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  [CGI] Why is HTML not rendered? Gilles <nospam@nospam.com> - 2012-08-17 15:27 +0200
    Re: [CGI] Why is HTML not rendered? Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> - 2012-08-17 06:41 -0700
    Re: [CGI] Why is HTML not rendered? Robert Kern <robert.kern@gmail.com> - 2012-08-17 14:44 +0100
      Re: [CGI] Why is HTML not rendered? Gilles <nospam@nospam.com> - 2012-08-17 18:19 +0200
    Re: [CGI] Why is HTML not rendered? Alexander Blinne <news@blinne.net> - 2012-08-17 15:40 +0200

#27238 — [CGI] Why is HTML not rendered?

Hello

	I'm learning how to call Python scripts through the different
solutions available.

For some reason, this CGI script that I found on Google displays the
contents of the variable but the HTML surrounding it is displayed
as-is by the browser instead of being rendered:

--------------
#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

# enable debugging
import cgitb
cgitb.enable()

import cgi
form = cgi.FieldStorage()

# get a value from the form
value = form.getvalue("dummy")

print "Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8"
print

# print a document
print "<P>You typed: <TT>%s</TT></P>" % (
    cgi.escape(value),
    )
--------------

Here's the output:
--------------
<P>You typed: <TT>test</TT></P>
--------------

Could this be due to the script itself, or some server configuration?

Thank you.

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#27239

On 2012-08-17 at 15:27:59 +0200,
Regarding "[CGI] Why is HTML not rendered?,"
Gilles <nospam@nospam.com> wrote:

> For some reason, this CGI script that I found on Google displays the
> contents of the variable but the HTML surrounding it is displayed
> as-is by the browser instead of being rendered:

... [with all due respect and apologies to another thread on this list!]

> print "Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8"

That line tells the browser that the response is plain text.

Do this instead to have the browser render the HTML:

    print "Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8"

HTH,
Dan

-- 
Μὴ μοῦ τοὺς κύκλους τάραττε -- Αρχιμηδησ
Do not disturb my circles. -- Archimedes

Dan Sommers, http://www.tombstonezero.net/dan

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#27240

On 8/17/12 2:27 PM, Gilles wrote:
> Hello
>
> 	I'm learning how to call Python scripts through the different
> solutions available.
>
> For some reason, this CGI script that I found on Google displays the
> contents of the variable but the HTML surrounding it is displayed
> as-is by the browser instead of being rendered:
>
> --------------
> #!/usr/bin/env python
> # -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
>
> # enable debugging
> import cgitb
> cgitb.enable()
>
> import cgi
> form = cgi.FieldStorage()
>
> # get a value from the form
> value = form.getvalue("dummy")
>
> print "Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8"
> print
>
> # print a document
> print "<P>You typed: <TT>%s</TT></P>" % (
>      cgi.escape(value),
>      )
> --------------
>
> Here's the output:
> --------------
> <P>You typed: <TT>test</TT></P>
> --------------
>
> Could this be due to the script itself, or some server configuration?

By using "Content-Type: text/plain", you told the browser to treat it like plain 
text instead of HTML. Use text/html instead.

-- 
Robert Kern

"I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma
  that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had
  an underlying truth."
   -- Umberto Eco

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#27246

On Fri, 17 Aug 2012 14:44:37 +0100, Robert Kern
<robert.kern@gmail.com> wrote:
>> For some reason, this CGI script that I found on Google displays the
>> contents of the variable but the HTML surrounding it is displayed
>> as-is by the browser instead of being rendered

Thanks all. I (obviously) combined two scripts but didn't notice that
I had to change the "Content-Type" line to output HTML.

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#27241

On 17.08.2012 15:27, Gilles wrote:
> For some reason, this CGI script that I found on Google displays the
> contents of the variable but the HTML surrounding it is displayed
> as-is by the browser instead of being rendered:

> print "Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8"

With this line you tell the browser to expect a simple plain text file
and no html. Change the line to

print "Content-Type: text/html;charset=utf-8"

and it should work.

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