How can I call Python script from URL and get parameters

Question

I call my script with http://domain/script.py How can I call the script with a parameter and get the parameter in the python script when I call it like http://domain/script.py?parmameter=value I can't find a solution or even find out if this is possible or not. Would be very happy fo a solution. Thanks to all.

edit: I run it now from php: http://domain/script.php?parmameter=value

<?php
if (isset($_GET['parmameter'])){
    $myval = $_GET['parmameter'];
    $command = escapeshellcmd("python script.py $myval" );
    ...
?>

Take a look at flask if you do not care about performance.

Simon Kirsten
– Simon Kirsten

2016-07-30 12:15:19 +00:00
Commented Jul 30, 2016 at 12:15 — Simon Kirsten
– Simon Kirsten, Commented Jul 30, 2016 at 12:15

Community · Accepted Answer · 2017-05-23 12:22:56Z

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Tell us more about your setup and what is working. What is serving your Python script? Are you using a Web server like nginx or Apache?
You can not normally run a Python script via a Web browser without some kind of interface - otherwise you would just get the source of the Python file served as text.
If you were using Flask or Django as a Web framework, then these have built-in ways to access the query strings.

EDIT: since you're calling it as a shell script, you want to get the command line arguments.

Have a look at this answer: Calling command line arguments in Python 3

You can get the value of your $myval variable with: import sys then sys.argv[1] (but best to check that it exists before trying to access it, or use exception handling).

edited May 23, 2017 at 12:22

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answered Jul 30, 2016 at 12:15

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4 Comments

oxidworks Over a year ago

I am not sure, this is a webhosting with python support (no more infos). I have also SSH access but it is not possible to run python from terminal, only from url.

Lindsay Ward Over a year ago

Right, so you are running it via a shell command essentially, and you want to get the command line arguments.

Lindsay Ward Over a year ago

Were you happy with this answer, @oxidworks? Did it help solve your problem?

oxidworks Over a year ago

no, because I can't run python from command line, only from URL. So I need to use PHP to get args.

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