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:mod:wsgiref --- WSGI Utilities and Reference Implementation

.. module:: wsgiref :synopsis: WSGI Utilities and Reference Implementation.

.. moduleauthor:: Phillip J. Eby [email protected] .. sectionauthor:: Phillip J. Eby [email protected]


The Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI) is a standard interface between web server software and web applications written in Python. Having a standard interface makes it easy to use an application that supports WSGI with a number of different web servers.

Only authors of web servers and programming frameworks need to know every detail and corner case of the WSGI design. You don't need to understand every detail of WSGI just to install a WSGI application or to write a web application using an existing framework.

:mod:wsgiref is a reference implementation of the WSGI specification that can be used to add WSGI support to a web server or framework. It provides utilities for manipulating WSGI environment variables and response headers, base classes for implementing WSGI servers, a demo HTTP server that serves WSGI applications, and a validation tool that checks WSGI servers and applications for conformance to the WSGI specification (:pep:3333).

See wsgi.readthedocs.io <https://wsgi.readthedocs.io/>_ for more information about WSGI, and links to tutorials and other resources.

.. XXX If you're just trying to write a web application...

:mod:wsgiref.util -- WSGI environment utilities

.. module:: wsgiref.util :synopsis: WSGI environment utilities.

This module provides a variety of utility functions for working with WSGI environments. A WSGI environment is a dictionary containing HTTP request variables as described in :pep:3333. All of the functions taking an environ parameter expect a WSGI-compliant dictionary to be supplied; please see :pep:3333 for a detailed specification.

.. function:: guess_scheme(environ)

Return a guess for whether wsgi.url_scheme should be "http" or "https", by checking for a HTTPS environment variable in the environ dictionary. The return value is a string.

This function is useful when creating a gateway that wraps CGI or a CGI-like protocol such as FastCGI. Typically, servers providing such protocols will include a HTTPS variable with a value of "1" "yes", or "on" when a request is received via SSL. So, this function returns "https" if such a value is found, and "http" otherwise.

.. function:: request_uri(environ, include_query=True)

Return the full request URI, optionally including the query string, using the algorithm found in the "URL Reconstruction" section of :pep:3333. If include_query is false, the query string is not included in the resulting URI.

.. function:: application_uri(environ)

Similar to :func:request_uri, except that the PATH_INFO and QUERY_STRING variables are ignored. The result is the base URI of the application object addressed by the request.

.. function:: shift_path_info(environ)

Shift a single name from PATH_INFO to SCRIPT_NAME and return the name. The environ dictionary is modified in-place; use a copy if you need to keep the original PATH_INFO or SCRIPT_NAME intact.

If there are no remaining path segments in PATH_INFO, None is returned.

Typically, this routine is used to process each portion of a request URI path, for example to treat the path as a series of dictionary keys. This routine modifies the passed-in environment to make it suitable for invoking another WSGI application that is located at the target URI. For example, if there is a WSGI application at /foo, and the request URI path is /foo/bar/baz, and the WSGI application at /foo calls :func:shift_path_info, it will receive the string "bar", and the environment will be updated to be suitable for passing to a WSGI application at /foo/bar. That is, SCRIPT_NAME will change from /foo to /foo/bar, and PATH_INFO will change from /bar/baz to /baz.

When PATH_INFO is just a "/", this routine returns an empty string and appends a trailing slash to SCRIPT_NAME, even though empty path segments are normally ignored, and SCRIPT_NAME doesn't normally end in a slash. This is intentional behavior, to ensure that an application can tell the difference between URIs ending in /x from ones ending in /x/ when using this routine to do object traversal.

.. function:: setup_testing_defaults(environ)

Update environ with trivial defaults for testing purposes.

This routine adds various parameters required for WSGI, including HTTP_HOST, SERVER_NAME, SERVER_PORT, REQUEST_METHOD, SCRIPT_NAME, PATH_INFO, and all of the :pep:3333\ -defined wsgi.* variables. It only supplies default values, and does not replace any existing settings for these variables.

This routine is intended to make it easier for unit tests of WSGI servers and applications to set up dummy environments. It should NOT be used by actual WSGI servers or applications, since the data is fake!

Example usage::

  from wsgiref.util import setup_testing_defaults
  from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server

  # A relatively simple WSGI application. It's going to print out the
  # environment dictionary after being updated by setup_testing_defaults
  def simple_app(environ, start_response):
      setup_testing_defaults(environ)

      status = '200 OK'
      headers = [('Content-type', 'text/plain; charset=utf-8')]

      start_response(status, headers)

      ret = [("%s: %s\n" % (key, value)).encode("utf-8")
             for key, value in environ.items()]
      return ret

  with make_server('', 8000, simple_app) as httpd:
      print("Serving on port 8000...")
      httpd.serve_forever()

In addition to the environment functions above, the :mod:wsgiref.util module also provides these miscellaneous utilities:

.. function:: is_hop_by_hop(header_name)

Return true if 'header_name' is an HTTP/1.1 "Hop-by-Hop" header, as defined by :rfc:2616.

.. class:: FileWrapper(filelike, blksize=8192)

A wrapper to convert a file-like object to an :term:iterator. The resulting objects support both :meth:__getitem__ and :meth:__iter__ iteration styles, for compatibility with Python 2.1 and Jython. As the object is iterated over, the optional blksize parameter will be repeatedly passed to the filelike object's :meth:read method to obtain bytestrings to yield. When :meth:read returns an empty bytestring, iteration is ended and is not resumable.

If filelike has a :meth:close method, the returned object will also have a :meth:close method, and it will invoke the filelike object's :meth:close method when called.

Example usage::

  from io import StringIO
  from wsgiref.util import FileWrapper

  # We're using a StringIO-buffer for as the file-like object
  filelike = StringIO("This is an example file-like object"*10)
  wrapper = FileWrapper(filelike, blksize=5)

  for chunk in wrapper:
      print(chunk)

:mod:wsgiref.headers -- WSGI response header tools

.. module:: wsgiref.headers :synopsis: WSGI response header tools.

This module provides a single class, :class:Headers, for convenient manipulation of WSGI response headers using a mapping-like interface.

.. class:: Headers([headers])

Create a mapping-like object wrapping headers, which must be a list of header name/value tuples as described in :pep:3333. The default value of headers is an empty list.

:class:Headers objects support typical mapping operations including :meth:__getitem__, :meth:get, :meth:__setitem__, :meth:setdefault, :meth:__delitem__ and :meth:__contains__. For each of these methods, the key is the header name (treated case-insensitively), and the value is the first value associated with that header name. Setting a header deletes any existing values for that header, then adds a new value at the end of the wrapped header list. Headers' existing order is generally maintained, with new headers added to the end of the wrapped list.

Unlike a dictionary, :class:Headers objects do not raise an error when you try to get or delete a key that isn't in the wrapped header list. Getting a nonexistent header just returns None, and deleting a nonexistent header does nothing.

:class:Headers objects also support :meth:keys, :meth:values, and :meth:items methods. The lists returned by :meth:keys and :meth:items can include the same key more than once if there is a multi-valued header. The len() of a :class:Headers object is the same as the length of its :meth:items, which is the same as the length of the wrapped header list. In fact, the :meth:items method just returns a copy of the wrapped header list.

Calling bytes() on a :class:Headers object returns a formatted bytestring suitable for transmission as HTTP response headers. Each header is placed on a line with its value, separated by a colon and a space. Each line is terminated by a carriage return and line feed, and the bytestring is terminated with a blank line.

In addition to their mapping interface and formatting features, :class:Headers objects also have the following methods for querying and adding multi-valued headers, and for adding headers with MIME parameters:

.. method:: Headers.get_all(name)

  Return a list of all the values for the named header.

  The returned list will be sorted in the order they appeared in the original
  header list or were added to this instance, and may contain duplicates.  Any
  fields deleted and re-inserted are always appended to the header list.  If no
  fields exist with the given name, returns an empty list.

.. method:: Headers.add_header(name, value, **_params)

  Add a (possibly multi-valued) header, with optional MIME parameters specified
  via keyword arguments.

  *name* is the header field to add.  Keyword arguments can be used to set MIME
  parameters for the header field.  Each parameter must be a string or ``None``.
  Underscores in parameter names are converted to dashes, since dashes are illegal
  in Python identifiers, but many MIME parameter names include dashes.  If the
  parameter value is a string, it is added to the header value parameters in the
  form ``name="value"``. If it is ``None``, only the parameter name is added.
  (This is used for MIME parameters without a value.)  Example usage::

     h.add_header('content-disposition', 'attachment', filename='bud.gif')

  The above will add a header that looks like this::

     Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="bud.gif"

.. versionchanged:: 3.5 headers parameter is optional.

:mod:wsgiref.simple_server -- a simple WSGI HTTP server

.. module:: wsgiref.simple_server :synopsis: A simple WSGI HTTP server.

This module implements a simple HTTP server (based on :mod:http.server) that serves WSGI applications. Each server instance serves a single WSGI application on a given host and port. If you want to serve multiple applications on a single host and port, you should create a WSGI application that parses PATH_INFO to select which application to invoke for each request. (E.g., using the :func:shift_path_info function from :mod:wsgiref.util.)

.. function:: make_server(host, port, app, server_class=WSGIServer, handler_class=WSGIRequestHandler)

Create a new WSGI server listening on host and port, accepting connections for app. The return value is an instance of the supplied server_class, and will process requests using the specified handler_class. app must be a WSGI application object, as defined by :pep:3333.

Example usage::

  from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server, demo_app

  with make_server('', 8000, demo_app) as httpd:
      print("Serving HTTP on port 8000...")

      # Respond to requests until process is killed
      httpd.serve_forever()

      # Alternative: serve one request, then exit
      httpd.handle_request()

.. function:: demo_app(environ, start_response)

This function is a small but complete WSGI application that returns a text page containing the message "Hello world!" and a list of the key/value pairs provided in the environ parameter. It's useful for verifying that a WSGI server (such as :mod:wsgiref.simple_server) is able to run a simple WSGI application correctly.

.. class:: WSGIServer(server_address, RequestHandlerClass)

Create a :class:WSGIServer instance. server_address should be a (host,port) tuple, and RequestHandlerClass should be the subclass of :class:http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler that will be used to process requests.

You do not normally need to call this constructor, as the :func:make_server function can handle all the details for you.

:class:WSGIServer is a subclass of :class:http.server.HTTPServer, so all of its methods (such as :meth:serve_forever and :meth:handle_request) are available. :class:WSGIServer also provides these WSGI-specific methods:

.. method:: WSGIServer.set_app(application)

  Sets the callable *application* as the WSGI application that will receive
  requests.

.. method:: WSGIServer.get_app()

  Returns the currently-set application callable.

Normally, however, you do not need to use these additional methods, as :meth:set_app is normally called by :func:make_server, and the :meth:get_app exists mainly for the benefit of request handler instances.

.. class:: WSGIRequestHandler(request, client_address, server)

Create an HTTP handler for the given request (i.e. a socket), client_address (a (host,port) tuple), and server (:class:WSGIServer instance).

You do not need to create instances of this class directly; they are automatically created as needed by :class:WSGIServer objects. You can, however, subclass this class and supply it as a handler_class to the :func:make_server function. Some possibly relevant methods for overriding in subclasses:

.. method:: WSGIRequestHandler.get_environ()

  Returns a dictionary containing the WSGI environment for a request.  The default
  implementation copies the contents of the :class:`WSGIServer` object's
  :attr:`base_environ` dictionary attribute and then adds various headers derived
  from the HTTP request.  Each call to this method should return a new dictionary
  containing all of the relevant CGI environment variables as specified in
  :pep:`3333`.

.. method:: WSGIRequestHandler.get_stderr()

  Return the object that should be used as the ``wsgi.errors`` stream. The default
  implementation just returns ``sys.stderr``.

.. method:: WSGIRequestHandler.handle()

  Process the HTTP request.  The default implementation creates a handler instance
  using a :mod:`wsgiref.handlers` class to implement the actual WSGI application
  interface.

:mod:wsgiref.validate --- WSGI conformance checker

.. module:: wsgiref.validate :synopsis: WSGI conformance checker.

When creating new WSGI application objects, frameworks, servers, or middleware, it can be useful to validate the new code's conformance using :mod:wsgiref.validate. This module provides a function that creates WSGI application objects that validate communications between a WSGI server or gateway and a WSGI application object, to check both sides for protocol conformance.

Note that this utility does not guarantee complete :pep:3333 compliance; an absence of errors from this module does not necessarily mean that errors do not exist. However, if this module does produce an error, then it is virtually certain that either the server or application is not 100% compliant.

This module is based on the :mod:paste.lint module from Ian Bicking's "Python Paste" library.

.. function:: validator(application)

Wrap application and return a new WSGI application object. The returned application will forward all requests to the original application, and will check that both the application and the server invoking it are conforming to the WSGI specification and to :rfc:2616.

Any detected nonconformance results in an :exc:AssertionError being raised; note, however, that how these errors are handled is server-dependent. For example, :mod:wsgiref.simple_server and other servers based on :mod:wsgiref.handlers (that don't override the error handling methods to do something else) will simply output a message that an error has occurred, and dump the traceback to sys.stderr or some other error stream.

This wrapper may also generate output using the :mod:warnings module to indicate behaviors that are questionable but which may not actually be prohibited by :pep:3333. Unless they are suppressed using Python command-line options or the :mod:warnings API, any such warnings will be written to sys.stderr (not wsgi.errors, unless they happen to be the same object).

Example usage::

  from wsgiref.validate import validator
  from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server

  # Our callable object which is intentionally not compliant to the
  # standard, so the validator is going to break
  def simple_app(environ, start_response):
      status = '200 OK'  # HTTP Status
      headers = [('Content-type', 'text/plain')]  # HTTP Headers
      start_response(status, headers)

      # This is going to break because we need to return a list, and
      # the validator is going to inform us
      return b"Hello World"

  # This is the application wrapped in a validator
  validator_app = validator(simple_app)

  with make_server('', 8000, validator_app) as httpd:
      print("Listening on port 8000....")
      httpd.serve_forever()

:mod:wsgiref.handlers -- server/gateway base classes

.. module:: wsgiref.handlers :synopsis: WSGI server/gateway base classes.

This module provides base handler classes for implementing WSGI servers and gateways. These base classes handle most of the work of communicating with a WSGI application, as long as they are given a CGI-like environment, along with input, output, and error streams.

.. class:: CGIHandler()

CGI-based invocation via sys.stdin, sys.stdout, sys.stderr and os.environ. This is useful when you have a WSGI application and want to run it as a CGI script. Simply invoke CGIHandler().run(app), where app is the WSGI application object you wish to invoke.

This class is a subclass of :class:BaseCGIHandler that sets wsgi.run_once to true, wsgi.multithread to false, and wsgi.multiprocess to true, and always uses :mod:sys and :mod:os to obtain the necessary CGI streams and environment.

.. class:: IISCGIHandler()

A specialized alternative to :class:CGIHandler, for use when deploying on Microsoft's IIS web server, without having set the config allowPathInfo option (IIS>=7) or metabase allowPathInfoForScriptMappings (IIS<7).

By default, IIS gives a PATH_INFO that duplicates the SCRIPT_NAME at the front, causing problems for WSGI applications that wish to implement routing. This handler strips any such duplicated path.

IIS can be configured to pass the correct PATH_INFO, but this causes another bug where PATH_TRANSLATED is wrong. Luckily this variable is rarely used and is not guaranteed by WSGI. On IIS<7, though, the setting can only be made on a vhost level, affecting all other script mappings, many of which break when exposed to the PATH_TRANSLATED bug. For this reason IIS<7 is almost never deployed with the fix. (Even IIS7 rarely uses it because there is still no UI for it.)

There is no way for CGI code to tell whether the option was set, so a separate handler class is provided. It is used in the same way as :class:CGIHandler, i.e., by calling IISCGIHandler().run(app), where app is the WSGI application object you wish to invoke.

.. versionadded:: 3.2

.. class:: BaseCGIHandler(stdin, stdout, stderr, environ, multithread=True, multiprocess=False)

Similar to :class:CGIHandler, but instead of using the :mod:sys and :mod:os modules, the CGI environment and I/O streams are specified explicitly. The multithread and multiprocess values are used to set the wsgi.multithread and wsgi.multiprocess flags for any applications run by the handler instance.

This class is a subclass of :class:SimpleHandler intended for use with software other than HTTP "origin servers". If you are writing a gateway protocol implementation (such as CGI, FastCGI, SCGI, etc.) that uses a Status: header to send an HTTP status, you probably want to subclass this instead of :class:SimpleHandler.

.. class:: SimpleHandler(stdin, stdout, stderr, environ, multithread=True, multiprocess=False)

Similar to :class:BaseCGIHandler, but designed for use with HTTP origin servers. If you are writing an HTTP server implementation, you will probably want to subclass this instead of :class:BaseCGIHandler.

This class is a subclass of :class:BaseHandler. It overrides the :meth:__init__, :meth:get_stdin, :meth:get_stderr, :meth:add_cgi_vars, :meth:_write, and :meth:_flush methods to support explicitly setting the environment and streams via the constructor. The supplied environment and streams are stored in the :attr:stdin, :attr:stdout, :attr:stderr, and :attr:environ attributes.

The :meth:~io.BufferedIOBase.write method of stdout should write each chunk in full, like :class:io.BufferedIOBase.

.. class:: BaseHandler()

This is an abstract base class for running WSGI applications. Each instance will handle a single HTTP request, although in principle you could create a subclass that was reusable for multiple requests.

:class:BaseHandler instances have only one method intended for external use:

.. method:: BaseHandler.run(app)

  Run the specified WSGI application, *app*.

All of the other :class:BaseHandler methods are invoked by this method in the process of running the application, and thus exist primarily to allow customizing the process.

The following methods MUST be overridden in a subclass:

.. method:: BaseHandler._write(data)

  Buffer the bytes *data* for transmission to the client.  It's okay if this
  method actually transmits the data; :class:`BaseHandler` just separates write
  and flush operations for greater efficiency when the underlying system actually
  has such a distinction.

.. method:: BaseHandler._flush()

  Force buffered data to be transmitted to the client.  It's okay if this method
  is a no-op (i.e., if :meth:`_write` actually sends the data).

.. method:: BaseHandler.get_stdin()

  Return an input stream object suitable for use as the ``wsgi.input`` of the
  request currently being processed.

.. method:: BaseHandler.get_stderr()

  Return an output stream object suitable for use as the ``wsgi.errors`` of the
  request currently being processed.

.. method:: BaseHandler.add_cgi_vars()

  Insert CGI variables for the current request into the :attr:`environ` attribute.

Here are some other methods and attributes you may wish to override. This list is only a summary, however, and does not include every method that can be overridden. You should consult the docstrings and source code for additional information before attempting to create a customized :class:BaseHandler subclass.

Attributes and methods for customizing the WSGI environment:

.. attribute:: BaseHandler.wsgi_multithread

  The value to be used for the ``wsgi.multithread`` environment variable.  It
  defaults to true in :class:`BaseHandler`, but may have a different default (or
  be set by the constructor) in the other subclasses.

.. attribute:: BaseHandler.wsgi_multiprocess

  The value to be used for the ``wsgi.multiprocess`` environment variable.  It
  defaults to true in :class:`BaseHandler`, but may have a different default (or
  be set by the constructor) in the other subclasses.

.. attribute:: BaseHandler.wsgi_run_once

  The value to be used for the ``wsgi.run_once`` environment variable.  It
  defaults to false in :class:`BaseHandler`, but :class:`CGIHandler` sets it to
  true by default.

.. attribute:: BaseHandler.os_environ

  The default environment variables to be included in every request's WSGI
  environment.  By default, this is a copy of ``os.environ`` at the time that
  :mod:`wsgiref.handlers` was imported, but subclasses can either create their own
  at the class or instance level.  Note that the dictionary should be considered
  read-only, since the default value is shared between multiple classes and
  instances.

.. attribute:: BaseHandler.server_software

  If the :attr:`origin_server` attribute is set, this attribute's value is used to
  set the default ``SERVER_SOFTWARE`` WSGI environment variable, and also to set a
  default ``Server:`` header in HTTP responses.  It is ignored for handlers (such
  as :class:`BaseCGIHandler` and :class:`CGIHandler`) that are not HTTP origin
  servers.

  .. versionchanged:: 3.3
     The term "Python" is replaced with implementation specific term like
     "CPython", "Jython" etc.

.. method:: BaseHandler.get_scheme()

  Return the URL scheme being used for the current request.  The default
  implementation uses the :func:`guess_scheme` function from :mod:`wsgiref.util`
  to guess whether the scheme should be "http" or "https", based on the current
  request's :attr:`environ` variables.

.. method:: BaseHandler.setup_environ()

  Set the :attr:`environ` attribute to a fully-populated WSGI environment.  The
  default implementation uses all of the above methods and attributes, plus the
  :meth:`get_stdin`, :meth:`get_stderr`, and :meth:`add_cgi_vars` methods and the
  :attr:`wsgi_file_wrapper` attribute.  It also inserts a ``SERVER_SOFTWARE`` key
  if not present, as long as the :attr:`origin_server` attribute is a true value
  and the :attr:`server_software` attribute is set.

Methods and attributes for customizing exception handling:

.. method:: BaseHandler.log_exception(exc_info)

  Log the *exc_info* tuple in the server log.  *exc_info* is a ``(type, value,
  traceback)`` tuple.  The default implementation simply writes the traceback to
  the request's ``wsgi.errors`` stream and flushes it.  Subclasses can override
  this method to change the format or retarget the output, mail the traceback to
  an administrator, or whatever other action may be deemed suitable.

.. attribute:: BaseHandler.traceback_limit

  The maximum number of frames to include in tracebacks output by the default
  :meth:`log_exception` method.  If ``None``, all frames are included.

.. method:: BaseHandler.error_output(environ, start_response)

  This method is a WSGI application to generate an error page for the user.  It is
  only invoked if an error occurs before headers are sent to the client.

  This method can access the current error information using ``sys.exc_info()``,
  and should pass that information to *start_response* when calling it (as
  described in the "Error Handling" section of :pep:`3333`).

  The default implementation just uses the :attr:`error_status`,
  :attr:`error_headers`, and :attr:`error_body` attributes to generate an output
  page.  Subclasses can override this to produce more dynamic error output.

  Note, however, that it's not recommended from a security perspective to spit out
  diagnostics to any old user; ideally, you should have to do something special to
  enable diagnostic output, which is why the default implementation doesn't
  include any.

.. attribute:: BaseHandler.error_status

  The HTTP status used for error responses.  This should be a status string as
  defined in :pep:`3333`; it defaults to a 500 code and message.

.. attribute:: BaseHandler.error_headers

  The HTTP headers used for error responses.  This should be a list of WSGI
  response headers (``(name, value)`` tuples), as described in :pep:`3333`.  The
  default list just sets the content type to ``text/plain``.

.. attribute:: BaseHandler.error_body

  The error response body.  This should be an HTTP response body bytestring. It
  defaults to the plain text, "A server error occurred.  Please contact the
  administrator."

Methods and attributes for :pep:3333's "Optional Platform-Specific File Handling" feature:

.. attribute:: BaseHandler.wsgi_file_wrapper

  A ``wsgi.file_wrapper`` factory, or ``None``.  The default value of this
  attribute is the :class:`wsgiref.util.FileWrapper` class.

.. method:: BaseHandler.sendfile()

  Override to implement platform-specific file transmission.  This method is
  called only if the application's return value is an instance of the class
  specified by the :attr:`wsgi_file_wrapper` attribute.  It should return a true
  value if it was able to successfully transmit the file, so that the default
  transmission code will not be executed. The default implementation of this
  method just returns a false value.

Miscellaneous methods and attributes:

.. attribute:: BaseHandler.origin_server

  This attribute should be set to a true value if the handler's :meth:`_write` and
  :meth:`_flush` are being used to communicate directly to the client, rather than
  via a CGI-like gateway protocol that wants the HTTP status in a special
  ``Status:`` header.

  This attribute's default value is true in :class:`BaseHandler`, but false in
  :class:`BaseCGIHandler` and :class:`CGIHandler`.

.. attribute:: BaseHandler.http_version

  If :attr:`origin_server` is true, this string attribute is used to set the HTTP
  version of the response set to the client.  It defaults to ``"1.0"``.

.. function:: read_environ()

Transcode CGI variables from os.environ to PEP 3333 "bytes in unicode" strings, returning a new dictionary. This function is used by :class:CGIHandler and :class:IISCGIHandler in place of directly using os.environ, which is not necessarily WSGI-compliant on all platforms and web servers using Python 3 -- specifically, ones where the OS's actual environment is Unicode (i.e. Windows), or ones where the environment is bytes, but the system encoding used by Python to decode it is anything other than ISO-8859-1 (e.g. Unix systems using UTF-8).

If you are implementing a CGI-based handler of your own, you probably want to use this routine instead of just copying values out of os.environ directly.

.. versionadded:: 3.2

Examples

This is a working "Hello World" WSGI application::

from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server

Every WSGI application must have an application object - a callable

object that accepts two arguments. For that purpose, we're going to

use a function (note that you're not limited to a function, you can

use a class for example). The first argument passed to the function

is a dictionary containing CGI-style environment variables and the

second variable is the callable object (see PEP 333).

def hello_world_app(environ, start_response): status = '200 OK' # HTTP Status headers = [('Content-type', 'text/plain; charset=utf-8')] # HTTP Headers start_response(status, headers)

   # The returned object is going to be printed
   return [b"Hello World"]

with make_server('', 8000, hello_world_app) as httpd: print("Serving on port 8000...")

   # Serve until process is killed
   httpd.serve_forever()