[Answered] Getting Python to work...

[Matrix_Square]

Hi gang,

 

I can't believe I still can't get Python to work. I followed the instruction pretty darn clearly (after all, how hard can it be to add a Shebang line and plunk the file into the cgi-bin folder?!), yet the server keeps on me a Internal Server Error (500) as follows:

Internal Server Error

 

The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request.

 

Please contact the server administrator, webmaster@mse.heliohost.org and inform them of the time the error occurred, and anything you might have done that may have caused the error.

 

More information about this error may be available in the server error log.

 

Additionally, a 404 Not Found error was encountered while trying to use an ErrorDocument to handle the request.

 

My file is simply called processing.py and it "should" be accessible by using www.mse.heliohost.org/cgi-bin/processing.py, but it's not.

 

Any ideas? Or did I set something up incorrectly? Do I have to fiddle around with the .htaccess file to give access to anything in particular? Or anything I might have missed? Etc.

 

I'm at my wit's end, help!

[Wizard]

Why is it in cgi-bin?

[Byron]

I never use Python but I just tried a simple Hello World and got a 500 Error and that was with a .py and a .cgi extension. So Python must not be working on the server.

 

#!/usr/bin/python
print "Content-Type: text/html\n\n"
print "Hello World"

 

btw, you can make all directories execute cgi with .htaccess and I'm guessing it does the same thing with Python.

 

EDIT:

 

Try adding the python handler to your .htaccess file:

 

AddHandler python-program .py

 

or use the Apache Handler option from your cpanel to add it:

 

python-program .py

 

 

 

[Gnus]

Has anyone got Python work?

I added shebang, copied to cgi-bin, fixed file permission to 755 and added apache handler "AddHandler python-program .py" but the best I achieved was showing the source as a plain text.

[Byron]

Like I said in my previous post, I don't know anything about python but I was able to get this script to work a few months back by using a cgi extension.

 

http://byrondallas.heliohost.org/cgi-bin/snakecharmer.cgi

 

 

 

Maybe you can find an answer from a heliohost forum search?

 

http://www.helionet.org/index/index.php?ac...highlite=python

 

 

[Ashoat]

My "snakecharmer.py" file is working fine. I'll investigate this a little and get back to you guys.

 

UPDATE

Well, I copied the snakecharmer file to a test account. It gave me a 500, but I refreshed three times and then it started to work. Is anybody's Python script working now, or after a couple of refreshes?

[Karak]

I try to use python without success It always give me 500 internal error.

 

This is test script:

http://karak.heliohost.org/cgi-bin/test.cgi

 

It is just:

#!/usr/bin/python

print "Content-Type: text/plain;charset=utf-8"

print "Hello World"

 

What I have to do for it to work??

[Karak]

When following above advice I only got .py files to show up as text files as someone mentioned before:(

Please help.

[il Catania]

I don't know if this may be of any interest to you, but I managed to run a django-based website on heliohost last week (still running).

I followed the django tutorial with some adjustements.

[rogus]

the problem seems to be somewhere in between server and database...

I get the error (500) once I try to connect to database (put any info regarding it in settings.py)

 

This eventually means Django cannot be used for any database apps.

Hope this issue will be investigated - can try and help but my knowledge in terms of (server configuration, wsgi) is very rudimentary...

[Jeroen]

My python file is also showing up as text as you can see:

 

http://zjeroen.heliohost.org/script1.py

http://www.zjeroen.heliohost.org/cgi-bin/script1.py

 

I've set the permissions to 0755 and added the line

AddHandler python-program .py

to my .htaccess. It's showing up in the Apache Handlers in cpanel.

 

My source is:

 

#!/usr/bin/python

print "Content-Type: text/html"     
print                               

print "Alive"

 

 

@Byron: What's the source of that snakecharmer.py? and what did you do to make ik work?

[Byron]

@Byron: What's the source of that snakecharmer.py? and what did you do to make ik work?

 

I had to run it with a .cgi extension or it would show up as text. I also have the addhander directive in my htaccess.

 

http://byrondallas.heliohost.org/cgi-bin/snakecharmer.cgi

 

http://byrondallas.heliohost.org/cgi-bin/snakecharmer.py

 

source

http://byrondallas.heliohost.org/temp/snakecharmer.txt

 

[Karak]

Hello, I copy-pasted your snakecharmer code and even with cgi extension it doesn't work in my account. I can only use python using wsgi extension, but that is slightly different beast to deal with. Can you point me why it always throw 500 internal server error on my account? Link http://karak.heliohost.org/cgi-bin/snakecharmer.cgi

[Byron]

Can you point me why it always throw 500 internal server error on my account? Link http://karak.heliohost.org/cgi-bin/snakecharmer.cgi

 

I think you'd be better off uploading this text file and then renaming it with a cgi extension instead of copy and pasting.

 

http://byrondallas.heliohost.org/temp/snakecharmer.txt

 

Make sure your file permissions are 755.

 

 

[benetta]

I am getting 500 internal server error for my .py/.cgi file. Did anyone find solution for 500 error?