Embedded Web Server in Python?

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Ankur Gupta picture Ankur Gupta · Nov 19, 2008 · Viewed 14.4k times · Source

Can you recommend a minimalistic python webserver that I can embedded in my Desktop Application.

Answer

Tim Lesher picture Tim Lesher · Nov 19, 2008

How minimalistic and for what purpose?

SimpleHTTPServer comes free as part of the standard Python libraries.

If you need more features, look into CherryPy or (at the top end) Twisted.

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