The best way to learn CherryPy is to look at example programs.
Save the code under a file named helloworld.py. Then to start up the application, type the following command:
python
{helloworld.py}
You will see some information on your terminal window which are the log of the web server.
Then simply point your browser to http://localhost:8080 and say Bravo!
Example 2.1. Hello World
"""
Tutorial - Hello World
The most basic (working) CherryPy application possible.
"""
# Import CherryPy global namespace
import cherrypy
class HelloWorld:
""" Sample request handler class. """
def index(self):
# CherryPy will call this method for the root URI ("/") and send
# its return value to the client. Because this is tutorial
# lesson number 01, we'll just send something really simple.
# How about...
return "Hello world!"
# Expose the index method through the web. CherryPy will never
# publish methods that don't have the exposed attribute set to True.
index.exposed = True
# CherryPy always starts with cherrypy.root when trying to map request URIs
# to objects, so we need to mount a request handler object here. A request
# to '/' will be mapped to cherrypy.root.index().
cherrypy.root = HelloWorld()
if __name__ == '__main__':
# Use the configuration file tutorial.conf.
cherrypy.config.update(file = 'tutorial.conf')
# Start the CherryPy server.
cherrypy.server.start()