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ModPythonHosts mod_python is an Apache-module that adds the python-interpreter into the server.

• http://www.modpython.org/
  • current doc
  • doc for 2.7
  
  
• http://www.lehuen.com/nicolas/download/mod_python/ --mod_python - installer for windows
  
  
• Introducing mod_python
• http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Python/A-Brief-Look-at-ModPython/
• mod_python, best practices

mod_python, which provides an upgrade path from CGI. Mod_python embeds a Python interpreter in the Apache process. Generally a mod_python application will still start anew with each request, but with the interpreter and all the modules will already be loaded, which is the larger part of the overhead.[1]

• On mod_python

The key thing to realise about mod_python is that it gives you full control over the whole Apache request. Unlike PHP, you're not writing scripts that just happen to use Apache as a go between - mod_python exposes a pretty big chunk of Apache's internal API, and you are expected to hook straight in to it and start doing things.

You can write your own handlers for the various parts of the Apache request.

with mod_python you have the python interpreter within apache as with mod_perl. this is faster and also allows you to access the apache api which lets you do much more things like plain CGI. [2]

Problems and Solutions

• Getting mod_python Working

Captchas

• global variables within your scripts persist between requests. Unfortunately, each Apache process (of which there are usually quite a few) has its own copy of the code so you can't use this persistence ability for things like sessions, but it's great for pooling database connections and keeping unchanging data such as templates in memory.[3]