Pass data from php to python and run python script

[Monster Killer]

Hello.

I have a python script to post news a website but i want to know how i can pass variables from php to the python script and run the script from php.

Python script: (I didn't create this, was done by a friend)

import urllib2, urllib

USER = '' # Put your username within the quotes
PASS = '' # Put your password within the quotes
URL = 'http://steamcommunity.com/groups/<groupid>/announcements' # Change this to the url of the page where you post an announcement on your steam group

TITLE = '' # News header
MESSAGE = '' # news body

# build opener with HTTPCookieProcessor
o = urllib2.build_opener( urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor() )
urllib2.install_opener( o )

# Build the url for login
p = urllib.urlencode( { 'action' : 'doLogin', 'steamAccountName': USER, 'steamPassword': PASS } )

# perform login with params
f = o.open( 'https://steamcommunity.com/',  p )
data = f.read()
f.close()

# second request should automatically pass back any
# cookies received during login... thanks to the HTTPCookieProcessor
# Send the post
p = urllib.urlencode( { 'action' : 'post', 'headline' : TITLE, 'body' : MESSAGE } )
f = o.open( URL, p )
data = f.read()
f.close()

Any help is much appreciated :)
Thanks

[chrishea]

I would think that the best way would be to use a form with hidden variables for the parameters. The other option would be a link with the variables as parameters (<a href=xxx.pyt?a=xxx&b=yyyy...). I'm not able to advise you on how to access these in the Python script but it should be pretty straightforward. If you need advice on that, I suggest that you go over to the Python forum. The other option would be to convert this short python script to php and make it less complicated.

[johnburn]

You can make the python script to accept argument from php. Something like this:

#!/usr/bin/env python
import urllib2, urllib, sys

USER = '' # Put your username within the quotes
PASS = '' # Put your password within the quotes
URL = 'http://steamcommunity.com/groups/<groupid>/announcements' # Change this to the url of the page where you post an announcement on your steam group
count = 0
for arg in sys.argv:
	if arg == "-t":
		TITLE = sys.argv[count+1] # News header
	elif arg == "-m":
		MESSAGE = sys.argv[count+1] # news body
	count+=1

# build opener with HTTPCookieProcessor
o = urllib2.build_opener( urllib2.HTTPCookieProcessor() )
urllib2.install_opener( o )

# Build the url for login
p = urllib.urlencode( { 'action' : 'doLogin', 'steamAccountName': USER, 'steamPassword': PASS } )

# perform login with params
f = o.open( 'https://steamcommunity.com/',  p )
data = f.read()
f.close()

# second request should automatically pass back any
# cookies received during login... thanks to the HTTPCookieProcessor
# Send the post
p = urllib.urlencode( { 'action' : 'post', 'headline' : TITLE, 'body' : MESSAGE } )
f = o.open( URL, p )
data = f.read()
f.close()

And for the php:

<?php
$title = "Some title";
$message = "some message";
$command = "/path/to/script/primes.py -t $title -m $message";
exec($command);
?>

or as suggested by chrishea, you can also use php to post the news.

[Monster Killer]

Thank you Chrishea and johnburn for your quick response. I will try these methods later when i have time.

[Padiamon]

Thanks a lot johnburn.It works fine.You are great.