CherryPy

Pythonic, object-oriented web framework

http://www.cherrypy.org/

Install on Slackware 14

• wget https://pypi.python.org/packages/source/C/CherryPy/CherryPy-3.2.4.tar.gz

• cp CherryPy-3.2.4.tar.gz /tmp

• cd /tmp

• tar xvzf CherryPy-3.2.4.tar.gz

• python setup.py build
• python setup.py install

Check installation

python
Python 2.7.3 (default, Jul  3 2012, 21:16:07) 
[GCC 4.7.1] on linux2
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> import cherrypy
>>> cherrypy.__version__
'3.2.2'
>>> quit()

CherryPy test web app

Create folder the web app

• mkdir -p /var/www/htdocs/cherrypytest/

Create file /var/www/htdocs/cherrypytest/cherrypytest.wsgi

   1 import sys
   2 sys.stdout = sys.stderr
   3 import cherrypy
   4 
   5 cherrypy.config.update({'environment': 'embedded'})
   6 
   7 class HelloWorld(object):
   8     @cherrypy.expose
   9     def index(self):
  10         return "Hello World CherryPy!!!!"
  11     @cherrypy.expose
  12     def add(self,param1,param2):
  13        return str( int(param1)+int(param2) )
  14 
  15 hello = HelloWorld()    
  16 application = cherrypy.Application(hello, script_name=None, config=None)

Create entry in /etc/httpd/vhosts.conf

   1 <VirtualHost *:80>
   2     ServerName localhostcherrypytest
   3     DocumentRoot "/var/www/htdocs/cherrypytest"
   4     WSGIScriptAlias / /var/www/htdocs/cherrypytest/cherrypytest.wsgi
   5     <Directory "/var/www/htdocs/cherrypytest">
   6       Require local
   7     </Directory>
   8 </VirtualHost>

Add entry in /etc/hosts

• 127.0.0.1 localhostcherrypytest

Restart apache

• /etc/rc.d/rc.httpd restart

Open the following URLs:

• http://localhostcherrypytest/

• http://localhostcherrypytest/add/3/4