[Tutor] Python isn't working with Apache (Windows)

Mon Jul 31 16:46:26 EDT 2017

2017-07-31 22:37 GMT+02:00 Christopher McGrath <mcgrath_ch at hotmail.com>:

> Someone told me the problem is within the second line of the code.
>
>
> print ("Content-type: text/html")
> print (" ")
> print ("<html><head>")
> print ("")
> print ("</head><body>")
> print ("Hello Python.")
> print ("</body></html>")
>
>
> There should be no space. I copied and pasted that code from somewhere and
> somehow that space has some hidden char that python didn't like...
>
>
> The one "who" does not like that space is not the Python, but the CGI
standard.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_Gateway_Interface

citation:

print "Content-type: text/plain\n\n";

end citation

there is blank line after content-type.

But when you use a framework, you do not have to care with cgi ;-)

BR

George

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> 2017-07-31 7:31 GMT+02:00 Christopher McGrath <mcgrath_ch at hotmail.com>:
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>> I am trying to run a simple python web script in a browser with apache. I
>> have apache installed and running perfectly. I installed Ruby and Perl
>> using instructions from here and worked perfect.
>> http://editrocket.com/articles/python_apache_windows.html
>>
>> I did have to change my “shebang lines” for PERL and RUBY like these:
>> #!Q:\LifeForce\perl\perl\bin\perl.exe
>> #!Q:\LifeForce\Ruby24-x64\bin\ruby.exe
>> As you can see, I didn’t install them on C: drive. They worked.
>>
>> I had Python 3.6 installed before and tried to test with these
>> #!Q:\LifeForce\Python36-32\Scripts\pip3.exe
>> #!Q:\LifeForce\Python36-32\Scripts\pip.exe
>> #!Q:\LifeForce\Python36-32\Scripts\pip2.6.exe
>> All the pip files in the Script directory.
>> I also tried with #!Q:\LifeForce\Python36-32\python.exe. This one works
>> worked from Window Command, but didn’t work from web browser like PERL and
>> RUBY.
>> I tried downgrading to Python 2.7 and installed directly at C: drive and
>> tested with
>> #!C:\Python27\python.exe
>> #!C:\Python27\Scripts\pip2.7.exe
>> #!C:\Python27\Scripts\pip2.exe
>> #!C:\Python27\Scripts\pip.exe
>> Nothing worked. I don’t have any idea anymore. Please help!
>> This is the simple code:
>> print ("Content-type: text/html")
>> print (" ")
>> print ("<html><head>")
>> print ("")
>> print ("</head><body>")
>> print ("Hello Python.")
>> print ("</body></html>")
>>
>> I am trying to run directly from Apache htdoc dir. Not from cgi dir. I
>> think something is wrong with the shebang line.
>> This is the error output in the web browser:
>> Internal Server Error
>> The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was
>> unable to complete your request.
>> Please contact the server administrator at postmaster at localhost to
>> inform them of the time this error occurred, and the actions you performed
>> just before this error.
>> More information about this error may be available in the server error
>> log.
>> Additionally, a 500 Internal Server Error error was encountered while
>> trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.
>> This is what is shown in Apache’s error log:
>> [Mon Jul 31 01:06:54.266478 2017] [cgi:error] [pid 5156:tid 1688] [client
>> 98.5.128.152:51723] malformed header from script 'test.py': Bad header:
>> [Mon Jul 31 01:06:54.270479 2017] [authz_core:error] [pid 5156:tid 1688]
>> [client 98.5.128.152:51723] AH01630: client denied by server
>> configuration: C:/Apache24
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>
> Hi Christopher,
>
> unfortunately I do not know much about your problem but I think it can be
> useful to read about WSGI and WSGI web services, servers:
>
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Server_Gateway_Interface
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> https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0333/
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> https://wiki.python.org/moin/WebFrameworks
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> https://www.fullstackpython.com/wsgi-servers.html
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> According to these articles I chose Flask for application server (it has a
> built-in development webserver as well) and Waitress for webserver.
> Maybe you can give them a try ;-)
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> BR
> George
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