tropical.dude....@gmail.com wrote: > I want to use python for web development but I > could not configure my Apache server to run python > with the guides I found on the internet. > > Can anyone help me configure http.server > to run python scripts? > > I ran the command python -m http.server --cgi to start the http server, > and if I put index.html, I will see the page but if I use > index.py, it doesn't show the page, I can only see the > directory listing of the files and when I click on > index.py, it doesn't run the code, I can see it just > like in the editor. > > Can anyone help me out?
While in the long run you're better off if you follow Chris' advice here's a minimal cgi script run with http.server (I'm using curl instead of a browser). $ mkdir cgi-bin $ echo -e '#!/usr/bin/env python3\nprint("Content-type:text/plain")\nprint()\nprint("Hello, world")' > cgi-bin/index.py $ chmod u+x cgi-bin/index.py $ python3 -m http.server --cgi & [1] 12345 $ Serving HTTP on 0.0.0.0 port 8000 ... $ curl http://localhost:8000/cgi-bin/index.py 127.0.0.1 - - [06/Sep/2015 14:30:23] "GET /cgi-bin/index.py HTTP/1.1" 200 - Hello, world $ -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list