Setting up python in sourceforge

Question

I am trying to host a sample program test.py in my sourceforge repository. I uploaded my file from the directory /home/project-web/motiur/cgi-bin/ and then went to motiur.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/test.py. Unfortunately I got an error that suggests premature end of headers .

The source code of test.py :

#!/usr/local/bin/python
import cgi, cgitb
print "Content-type:text/html\n"
print "<html><body>This is another test</body></html>"

The exact error is:

An error has been encountered in accessing this page. 
  1. Server: motiur.sourceforge.net 
  2. URL path: /cgi-bin/test.py 
  3. Error notes: Premature end of script headers: test.py 
  4. Error type: 500 
  5. Request method: GET 
  6. Request query string: 
  7. Time: 2013-01-12 14:49:39 UTC (1358002179)

BTW, I am using filezilla in windows and had set the file permission to 755, that is everybody can execute the file. This a noob question, a little help will be much appreciated. Thanks.

@YannisRizos: The error is ; An error has been encountered in accessing this page. 1. Server: motiur.sourceforge.net 2. URL path: /cgi-bin/test.py 3. Error notes: Premature end of script headers: test.py 4. Error type: 500 5. Request method: GET 6. Request query string: 7. Time: 2013-01-12 14:49:39 UTC (1358002179) — motiur, Commented Jan 12, 2013 at 15:09
Take a look at the article Premature end of script headers. One thing I noticed that's different is they have an extra newline at the end of the print "Content-type:text/html\n\n". — martineau, Commented Jan 12, 2013 at 17:14
@martineau: Sorry , the problem still persists , even after your change . — motiur, Commented Jan 12, 2013 at 17:35
See Installing your CGI script on a Unix system in the docs. — martineau, Commented Jan 12, 2013 at 18:40

Ian Stapleton Cordasco · Accepted Answer · 2013-01-12 22:14:00Z

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Try this:

print 'Content-type: text/html'
print ''
print '<html><body>This is another test</body></html>'

You might need two '\n\n' before the body of the response.

Edit

Then try this:

#!/usr/bin/env python

At the top instead of

#!/usr/local/bin/python

edited Jan 12, 2013 at 22:14

answered Jan 12, 2013 at 16:48

Ian Stapleton Cordasco

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Sorry the error persists . Is there any problem with the line of code: #!/usr/local/bin/python import cgi, cgitb. By the way my code runs just fine in my localhost . I am suspecting the linking of the python interpreter and my access link of my test.py file .
– motiur
Commented Jan 12, 2013 at 17:08
Sorry , I am still getting premature end of script headers error . You can visit the site at motiur.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/test.py to see the error .
– motiur
Commented Jan 13, 2013 at 4:16
Is sourceforge using python 3? If so, you'll need parentheses around the strings.
– Ian Stapleton Cordasco
Commented Jan 13, 2013 at 4:49
Nope , its using python 2.4.3 ; strangely enough !
– motiur
Commented Jan 13, 2013 at 6:08
Then I would try deploying elsewhere. 2.4.3 is so ancient no one can reasonably support it. Someone should yell at SourceForge for this.
– Ian Stapleton Cordasco
Commented Jan 13, 2013 at 18:08

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