Do you have to rewrite URLs for Python?

[Apothem]

So for my webhost, index.py is not automatically called when a user goes to mysite.com. Is there another file name that is conventionally used in Python that is automatically called as the index file?

And also making sure: You are required to use mod_rewrite to get "nicer" URLs from Python. To add to it, how does Python distinguish GET request variables from POST request variables?

[oesxyl]

Originally Posted by Apothem

So for my webhost, index.py is not automatically called when a user goes to mysite.com. Is there another file name that is conventionally used in Python that is automatically called as the index file?

And also making sure: You are required to use mod_rewrite to get "nicer" URLs from Python. To add to it, how does Python distinguish GET request variables from POST request variables?

now is clear for me why do you ask about import in your other thread,
you make a huge confusion, python can be used as a client side language for a web site but is a scripting language like any other, you need to use your script as a cgi script.

read this first:
http://docs.python.org/library/cgi.html

best regards

[Apothem]

Wait so how do I make it run index.py or something if I go to mysite.com?

[oesxyl]

Originally Posted by Apothem

Wait so how do I make it run index.py or something if I go to mysite.com?

did you read this?

http://docs.python.org/library/cgi.h...-a-unix-system

the page from that link explain step by step what to do. Try and when you have problem ask i will try to help you.

best regards

[Apothem]

Well I read it more "thoroughly" but still don't see anything about how to make a file the index page.

[oesxyl]

Originally Posted by Apothem

Well I read it more "thoroughly" but still don't see anything about how to make a file the index page.

you don't have any index page. The idea of using cgi is to get and process requests and to generate the content of the page and sent to who request the page.
More exactly:

1. somebody ask your server to show a page http://example.com/mypage
2. the server send the name of the page, mypage to the cgi script
3. the script generate the page and write the result to the stdout.

you need to understand what is and how cgi work but this have nothing to do with python. For cgi you can use any language,

Edit: there is a convention, when mypage is '', http://example.com/ then the server return the index page, index.html, index.php, or how ever are the server settings

best regards

[Samhain13]

Originally Posted by Apothem

So for my webhost, index.py is not automatically called when a user goes to mysite.com. Is there another file name that is conventionally used in Python that is automatically called as the index file?

If your server allows you to use .htaccess (like in Apache), try this:

# This is a .htaccess file.
# Tell the server to treat .py files as CGI scripts:
AddHandler cgi-scipt .py

# Tell the server that index.py should be the directory's index page.
DirectoryIndex index.py

Of course, under a Unix system, the index.py file should be executable or having a mode like 755.