Get data from python with ajax

Question

I'm passing data to a python script with ajax but I can't get that data back. The most I managed to get is 'undefined' or the script text itself (no idea why...). Currently, after a lot of tries, I get nothing.

I don't know if this is related but I'm new to python and didn't want to use any framework, so I'm using SimpleHTTPServer. Anyway...

This is the ajax call

$(function(){
    $.ajax({
        type: "GET",
        url: "con-test.py",
        dataType: "json",
        success: function (responseText) {
            alert(responseText); /* responseText.stuff is not working either */
        }
    });
});

And the script con-test.py

import json

result = {}
result['stuff'] = 'banana'
json_string = json.dumps(result)

print result # also tried return result

Answer 1

You can't use SimpleHTTPServer for web-apps. It is not executing any code, it simply serves raw files (that's why you only managed to get the script text). I suggest using some web-framework; see this question.