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D.C.
D.C.

Reputation: 15588

Suggest a standalone python web framework?

I have a python program that I would like to present as a simple web application. The program currently uses sqlite for storage. I also need to distribute the whole thing to colleagues so having something standalone and easy to start would be ideal ( no install if possible). This web app is meant to be used locally , not by multiple users over a network.

Is there a suitable python framework that might fit my needs? I looked at Django so far but it seems a bit heavy handed for what I need.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 2873

Answers (6)

Ned Deily
Ned Deily

Reputation: 85025

Lots of choices for Python web frameworks! Another is web2py which is designed to work out of the box and allows, but doesn't require, through-the-web development. It is mature and has a strong community and is well-documented.

Upvotes: 1

Kylotan
Kylotan

Reputation: 18449

I have never tried it myself, but you could try Bottle:

Bottle is a fast, simple and lightweight WSGI micro web-framework for Python. It is distributed as a single file module and has no dependencies other than the Python Standard Library.

Upvotes: 3

SingleNegationElimination
SingleNegationElimination

Reputation: 156128

I don't think that any web framework is specifically oriented for the use case you're talking about; They all assume they are running on a server and there's a browser on a remote machine that is accessing them.

A better approach is to think about the HTTP server you'll be using. It's probably preferable to use a server that's as easy to pack and ship as the rest of the python code you'll be using. Now most frameworks provide a 'development' server that's easy to invoke from the command line, but most of them are intended to be "easy for the developer" which often means they are restricted to a single thread. This is bad for deployment because single threaded servers will always feel a bit sluggish.

CherryPy stands out in contrast, by providing a full featured, embedded server that's easy to configure for many use cases, and is available by default with the rest of the framework. There are probably others, but I haven't used 'em.

Upvotes: 0

Joe Bowman
Joe Bowman

Reputation: 863

Tornado as a framework may be a lot more than what you're looking for. However it will meet the requirement of being a completely python based web server. http://tornadoweb.org

I generally just download the source, drop it in /tornado/ of my project and do includes there from the app.

Upvotes: 0

Achim
Achim

Reputation: 15692

As web frameworks are not part of the standard lib, you will have to install something in every case. I would propse to look at http://flask.pocoo.org/. It has a build in WSGI server.

Upvotes: 1

Michał Šrajer
Michał Šrajer

Reputation: 31182

try http://docs.python.org/library/simplehttpserver.html

Upvotes: 2

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