On Fri, 2008-03-28 at 12:53 +0100, Pavol Murin wrote: > hello python users, > > could you point me to a very simple (single file is best) web-server? > I want to serve a few web-forms and run some shell scripts when the > forms are submitted. I might add Ajax later (this is not a > requirement, if it only supports forms it's OK). > > Longer story: > > I would like to provide a web-page for customization of an > application - it should run some shell commands as the user clicks > around in the page and at the end write a configuration file. I had a > look at the python wiki (http://wiki.python.org/moin/WebProgramming), > where various web servers and frameworks are listed. The frameworks > seem to heavy for such a simple task and BaseHTTPServer just seems to > be too light. So I took a look at the web-servers listed: > httpy had the last release 1,5 years ago, Medusa more than 5 years, > Twisted seems to be able to do a lot, so probably not the simple thing > I'm looking for. CherryPy looks promising, however it is still 89 > files (including some that can be removed). > > If CGIHTTPServer is a good answer, could you point me to a good > (nontrivial) example? > > thank you, muro
Take a look at twisted web, it fits in between. -Larry -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list