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There are a few important keywords which need to be defined in order to understand the working of CherryPy. The keywords and the definitions are as follows −
| S.No | Keyword & Definition |
|---|---|
| 1. |
Web Server It is an interface dealing with the HTTP protocol. Its goal is to transform the HTTP requests to the application server so that they get the responses. |
| 2. |
Application It is a piece of software which gathers information. |
| 3. |
Application server It is the component holding one or more applications |
| 4. |
Web application server It is the combination of web server and application server. |
Example
The following example shows a sample code of CherryPy −
import cherrypy class demoExample: def index(self): return "Hello World!!!" index.exposed = True cherrypy.quickstart(demoExample())
Let us now understand how the code works −
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The package named CherryPy is always imported in the specified class to ensure proper functioning.
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In the above example, the function named index returns the parameter “Hello World!!!”.
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The last line starts the web server and calls the specified class (here, demoExample) and returns the value mentioned in default function index.
The example code returns the following output −
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