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Upload Progress with mod_python

Now that Gmail has added a progress bar for attachment uploads, everybody wants to do the same including myself
So, with the same method that everybody uses consisting in an upload form with a hidden <iframe> as target, and then a periodic Ajax request to update the progress, I made a simple implementation using mod_python on the server side… This is a veeery simple example, like everything that you do with Python.
Additionally I’ve added an upload size limit control based in examples that can be found in the mod_python forum site. Use the source Luke!

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If you have a Mac OS X Leopard on an Intel platform, and you are interested in installing mod_python using your default apache setup and the python that comes with the Framework, even more if you want to give PyCAPTCHA a try together with mod_python, then check out this post! I’m covering also the installation of required libraries for PyCAPTCHA under Leopard (FreeType2, libjpeg, PIL)

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