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If all other deployment methods do not work, CGI will work for sure. |
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CGI is supported by all major servers but usually has a sub-optimal |
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performance. |
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This is also the way you can use a Flask application on Google's `App |
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Engine`_, where execution happens in a CGI-like environment. |
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.. admonition:: Watch Out |
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Please make sure in advance that any ``app.run()`` calls you might |
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have in your application file are inside an ``if __name__ == |
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'__main__':`` block or moved to a separate file. Just make sure it's |
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not called because this will always start a local WSGI server which |
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we do not want if we deploy that application to CGI / app engine. |
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With CGI, you will also have to make sure that your code does not contain |
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any ``print`` statements, or that ``sys.stdout`` is overridden by something |
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that doesn't write into the HTTP response. |
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Creating a `.cgi` file |
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First you need to create the CGI application file. Let's call it |
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:file:`yourapplication.cgi`:: |
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#!/usr/bin/python |
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from wsgiref.handlers import CGIHandler |
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from yourapplication import app |
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CGIHandler().run(app) |
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Server Setup |
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Usually there are two ways to configure the server. Either just copy the |
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``.cgi`` into a :file:`cgi-bin` (and use `mod_rewrite` or something similar to |
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rewrite the URL) or let the server point to the file directly. |
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In Apache for example you can put something like this into the config: |
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.. sourcecode:: apache |
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ScriptAlias /app /path/to/the/application.cgi |
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On shared webhosting, though, you might not have access to your Apache config. |
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In this case, a file called ``.htaccess``, sitting in the public directory you want |
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your app to be available, works too but the ``ScriptAlias`` directive won't |
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work in that case: |
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.. sourcecode:: apache |
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RewriteEngine On |
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RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f # Don't interfere with static files |
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RewriteRule ^(.*)$ /path/to/the/application.cgi/$1 [L] |
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For more information consult the documentation of your webserver. |
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.. _App Engine: https://developers.google.com/appengine/
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