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copied!<p>I want to hide the .py extension of a Python script loaded in a web browser and still have the script run. For example: typing <code>url.dev/basics/pythonscript</code> in the address bar fires pythonscript.py and shows the results in the browser window.</p> <ol> <li>The URL url.dev/basics/pythonscript fetches the static file /pythonscript.py</li> <li>The browser still displays the url url.dev/basics//pythonscript</li> </ol> <p>Typing in <code>url.dev/basics/pythonscript.py</code> DOES work and the Python script results is displayed. I can also get mod_rewrite to rewrite <code>url.dev/basics/phpscript</code> to <code>url.dev/basics/phpscript.php</code> and run the PHP code successfully behind the scenes. </p> <p>But <code>url.dev/basics/pythonscript</code> does NOT redirect to <code>url.dev/basics/pythonscript.py</code> <strong>(I get a 404 Not Found)</strong>.</p> <p><strong>Background Info</strong></p> <p><strong>A)</strong> PHP rewriting works: the following in an .htaccess located in url.dev/basics/ WORKS for PHP scripts: </p> <pre><code><IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /basics/ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.php -f RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.php </IfModule> </code></pre> <p><strong>B)</strong> Python rewriting does NOT work: the following in an .htaccess located in url.dev/basics/ does NOT work for Python scripts <strong>(I get a 404 Not Found)</strong>:</p> <pre><code><IfModule mod_rewrite.c> RewriteEngine On RewriteBase /basics/ RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME}\.py -f RewriteRule ^(.*)$ $1.py </IfModule> </code></pre> <p><strong>C)</strong> I am a beginning programmer working through <strong>Exercise 2: Your first program</strong> in the <a href="http://philip.greenspun.com/seia/basics" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Basics section of Software Engineering for Internet Applications</a>. I am trying to follow the recommendation to use an execution environment where 'One URL = one file', but want to use Python rather than PHP. <em>I realize that this is not the best way to build a web application down the line. It is only a convention to be used during the initial part of the course linked above.</em></p> <p><strong>D)</strong> I set up the Virtual Hosts development environment in OS 10.6 Snow Leopard so that I can access my development at url.dev as per 'Hacky Holidays' at adactio.com. My Python version is Python 2.6.1.</p> <p><strong>E)</strong> I plan to use Django eventually, but want to work on simpler code first if possible so I can better understand what is going on.</p> <p><strong>F)</strong> I have the following in my httpd.conf: </p> <pre><code> TypesConfig /private/etc/apache2/mime.types AddType application/x-compress .Z AddType application/x-gzip .gz .tgz AddHandler cgi-script .py </code></pre> <p>and:</p> <pre><code>LoadModule php5_module libexec/apache2/libphp5.so LoadModule fastcgi_module libexec/apache2/mod_fastcgi.so</code></pre> <p><strong>G)</strong> My Apache version (seen in server log after restarting the server): <em>Apache/2.2.14 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8l DAV/2 PHP/5.3.1 mod_fastcgi/2.4.2 configured -- resuming normal operations</em></p> <p>Looking forward to any help!</p>

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