[Tutor] Python persistent webserver?

[Brian Lamb]

Hi Howard,

It sounds like you want to integrate Python to handle CGI requests from Apache.

So, don't look down the road of building your own web server with the HTTPServer stuff in Python but rather
investigate how to hook Python up to *process Apache CGI requests*.  I imagine on linux this is pretty simple
and somewhat documented (I have only set this up quickly for IIS which worked easily...)

I hope I understood what you wanted correctly.

Regards,
Brian


---- Original Message ----

From: Hugo Gonz?lez Monteverde <hugonz-lists at h-lab.net>
Subject: Re: [Tutor] Python persistent webserver?
To: Howard Kao <fatearthling at gmail.com>
Cc: tutor at python.org
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Looks like CherryPy is a good candidate. Take a look at:

www.cherrypy.org`

it can be plugged into Apache, and if persistency is what you need, you'll get it. There are nice examples for
getting started.

Hugo

Howard Kao wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I know the subject is confusing but I don't know how to describe what 
> I would like to ask concisely.
> 
> Basically I would like to have a program (or server or whatever) take 
> an HTTP POST method (which contains some information, maybe even an 
> XML file) from a client, process these XML/information, and then 
> generate an XML to send back to the client.
> 
> Currently the environment it has to be done under is Apache on Linux. 
> I am thinking that it may have to be a persistent running program... 
> However it seems a daunting task for a Python noob like me.
> 
> Preferably it doesn't need threading and need not to be sophiscated at 
> all, as long as it can take the request, process info and send stuff 
> back to a client.
> 
> I have no idea how to do this at all and couldn't find much 
> information.  The Base, Simple, CGI HTTPServer modules all seem a 
> little lacking , but that's probably due to my lack of py-fu to start
> with...   Any suggestions would be appreciated.  Many thanks!
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