How to implement a minimal server for AJAX in Python?

Question

I want to create a very simple HTML/AJAX based GUI for a Python program. So the frontend is a HTML page which communicates with the program via AJAX. Can you give me a minim

Answer 1

Use the WSGI reference implementation. In the long run, you'll be happier.

from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server, demo_app

httpd = make_server('', 8000, demo_app)
print "Serving HTTP on port 8000..."

# Respond to requests until process is killed
httpd.serve_forever()

The demo_app is relatively easy to write; it handles your Ajax requests.