run python scripts on apache (linux and windows)

Question

I need help with how to run scripts test.cgi for example in apache ? I created test script:

#!/usr/bin/env python
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

# enable debugging
import cgitb
cgitb.enable()

print "Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8"
print

print "Hello World!

When I runlocalhost/cgi-bin/test.cgi

It gives me error.

Internal Server Error

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@localhost and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.
Apache/2.2.22 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80

Python is installed properly. Test.cgi chmod is 755

I am new to linux. On wndows it gives me error too . On windows it gives me:

End of script output before headers: python_test.cgi

I use this script on windows:

#!"C:\Python34\python.exe"
# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-

# enable debugging
import cgitb
cgitb.enable()

print "Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8"
print

print "Hello World!"

Any idea ?

can you please show the configuration in your httpd.conf file ? — Prerak Sola
– Prerak Sola, Commented Dec 19, 2014 at 10:56
In linux is empty and windows is ok cause perl scripts works fine. I added LoadModule cgi_module modules/mod_cgi.so and AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl .asp .py — Mirko
– Mirko, Commented Dec 19, 2014 at 11:37

Prerak Sola · Accepted Answer · 2015-06-26 07:32:03Z

2

Add these to your configuration file:

  <Directory "/opt/lampp/htdocs/xampp/python">
      Options +ExecCGI
      AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .py
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all
  </Directory>

and replace your code with:

import cgitb
cgitb.enable()

print ("Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8")
print ()

print ("Hello World!")

It worked for me. In Python 3.x print is a function, so you have to pass the string to be printed as an arguement.

edited Jun 26, 2015 at 7:32

answered Dec 19, 2014 at 11:40

Prerak Sola

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3 Comments

Mirko Over a year ago

On windows ? I use xampp on windows and only apache on linux.

Prerak Sola Over a year ago

Yes, there would be a httpd.conf file in xampp

Mirko Over a year ago

I know, I edited it before to enable cgi_mod. I andded it but it did not work. I am using python3.4 can it make this error ?

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