Hi All -
I'm trying to develop web applications using python / Cheetah. I'm also
trying to experiment with lighttpd (see www.lighttpd.net), which supports
fast-cgi. So, I downloaded Robin Dunn's fcgi.py file
(http://alldunn.com/python/fcgi.py), and everything is up and running
nicely. Except, I'm a complete dummy - totally new to fast-cgi
development. Therefore, when I run lighttpd and direct it to use fcgi as
my fast-cgi app, it starts the _test() function w/in fcgi.py which simply
prints some nice information about my request / environment.
I then tried to develop my own app/server that inherits from fcgi, and then
maps uri requests to my classes (for example, www.mysite.com/users/new_week
maps to class user(), method new_week()). I *somewhat* got this working
(at least, it doesn't shut down on me immediately, but doesn't do much else
either)...but every request has to have a file associated with it (which
obviously isn't the case since I'm trying to map into a class/method, not a
file). So it doesn't work :(
Anyway, I'm completely frustrated on how to use fast-cgi. I've also checked
out fast-cgi.com, but they only seem to give trivial examples on how to use
fast-cgi (unless I didn't search / read enough, but I've been looking for a
few days on and off).
My questions are:
1. Can anyone point me to a good resource on how to create fast-cgi apps
(real world examples??) or how to use fcgi.py properly?
2. I've thought about creating a fast-cgi app that simply spawns python
interpreters and then runs the scripts from the request uri - is this
possible / easy to do?
I know I could use Apache's mod_python or something similar, but I'm clearly
a glutton for punishment :) I'm also hoping to use something a little less
daunting than Apache if possible.
Thanks for your help, and sorry for such a long post!
Kevin T. Ryan
