web server in python

[Remi Delon]

> i am curerntly trying to make simple dynamic site in python which i intend
> to expand on. i can make the html using python but i have a few questions.
> using the BaseHTTPServer class, is it then possible to write all the code
> for a site inside one python program, which then serves based on requests
> from a website?
> ive been having trouble finding information about this and i would be
> greatfull if someone could give me an example of how to start.

Check out CherryPy (http://www.cherrypy.org), it does exactly what you want
(build a single file containing everything to run the website).
The code for the HTTP server is a heavily customized version of
BaseHTTPServer so you can look at it to see how we did it ...


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