Python scripts can be ran on our servers within your cgi-bin folder. In this article, we'll show you how to setup a basic 'Hello World' python script.

1. The first thing you'll need to do is create hello_world_python.py. Using either the File Manager (of use ftp), create a file named hello_world_python.py. This file should be created in your cgi-bin folder.

python_create_new_file

2. Edit the hello_world_python.py file and input the following code:

#!/usr/bin/env python
print "Content-Type: text/html"
print
print """\
<html>
 <head>
  <title>Python - Hello World</title>
 </head>
 <body>
  Hello World
 </body>
</html>
"""

hello_world_python_code

3. After saving the file, change the permission of hello_world_python.py to 755. Within the File Manager, you can do this by right-clicking on the file and choosing "Change Permissions". Then, set the values to 755.

change_permissions

4. After updating file's permissions, visit yourdomain.com/cgi-bin/hello_world_python.py in your browser. You should see "Hello World" printed to the screen!

hello_word_python

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