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=== Logging ===
=== Logging ===
CherryPy provides the following method for application logging
<pre>
cherrypy.log("Hello, CherryPy!")
</pre>
By default, all logging is written to the console.  The configuration keys <tt>log.access_file</tt> and <tt>log.error_file</tt> are also available for writing logging and errors to a text file.


=== Query Strings ===
=== Query Strings ===

Revision as of 22:17, 13 September 2014

CherryPy Framework

CherryPy is a python based, object-oriented web framework that enables developers to quickly create lightweight and fast web applications.<ref>http://www.cherrypy.org/</ref><ref>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CherryPy</ref>

Some of the popular websites using it are Hulu<ref>http://tech.hulu.com/blog/2013/03/13/python-and-hulu/</ref> and Netflix<ref>http://techblog.netflix.com/2013/03/python-at-netflix.html</ref>. The full list of applications using it can be found here.<ref>http://docs.cherrypy.org/en/latest/intro.html#websites-running-atop-cherrypy</ref>

Background

Basic Example

The following code demonstrates the most basic webserver using the CherryPy framework.

import cherrypy

class WebApp(object):
    @cherrypy.expose
    def index(self):
        return "Hello, CherryPy!"
   
cherrypy.quickstart(WebApp())

Run the application, and open your web browser to localhost:8080. The following page is displayed

Features

Logging

CherryPy provides the following method for application logging

cherrypy.log("Hello, CherryPy!")

By default, all logging is written to the console. The configuration keys log.access_file and log.error_file are also available for writing logging and errors to a text file.

Query Strings

Cookies

Sessions

Serve Static Content

Ajax Support

Publish REST APIs

Multiple HTTP Servers

Test Suite

References

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