How to host python cgi script with `python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000` or `python -m CGIHTTPServer 8000`?
When I run python -m SimpleHTTPServer 8000 or python -m CGIHTTPServer 8000 in my shell I am hosting the content of my current directory to the internet.
I would like to make the following cgi_script.py work correctly using the above command in the command line when I browse to 192.xxx.x.xx:8000/cgi_script.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
print "Content-Type: text/html"
print
print """\
<html>
<body>
<h2>Hello World!</h2>
</body>
</html>
"""
But this script is displayed literally and not only the "Hello World!" part. Btw I changed the file permissions to 755 for cgi_script.py as well as the folder I am hosting it from.
Answer
Try with python -m CGIHTTPServer 8000.
Note that you have to move the script to a cgi-bin or htbin directory in order to be runnable.