How to run a remote Python program from Windows command prompt

Question

I have an app on my website, and I run it with Python from the Windows Command Prompt.

When I try opening it like this,

python http://www.erickwilts.nl/apps/app.py

it says:

python: can't open file 'http://www.erickwilts.nl/apps/app.py': [Errno 22] Invalid argument

Is there a way I can do this?

You may need ssh to get to it. Do you want to run the program locally or on the remote machine? — Jiminion
– Jiminion, Commented Aug 26, 2013 at 16:57

Uku Loskit · Accepted Answer · 2013-08-26 17:06:32Z

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Since the resource is located on webserver, you must download it first. You can do it with urllib2

import urllib2
exec(urllib2.urlopen("http://www.erickwilts.nl/apps/app.py").read())

executing scripts like this is really dangerous though.

edited Aug 26, 2013 at 17:06

answered Aug 26, 2013 at 17:01

Uku Loskit

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Joran Beasley Over a year ago

this will only work if they dont have cgi executing .py files also

Lewistrick Over a year ago

I hope it's a lot less dangerous if I put the files there myself, right? :)

Lewistrick · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-08 09:30:42Z

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What I really wanted is to execute the file on the webserver itself. Luckily, I had help from some more experienced guys, who helped me on installing python on the webserver en executing my script from my own computer using ssh.

answered Oct 8, 2013 at 9:30

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