How use Django with Tornado web server?

Question

How do I use Django with the Tornado web server?

Answer 1

it's very simple ( especially with django 1.4) .

1 - just build your django project( and apps ) and make sure it works fine.

2- create a new python file at the root folder ( same dir where you used django-admin.py startproject)

3- then copy the code below , edit the os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] line, and paste it in that new .py file.

import os
import tornado.httpserver
import tornado.ioloop
import tornado.wsgi
import sys
import django.core.handlers.wsgi
#sys.path.append('/home/lawgon/') # path to your project ( if you have it in another dir).


def main():
    os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'myProject.settings' # path to your settings module
    application = django.core.handlers.wsgi.WSGIHandler()
    container = tornado.wsgi.WSGIContainer(application)
    http_server = tornado.httpserver.HTTPServer(container)
    http_server.listen(8888)
    tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance().start()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

Django 1.6+ it should be like this:

import os
import tornado.httpserver
import tornado.ioloop
import tornado.wsgi
from django.core.wsgi import get_wsgi_application

def main():
    os.environ['DJANGO_SETTINGS_MODULE'] = 'myproject.settings' # path to your settings module
    application = get_wsgi_application()
    container = tornado.wsgi.WSGIContainer(application)
    http_server = tornado.httpserver.HTTPServer(container)
    http_server.listen(8888)
    tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance().start()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()