I am trying to make a python script run as cgi, using an Apache server. My script looks something like this:
#!/usr/bin/python
import cgi
if __name__ == "__main__":
print("Content-type: text/html")
print("<HTML>")
print("<HEAD>")
I have done the necessary configurations in httpd.conf(in my opinion):
<Directory "/opt/lampp/htdocs/xampp/python">
Options +ExecCGI
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .py
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
</Directory>
I have set the execution permission for the script with chmod
However, when I try to access the script via localhost i get an Error 500:End of script output before headers:script.py What could be the problem? The script is created in an Unix like environment so I think the problem of clrf vs lf doesn't stand. Thanks a lot.
1 Answer 1
I think you are missing a print statement after
print("Content-type: text/html")
The output of a CGI script should consist of two sections, separated by a blank line. The first section contains a number of headers, telling the client what kind of data is following.
The second section is usually HTML, which allows the client software to display nicely formatted text with header, in-line images, etc.
It may look like
#!/usr/bin/env python
print "Content-Type: text/html"
print
print """
<TITLE>CGI script ! Python</TITLE>
<H1>This is my first CGI script</H1>
Hello, world!
"""
For more details visit python-cgi
For python3
#!/usr/bin/env python3
print("Content-Type: text/html")
print()
print ("""
<TITLE>CGI script ! Python</TITLE>
<H1>This is my first CGI script</H1>
Hello, world!
"""
)
1 Comment
\n\n and Python 2 syntax (Xampp and Python 3).
python -m SimpleHTTPServeris "kind of" the idea to run a HTTP server in Python.