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How to click html button and run python script from a webpage

requirements

django

step 1: Pip install django

pip install django 

step 2: Open your prompt window and create a directory called "django-webapp"

mkdir django-webapp 

step 3: In your prompt window, navigate to django-webapp & run django-admin startproject geniusvoice (or your own django project name)

cd django-webapp django-admin startproject geniusvoice 

step 4: Navigate to geniusvoice

cd geniusvoice 

Checkpoint: step 1-4

step 5: create a folder called "my_templates"

mkdir my_templates 

step 6: create a file called "geniusvoice.html" in "my_templates" folder

cd. > my_templates/geniusvoice.html 

step 7: create a file called "webapp.py" in "geniusvoice" folder

cd. > geniusvoice/geniusvoice.html 

Checkpoint: step 5-7

step 8: Copy and paste this code in urls.py.

NOTE: make sure to replace the existing code in urls.py

"""geniusvoice URL Configuration The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/http/urls/ Examples: Function views 1. Add an import: from my_app import views 2. Add a URL to urlpatterns: path('', views.home, name='home') Class-based views 1. Add an import: from other_app.views import Home 2. Add a URL to urlpatterns: path('', Home.as_view(), name='home') Including another URLconf 1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path 2. Add a URL to urlpatterns: path('blog/', include('blog.urls')) """ from django.contrib import admin from django.conf.urls import url from . import webapp urlpatterns = [ url(r'^admin/', admin.site.urls), url(r'^$', webapp.button), url(r'^output', webapp.output,name="script"), ] 

step 8: Copy and paste this code in webapp.py.

from django.shortcuts import render def button(request): return render(request,'geniusvoice.html') def output(request): output_data = "hello world" return render(request,"geniusvoice.html",{"output_data":output_data}) 

step 9: Copy and paste this code in settings.py

NOTE: make sure to replace the existing code in settings.py

""" Django settings for geniusvoice project. Generated by 'django-admin startproject' using Django 2.2. For more information on this file, see https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/settings/ For the full list of settings and their values, see https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/ """ import os # Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...) BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__))) # Quick-start development settings - unsuitable for production # See https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/deployment/checklist/ # SECURITY WARNING: keep the secret key used in production secret! SECRET_KEY = '1##%)y7kczqht5o8vrcvnw)h402c&^4_19ac6dynzbk%(xa2k6' # SECURITY WARNING: don't run with debug turned on in production! DEBUG = True ALLOWED_HOSTS = [] # Application definition INSTALLED_APPS = [ 'django.contrib.admin', 'django.contrib.auth', 'django.contrib.contenttypes', 'django.contrib.sessions', 'django.contrib.messages', 'django.contrib.staticfiles', ] MIDDLEWARE = [ 'django.middleware.security.SecurityMiddleware', 'django.contrib.sessions.middleware.SessionMiddleware', 'django.middleware.common.CommonMiddleware', 'django.middleware.csrf.CsrfViewMiddleware', 'django.contrib.auth.middleware.AuthenticationMiddleware', 'django.contrib.messages.middleware.MessageMiddleware', 'django.middleware.clickjacking.XFrameOptionsMiddleware', ] ROOT_URLCONF = 'geniusvoice.urls' TEMPLATES = [ { 'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates', 'DIRS': ['my_templates'], 'APP_DIRS': True, 'OPTIONS': { 'context_processors': [ 'django.template.context_processors.debug', 'django.template.context_processors.request', 'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth', 'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages', ], }, }, ] WSGI_APPLICATION = 'geniusvoice.wsgi.application' # Database # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#databases DATABASES = { 'default': { 'ENGINE': 'django.db.backends.sqlite3', 'NAME': os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'db.sqlite3'), } } # Password validation # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/ref/settings/#auth-password-validators AUTH_PASSWORD_VALIDATORS = [ { 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.UserAttributeSimilarityValidator', }, { 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.MinimumLengthValidator', }, { 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.CommonPasswordValidator', }, { 'NAME': 'django.contrib.auth.password_validation.NumericPasswordValidator', }, ] # Internationalization # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/i18n/ LANGUAGE_CODE = 'en-us' TIME_ZONE = 'UTC' USE_I18N = True USE_L10N = True USE_TZ = True # Static files (CSS, JavaScript, Images) # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/howto/static-files/ STATIC_URL = '/static/' 

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