[albatross-users] Automatically Send HTTP Request

[Michael C. Neel]

I've done stuff like this befire, using the urllib that comes with
python, and passing the resulting object to a ctx.locals. var for use in
the template.  Take a look at urllib in the module docs on the python
website, I think it's what you are looking for.

Mike

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dhruva B. Reddy [mailto:bdhruva at gmx.net] 
> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 12:31 AM
> To: Albatross User's List
> Subject: [albatross-users] Automatically Send HTTP Request
> 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am adding the functionality to collect payments to an
> Albatross-powered website, using PayPal's Instant Payment Notification
> (IPN) service.  The contract goes like this:
> 
> 	1. Customer is directed to PayPal to log in and authorize
> 	   payment.
> 	2. PayPal sends a POST request to the application.
> 	3. The application must automatically resend that request back
> 	   to PayPal, and process the response.
> 
> It seems kludgy to me (as opposed to PayPal doing this as a true web
> service), but I don't see any way around it.  Have any of you done
> something like this before?
> 
> Thanks,
> Dhruva
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