Steve Holden wrote: > Debashis Dey wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have a python CGI program. I would like to show a graph within a HTML > > plage. I would like to dynamically generate the graph using the python > > CGI script on the web server side and send it to the browser. > > > > My question is how can I do this in python? Is there a free tool to do > > this? Can someone please send me some simple python code to draw simple > > graphics within HTML (e.g. draw a line or a circle). > > > Unfortunately HTML does not include graphics facilities, simply the > ability to refer to graphical resources. > > The typical way to include a created graphic would be: > > 1. Create a (.png, .jpg, .gif) file showing the > image you want > > 2. Store it in a temporary file whose name will be > unique to the current session > > 3. Generate an HTML response including an <IMG ...> > tag referring to the newly created graphic
SVG might be suitable; Firefox supports a reasonable subset of SVG out of the box, and even IE supports it through an Adobe plugin. If the OP is intending the page for a specific group of users, it could be a very simple solution. Ron -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
