# basic_wsgi_pdf_server.py
# Basic WSGI PDF server in Python.
# Adapted from:
# http://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/1eboql/python_website_tuts_that_dont_use_django/c9z3qyz
from PDFWriter import PDFWriter
from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server
host = 'localhost'
port = 8888
def app(environ, start_response):
path = environ['PATH_INFO']
method = environ['REQUEST_METHOD']
print "path:", path
print "method:", method
#response = 'This is the page for "{}"'.format(path)
lines = [
"Jack and Jill went up the hill",
"Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall,",
"'You are old, Father William,' the young man said,",
"Master of all masters"
]
pdf_filename = "Nursery-rhymes-and-stories.pdf"
pw = PDFWriter(pdf_filename)
pw.setFont("Courier", 12)
pw.setHeader("Excerpts from nursery rhymes and stories")
pw.setFooter("Generated by xtopdf and basic_wsgi_pdf_server")
for line in lines:
pw.writeLine(line)
pw.writeLine(" ")
pw.close()
with open(pdf_filename, "rb") as fil:
response = fil.read()
#start_response('200 OK', [('Content-type', 'text/html')])
start_response('200 OK', [('Content-type', 'application/pdf')])
return [response]
make_server(host, port, app).serve_forever()
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