Configuring apache to execute python scripts using mod_python handler

[jeffmess at gmail.com]

Hi Joe

You'd probably have better luck posting this to the mod python mailing
list. Did you name your python script mptest.py and did you remember
to restart Apache when you edited the httpd.conf file? If so then I
don't see any reason why it shouldn't work although I've never tried
mod_python under a Windows environment.

Regards

Jeffrey van Aswegen

joe jacob wrote:
> I configured apache to execute python scripts using mod_python
> handler. I followed below mentioned steps to configure apache.
>
> 1. In http.conf I added
>
>   <Directory "D:/softwares/Apache2.2/htdocs">
>   AddHandler mod_python .py
>   PythonHandler mptest
>   PythonDebug On
>   </Directory>
>
> 2. Then I added the line "LoadModule python_module modules/
> mod_python.so" to http.conf.
>
> Then I tried execute the python script mentioned below from browser.
>
> from mod_python import apache
> def handler(req):
> req.content_type = 'text/plain'
> req.write("Hello World!")
> return apache.OK
>
> Then I am getting the following error
>
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>
>   File "D:\softwares\Python25\Lib\site-packages\mod_python
> \importer.py", line 1537, in HandlerDispatch
>     default=default_handler, arg=req, silent=hlist.silent)
>
>   File "D:\softwares\Python25\Lib\site-packages\mod_python
> \importer.py", line 1202, in _process_target
>     module = import_module(module_name, path=path)
>
>   File "D:\softwares\Python25\Lib\site-packages\mod_python
> \importer.py", line 304, in import_module
>     return __import__(module_name, {}, {}, ['*'])
>
> ImportError: No module named mptest
>
> I am using Apache 2.2.4, python 2.5 and mod_python-3.3.1.win32-py2.5-
> Apache2.2.
>
> I am able to execute python scripts by configuring apache to execute
> the cgi scripts. But I want to execute it using mod_python as it is
> faster compared to cgi mode. Someone please help me on this issue.