Sometimes there is a need that python scripts are executed directly from the browser. With CGIHTTPServer it goes very easily.
Create Folders
# create project folder
$ mkdir MyProject
# create cgi-bin folder
$ mkdir MyProject/cgi-binCreate Python File
# create test.py
$ touch MyProject/cgi-bin/test.py
# modify test.py
$ vim MyProject/cgi-bin/test.pyAdd some very simple content like:
#!/usr/bin/env python
print "Content-Type: text/html\n"
print "<html><head><title>Hello world</title></head>"
print "<body>"
print "<h1>hello world...</h1>"
print "<body>\n</html>"Change the file permission
# change the permission
$ chmod 750 MyProject/cgi-bin/test.pyRun CGIHTTPServer
# change to project folder
$ cd MyProject/
# run CGIHTTPServer
$ python -m CGIHTTPServerNow open the browser and call URL: “http://localhost:8000/cgi-bin/test.py“
Python 3
In Python 3.3, the replacement for python -m CGIHTTPServer is python3 -m http.server --cgi.
Other examples
# show help
$ python3 -m http.server --help
# run server in Python 3
$ python3 -m http.server 8080
# run server in Python 3 on loopback interface
$ python3 -m http.server 8080 --bind 127.0.0.1