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| author | Terry Truong <terry06890@gmail.com> | 2022-06-28 02:10:17 +1000 |
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| committer | Terry Truong <terry06890@gmail.com> | 2022-06-28 02:18:27 +1000 |
| commit | d4431d3d200a77f7abfa00e5adc848c633597352 (patch) | |
| tree | 7e2fa4d1e2d64ed0d570c46af78a2363b959f9af /backend/README.md | |
| parent | 96bb515a603499abb016d381f0bdb5bd51ebda92 (diff) | |
Convert server code to CGI scriptdeployable
Also adjust server-client API, for clarity/consistency
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| -rw-r--r-- | backend/README.md | 9 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/backend/README.md b/backend/README.md index 20263fd..3efa585 100644 --- a/backend/README.md +++ b/backend/README.md @@ -1,3 +1,8 @@ # Files -- server.py: Runs the server -- data/: For generating the server's tree-of-life database +- cgi-bin/data.py: CGI script for providing tree-of-life data to client +- data: Contains scripts for generating the tree-of-life database + +# During development +Having generated the database as data/data.db, and with this as the current +directory, running `python3 -m http.server --cgi 8000` allows the client to access +the CGI script, and hence the database, via `localhost:8000/cgi-bin/data.py`. |