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How to run a python script by clicking on an html button

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 = "Genius Voice eliminates friction. For years people have had to learn to interact with computers, we turn this around. We teach computers how to interact with humans through voice. This creates a seamless experience without losing the human touch."
    website_link = "Visit our website: " + "https://www.geniusvoice.nl/"
    
    return render(request,"geniusvoice.html",{"output_data":output_data, "website_link":website_link})
    

step 9: Copy and paste this code in geniusvoice.html.

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
    <head>
        <title>
            Genius Voice script
        </title>
    </head>
    <body>
        <button onclick="location.href='{% url 'script' %}'">Click To Execute Script</button> <hr>
        {{output_data}}
        {{website_link}}
    </body>
</html>

step 10: Open settings.py, scroll down to "TEMPLATES" and paste 'my_templates' in the empty list

'my_templates'

step 11: Open your prompt window and run this code:

python manage.py migrate

step 12: Run this code in your prompt window:

python manage.py runserver
Copy and paste http://127.0.0.1:8000/ in your browser

step 13: Click on "Click To Execute Script"

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