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Asked: 2026-05-10T22:07:55+00:00

I’m looking to implement a Contact Us form with Cherrypy and was wondering: Is

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I’m looking to implement a ‘Contact Us’ form with Cherrypy and was wondering: Is there a good recipe (or a BSD licensed set of code) that I could use instead of reinventing the wheel?

Ideally, this would be Cherrpy 3.1 compatible.

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  1. Well, I had to look into a solution. This works (ugly, and w/o Javascript validation) — using the smtplib lib. Also, note that I stole Jeff’s captcha for this example. Anyone using this will need to change it.

    EDIT: I added validation.

    #!/usr/local/bin/python2.4  import smtplib  import cherrypy  class InputExample:    @cherrypy.expose    def index(self):        return '<html><head></head><body><a href='contactus'>Contact Us</a></body></html>'           @cherrypy.expose         def contactus(self,message=''):                 return ''' <html> <head><title>Contact Us</title> <script type='text/javascript'>     function isNotEmpty(elem)    {       var str = elem.value;       var re = /.+/;       if (!str.match(re))       {          elem.focus();          return false;       }       else       {          return true;       }     }     function isEMailAddr(elem)    {       var str = elem.value;       var re = /^[\w-]+(\.[\w-]+)*@([\w-]+\.)+[a-zA-Z]{2,7}$/;       if (!str.match(re))       {          return false;       }       else       {          return true;       }    }     function validateForm(form)    {       if (isNotEmpty(form.firstName) && isNotEmpty(form.lastName))       {          if (isNotEmpty(form.email))          {          if (isEMailAddr(form.email))          {             if (isNotEmpty(form.captcha))             {                if ( form.captcha.value=='egnaro'.split('').reverse().join(''))                {                    if (isNotEmpty(form.subject))                      {                         alert('All required fields are found.  We will respond shortly.');                         return true;                      }                }                else                {                    alert('Please enter the word as displayed in the image.');                    return false;                }             }//captcha empty             }          else          {             alert('Please enter a valid email address.');             return false;          } //email          } //email       } //first and last name       alert('Please fill in all required fields.');       return false;    }  </script> </head> <body> <p>%(message)s</p> <form method='POST' action='contactUsSubmitted' onsubmit='return validateForm(this)'>    <label for='firstName'>First Name: </label>    <input type='text' id='firstName' name='firstName' /> (required)<br/>    <label for='lastName'>Last Name: </label>    <input type='text' id='lastName' name='lastName' /> (required)<br/>    <label for='email'>E-mail address: </label>    <input type='text' id='email' name='email' /> (required)<br/>   <label for='phone'>Phone number: </label>    <input type='text' id='phone' name='phone' /> <br/><br/>     <!--THIS NEEDS TO BE CHANGED TO MATCH YOUR OWN CAPTCHA SCHEME!! -->    <label for='captcha'>Enter the word<br /><img alt='rhymes with..' src='http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/images/word.png' width='99' height='26' border='0' /></label><br /> (<a href='http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/sounds/captcha-word-spoken.mp3'>hear it spoken</a>)<br />    <input tabindex='3' id='captcha' name='captcha' /><br /><br />     <label for='subject'>Subject: </label>    <input type='text' id='subject' name='subject' /> (required)<br/>    <label for='body'>Details: </label>    <textarea id='body' name='body'></textarea><br/>  <input type='submit' value='Contact Us' /> </form> </body> </html> '''%{'message':message}           @cherrypy.expose         def contactUsSubmitted(self, firstName, lastName, email, phone, captcha, subject, body ):                 if captcha[::-1] != 'egnaro':                         return self.contactus('Please reenter the word you see in the image.' )                 self.sendEmail('mail2.example.com','mailbox_account','mailbox_pwd','me@example.com',email,                      'Website Contact: '+subject, 'Sender Email: ' + email + '\r\n'                      'Name: ' + firstName + ' ' + lastName + '\r\n' + 'Phone: ' + phone + '\r\n' + body)                 return self.index()          def sendEmail(self,smtpServer, mailboxName, mailboxPassword, contactEmail,senderEmail,subject,body):                 server = smtplib.SMTP(smtpServer) #'smtp1.example.com')                 server.login(mailboxName, mailboxPassword)                  msg = 'To: %(contactEmail)s\r\nFrom: %(senderEmail)s\r\nSubject: %(subject)s\r\nContent-type: text/plain\r\n\r\n%(body)s'                 msg = msg%{'contactEmail':contactEmail,'senderEmail':mailboxName + '@example.com','subject':subject,'body':body}                  server.sendmail(contactEmail, contactEmail, msg) #This is to send it from an internal account to another internal account.                 server.quit()   cherrypy.root = InputExample() cherrypy.config.update ( file = 'development.conf' ) cherrypy.server.start()
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