Web Server Gateway Interface: Difference between revisions

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The '''Web Server Gateway Interface''' ('''WSGI''')<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cabotsolutions.com/2017/11/a-detailed-study-of-wsgi-web-server-gateway-interface-of-python|title=A Detailed Study of WSGI - Web Server Gateway Interface of Python|last=|first=|date=|website=Cabot Technology Solutions|access-date=}}</ref> is a specification for simple and universal [[interface (computer science)|interface]] between [[web server]]s and [[web application]]s or [[web framework|framework]]s for the [[Python (programming language)|Python programming language]]. It was originally specified in [[Python Enhancement Proposal]] (PEP) 333<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0333/ |title=PEP 333 - Python Web Server Gateway Interface v1.0 |website=Python.org |date= |accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref> authored by Phillip J. Eby, and published on 7 December 2003. It has since been adopted as a standard for Python web application development. The latest version of the specification is v1.0.1, also known as PEP 3333, published on 26 September 2010.<ref name="python.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3333/ |title=PEP 3333 - Python Web Server Gateway Interface v1.0.1 |website=Python.org |date= |accessdate=2017-01-27}}</ref>

==Background==