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HTTP - Forms - AppEngine

HTTP - Forms - AppEngine. Jim Eng jimeng@umich.edu. Making an HTTP request. Connect to the server a "hand shake" Request a document (or the default document) GET http://dr-chuck.com/page1.htm GET http://www.mlive.com/ann-arbor/ GET http://www.facebook.com.

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HTTP - Forms - AppEngine

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  1. HTTP - Forms - AppEngine • Jim Eng • jimeng@umich.edu

  2. Making an HTTP request • Connect to the server • a "hand shake" • Request a document (or the default document) • GET http://dr-chuck.com/page1.htm • GET http://www.mlive.com/ann-arbor/ • GET http://www.facebook.com

  3. http://www.dr-chuck.com/page1.htm protocol host document

  4. Browser

  5. Web Server Browser

  6. Web Server GET http://www.dr-chuck.com/page2.htm Browser

  7. Web Server <h1>The Second Page</h1><p>If you like, you can switch back to the <a href="page1.htm">First Page</a>.</p> GET http://www.dr-chuck.com/page2.htm Browser

  8. Web Server <h1>The Second Page</h1><p>If you like, you can switch back to the <a href="page1.htm">First Page</a>.</p> GET http://www.dr-chuck.com/page2.htm Browser

  9. Web Server <h1>The Second Page</h1><p>If you like, you can switch back to the <a href="page1.htm">First Page</a>.</p> An HTTP request - response cycle GET http://www.dr-chuck.com/page2.htm Browser

  10. Making an HTTP request • Connect to the server • a "hand shake" • Request a document (or the default document) • GET http://dr-chuck.com/page1.htm • GET http://www.mlive.com/ann-arbor/ • GET http://www.facebook.com

  11. Firebug helps again • If you haven't already installed Firebug, you need it now • It can help explore the HTTP request-response cycle • Some simple-looking pages involve lots of requests: • HTML page(s) • Image files • CSS Style Sheets • Javascript files

  12. print "Your guess is", guess answer = 42 if guess < answer : print "Your guess is too low" if guess == answer : print "Congratulations!" if guess > answer : print "Your guess is too high"

  13. Logical expressions True or false? print "Your guess is", guess answer = 42 if guess < answer : print "Your guess is too low" if guess == answer : print "Congratulations!" if guess > answer : print "Your guess is too high"

  14. <p>Your guess is 20.</p> <p>Your guess is too low.</p> <form method="post" action="/"> <p> Enter Guess: <input type="text" name="guess" /> </p> <p> <input type="submit" /> </p> </form>

  15. <p>Your guess is 20.</p> <p>Your guess is too low.</p> <form method="post" action="/"> <p> Enter Guess: <input type="text" name="guess" /> </p> <p> <input type="submit" /> </p> </form>

  16. Attributes of a form element • "action" attribute tells where to submit the form • Usually the path to a script or program on the server that processes the form inputs • "method" attribute tells how to submit the form • In this case using HTTP POST • See page 30 of RFC 1945

  17. Intended purpose of POST • Posting a message to a bulletin board, newsgroup, mailing list • Annotation of existing resources • Extending a database through an append operation • Creating a new object • Providing a block of data, such as the result of submitting a form

  18. As opposed to GET • Retrieve a resource identified by the path portion of the URL

  19. Browser <input type="text" name="guess" />

  20. Web Server Browser <input type="text" name="guess" />

  21. Web Server POST / Accept: www/source Accept: text/html User-Agent: Lynx/2.4 libwww/2.14 Content-type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded Content-length: 8 guess=25 HTTP Request Browser <input type="text" name="guess" />

  22. 1 POST /

  23. 1 POST / 2

  24. 1 POST / 2 <html> ... 3

  25. Text -1

  26. Text

  27. This is a job for ... ... Google App Engine • Installing App Engine • Demo of ae-01-trivial • Demo of ae-01-guess • Preview of next assignment

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