Question

How do I directly display a webpage on the python GUI e.g. in a frame? I heard about (common gateway interface)CGI but I don't know what is that.
I'm currently using tkinter.

Answer 1

I'm only a beginner really, I have PyQt installed and I messed a little bit with QWebView() which seemed to work OK.

Seems to be quite a lot of different GUI packages....

Answer 2

Common Gateway Interface has to do with a program on a webserver executing and outputting a webpage. Except for possibly passing arguments to the webserver, CGI has nothing to do with the client.

Displaying a web page in a frame is, well, a web browser.

Answer 3

I was trying to make a webbrowser but so far tkinter only has webbrowswer controls. Hmm...lemme hope that my line will be better to download other GUI packages...

Answer 4

The best approach for what you plan to do in my opinion is to use PyQT instead of Tkinter and the WebKit renderering engine. You should find valuable help there : http://www.rkblog.rk.edu.pl/w/p/webkit-pyqt-rendering-web-pages/

Answer 5

While I was searching for the original source for linking web, it seems that this will have to work. VB has a similar function but the webbrowser is one of a scaled down internet explorer.

Answer 6

I hope it helps you ...

Answer 7

Lol, it really did. Thanks to all of you!

Answer 8

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Answer 9

Also, if you are up for it, Google has an excellent tutorial on using the Google App Engine with Python. One of the aspects is using a Webapp framework. I learned a lot when I read it, maybe you will to - here is a link: https://developers.google.com/appengine/docs/python/gettingstarted/usingwebapp