Hi,
I would like to create an html form on my index.cgi.
For example, I would like to have a search on my site and use the term searched for to build my page.
Do I just create the form html, and have it post to mysite.com/index.cgi?search=xyz ?
What do I need to do inside of index.cgi in order to be able to receive a search?
This is
I will take the search term and build the page once I know what they are searching for.
I see this in Web.lsp:
syntax: (Web:get str-key)
Returns the value of str-key in the query string or nil if not present. If str-key is not provided, returns an association list of all GET values.
Web:post
syntax: (Web:post str-key)
Returns the value of str-key in the client-submitted POST data or nil if not present. If str-key is not provided, returns an association list of all POST values.
http://scruffythinking.com/storage/artful/artful-web.html
If I get my form to submit to xyz.com/index.cgi?search=test then
Okay and thanks! :-)
The simplest search form is probably something like this, although this uses cgi.lsp rather than web.lsp.
(load "cgi.lsp")
(println (string "Content-type: text/htmlrnrn"
[text]<!doctype html>
<html>
<head>
<title>Title</title>
</head>
<body>
[/text]))
(set 'search-string (CGI:get "userinput"))
(println (format [text]
<form name="form" class="dialog" method="GET">
<fieldset>
<input type="text" value="search" name="userinput" >
<input type="submit" style="display:none"/>
</fieldset>
</form>[/text]))
(unless (nil? search-string)
(println " I couldn't be bothered to search for "" search-string """))
(println [text]
</body>
</html>
[/text])
as running
Biggest thanks
That post was so helpful I added it to your newLISP Wikibook on "The Internet".
https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Introduction_to_newLISP/The_Internet
Much appreciated, as always.