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CGI Python Example

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	#! /usr/bin/env python

	print("""Content-Type: text/html

	<h1>Hello World</h1>""")

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nwjlyons commented Mar 26, 2021

Setup

index.py should be marked as executable chmod +x index.py
index.py should be in a folder called cgi-bin

eg.

.
└── cgi-bin
    └── index.py

Run CGI server

python -m http.server --cgi
Visit http://localhost:8000/cgi-bin/index.py

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