# wsgiref --- WSGI Utilities and Reference Implementation — wsgiref.simple_server -- a simple WSGI HTTP server

> synopsis: A simple WSGI HTTP server. This module implements a simple HTTP server (based on http.server) that serves WSGI applications. Each server instance serves a single WSGI application on a given host and port. If you want to serve multiple applications on a single host and port, you should crea

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synopsis: A simple WSGI HTTP server.

This module implements a simple HTTP server (based on http.server) that serves WSGI applications. Each server instance serves a single WSGI application on a given host and port. If you want to serve multiple applications on a single host and port, you should create a WSGI application that parses PATH_INFO to select which application to invoke for each request. (E.g., using the shift_path_info function from wsgiref.util.)

Create a new WSGI server listening on host and port, accepting connections for app. The return value is an instance of the supplied server_class, and will process requests using the specified handler_class. app must be a WSGI application object, as defined by 3333.

This function is a small but complete WSGI application that returns a text page containing the message "Hello world!" and a list of the key/value pairs provided in the environ parameter. It's useful for verifying that a WSGI server (such as !wsgiref.simple_server) is able to run a simple WSGI application correctly.

The start_response callable should follow the .StartResponse protocol.

Create a WSGIServer instance. server_address should be a (host,port) tuple, and RequestHandlerClass should be the subclass of http.server.BaseHTTPRequestHandler that will be used to process requests.

You do not normally need to call this constructor, as the make_server function can handle all the details for you.

WSGIServer is a subclass of http.server.HTTPServer, so all of its methods (such as serve_forever and handle_request) are available. WSGIServer also provides these WSGI-specific methods

Normally, however, you do not need to use these additional methods, as set_app is normally called by make_server, and the get_app exists mainly for the benefit of request handler instances.

Create an HTTP handler for the given request (i.e. a socket), client_address (a (host,port) tuple), and server (WSGIServer instance).

You do not need to create instances of this class directly; they are automatically created as needed by WSGIServer objects. You can, however, subclass this class and supply it as a handler_class to the make_server function. Some possibly relevant methods for overriding in subclasses

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