Python CGI - Script outputs source of generated page

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I have a CGI script that I wrote in python to use as the home page of the website I am creating. Everything works properly except when you view the page instead of seeing the page that it outputs you see the source code of the page, why is this? I dont mean that it shows me the source code of the .py file, it shows me all the printed information as if I were looking at a .htm file in notepad.

aar cee · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-31 06:17:28Z

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Add the following before you print anything

print "Content-type: text/html"

Probably your script is not getting executed. Is your python script executable? Check whether you have the script under cgi-bin directory.

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Burhan Khalid · Accepted Answer · 2013-03-31 06:16:30Z

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The default Content Type is text, and if you forgot to send the appropriate header in your CGI file, you will end up with what you are seeing.

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Wichid Nixin Over a year ago

I had this line <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" /> in the code that I thought took care of that but i guess not... I added print "Content-type: text/html" to the beginning of the script and it works now thanks!

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