR DATA SAVED")
   
   app = web.application(urls, globals())
   
   if __name__ == '__main__':
       app.run()
   

5. run this server in your windows:

   python app.py 9999

6. open browser: http://127.0.0.1:9999/

by the way, if ur data is only strings, u can save them in web.by by sqlite.