Question

i just tested out a script i made. it is in python. i use ajax, to send a request and try and get the result.

function ajaxFunction(){
    var ajaxRequest;
    var e = document.getElementById("ktype");
    var ktype = e.options[e.selectedIndex].value;
    var acookie = document.getElementById("acookie").value;
alert (ktype +"\n" + acookie);
    try{
        ajaxRequest = new XMLHttpRequest();
    } catch (e){
        try{
            ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP");
        } catch (e) {
            try{
                ajaxRequest = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
            } catch (e){
                return false;
            }
        }
    }
    ajaxRequest.onreadystatechange = function(){
        if (ajaxRequest.readyState < 4){
            document.getElementById("resp").innerHTML = "<center><img src='loading.gif' style='max-width:60px; max-height:60px;'></center>";
        }
        if(ajaxRequest.readyState == 4){
            document.getElementById("resp").innerHTML = ajaxRequest.responseText;
        }
    }
ajaxRequest.open("POST", "kindle.py", true);
ajaxRequest.setRequestHeader("Content-type","application/x-www-form-urlencoded");
ajaxRequest.send("amzcookie=" + acookie + "&ktype=" + ktype);
}

the python script uses CGI. no web framework like django.

when i do this request it just prints the contents of the python file. no code is executed.

Answer 1

You should use JQuery for that … instead of writing your own Ajax request, it can be written in a line:

$.post('link-to-my-python-script',{data},
          function(answer){
                      // process your request here ..
                  });

You can read more about that here: JqueryPost