January 7, 2019

Minimal Python web server

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Introduction

There are various ways to implement a minimal Python web service or server. It can be easily implemented using the web.py python web framework. First, you need to install the library. Open a terminal and execute the following command…

sudo easy_install web.py
# You can also use pip
sudo pip install web.py

sudo easy_install web.py

# You can also use pip

sudo pip install web.py

Provide the password when requested. If the installation goes smoothly, create a Python script and insert the following code…

Code

#!/usr/bin/env python
import web

# Define a list of end points along with corresponding request handlers 
# Only one is available here, you can add as many requests as you need
urls = (
    '/api/v1/my_request', 'handle_get_my_request'
)

# Define the web app
web_app = web.application(urls, globals())

# The get handler returns a tiny HTML page
class handle_get_my_request:        
    def GET(self):
        return "<html><center><b>Hello</b></center></html>"

# Start the web server
if __name__ == "__main__":
    web_app.run()

#!/usr/bin/env python

import web

# Define a list of end points along with corresponding request handlers

# Only one is available here, you can add as many requests as you need

urls = (

'/api/v1/my_request', 'handle_get_my_request'

)

# Define the web app

web_app = web.application(urls, globals())

# The get handler returns a tiny HTML page

class handle_get_my_request:

def GET(self):

return "<html><center><b>Hello</b></center></html>"

# Start the web server

if __name__ == "__main__":

web_app.run()

Launch the web server by typing…

python test.py

1	python test.py

To check if the server is working as expected, open a browser window and point to

http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v1/my_request

1	http://127.0.0.1:8080/api/v1/my_request

If everything is fine, you should get Hello printed in the middle of the screen.

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