Python Standard Library

The CGIHTTPServer Module

The CGIHTTPServer module shown in Example 7-39 is a simple HTTP server that can call external scripts through the common gateway interface (CGI).

Example 7-39. Using the CGIHTTPServer Module

File: cgihttpserver-example-1.py

import CGIHTTPServer
import BaseHTTPServer

class Handler(CGIHTTPServer.CGIHTTPRequestHandler):
    cgi_directories = ["/cgi"]

PORT = 8000

httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(("", PORT), Handler)
print "serving at port", PORT
httpd.serve_forever()