Running script with JavaScript

Question

I have an HTML web page on a linux machine. In one JavaScriptfunction I need to run a script (bash/perl/python) on the linux machine, in the same directory the web page is.

The script should get two parameters from JavaScript. It doesn't need to return anything, just to be run.

I tried the following, no luck:

$.ajax({
    type: "POST",
    url: "script.py"
});


$.post("script.py");

For testing purposes, I used the following python script: import sys

file = open("C:\\file.txt", 'w')
file.close

The script works fine when run manually. Using the AJAX above, I'm getting (on the Developer Tools) this:

syntax error    script.py:1:1
syntax error    index.html:1:1

The url is fine, as it opens the python script when I click it on the Developer Tools.

Answer 1

Looking at the jQuery docs ( http://api.jquery.com/jQuery.post/ ) you'll find

$.ajax({
  type: "POST",
  url: url,
  data: data,
  success: success,
  dataType: dataType
});

In the data: data change to data : {postName1:myValue1, postName2: myValue2 } In your scripts you will pick up these name/value pairs via the POST method.