Here's a few neat ways of combining Python with JavaScript:
Return data from html/js to python
Note: Since you mentioned you had no server, the request you call with the javascript has to be pointed to the listening port of the socket that the python code runs on.
Easy enouhg would be to listen on port 80 with python and just do regular calls without thinking twice to the :80 from JavaScript.
Basically, HTML form, use JavaScript onSubmit() or a button that calls the AJAX code in the post above, then have Python read the JSON data (structure the <form> data according to the JSON format shown at the top of the link)
Here's a short intro on how to use form data via javascript:
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Test Input</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
function testResults (form) {
var TestVar = form.inputbox.value;
alert ("You typed: " + TestVar);
}
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FORM NAME="myform" ACTION="" METHOD="GET">Enter something in the box: <BR>
<INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="inputbox" VALUE=""><P>
<INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="button" Value="Click" onClick="testResults(this.form)">
</FORM>
</BODY>
</HTML>
Use this principle to gather your information,
then build in the AJAX part in the link mentioned at the top..
Once you've done that, start a python script (shown in the link as well) that listens for these calls.
Remember: To use JSON, format it properly, ' will not be allowed for instance, it has to be "!
In my link, this is the important part that sends the GET request to the "server" (python script):
xmlhttp.open("GET","Form-data",true);
Here's the python part:
from socket import *
import json
s = socket()
s.bind(('', 80)) # <-- Since the GET request will be sent to port 80 most likely
s.listen(4)
ns, na = s.accept()
while 1:
try:
data = ns.recv(8192) # <-- Get the browser data
except:
ns.close()
s.close()
break
## ---------- NOTE ------------ ##
## "data" by default contains a bunch of HTTP headers
## You need to get rid of those and parse the HTML data,
## the best way is to either just "print data" and see
## what it contains, or just try to find a HTTP parser lib (server side)
data = json.loads(data)
print data
