How do I run Python scripts on a web host that doesn't support command line access?

Question

I have a webhost that doesn't allow command line access and yet they say you can run python scripts....how?

Answer 1

They're probably talking about CGI scripts - what you need to do is write a Python script that generates HTML output and place it in the appropriate directory (usually cgi-bin or some such). Then navigate to this URL and you'll see the output.

This is often used for form processing, but you can do almost anything with it. Here is a short tutorial.

Good luck!