Hosting a python file

[mukunda]

Can someone point me in the right direction to serving a python-based web service?

e.g., I created test.py in the public folder and tried to access it via http://domain/test.py, but get an HTTP 500. PHP files like test.php work fine. I saw there is supposed to be python/CGI support on the webserver information.

The content of the python file is just:
print("hello")

I also tried with a shebang "#!/usr/bin/python" and "chmox a+x test.py"

[Edge100x]

If you use the CGI method, you'll need to print the CGI header. For instance,

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#!/usr/bin/python

print("Content-type: text/html\n\n");
print("Hello, world!")

Using the WSGI method, things are a bit more complicated and might require extra configuration on our end, after you've installed the software.

[mukunda]

Thanks, I should have known that - I know the php interpreter sends headers under the hood too