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6.1.1 Introduction
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To use the handler, you need the following lines in your configuration
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<Directory /some/path}
SetHandler python-program
PythonHandler mod_python.publisher
</Directory>
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This handler allows access to functions and variables within a module
via URL's. For example, if you have the following module, called
<span class="file">hello.py</span>:
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""" Publisher example """
def say(req, what="NOTHING"):
return "I am saying %s" % what
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A URL <code>http://www.mysite.com/hello.py/say</code> would return
"<tt class="samp">I am saying NOTHING</tt>". A URL
<code>http://www.mysite.com/hello.py/say?what=hello</code> would
return "<tt class="samp">I am saying hello</tt>".
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<span class="release-info">Release 2.7.8, documentation updated on April 19, 2002.</span>
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