Dynamic source code shows in browser on Windows

Question

I'm running Windows 7, and using Google Chrome as my web browser.

This is my code:

#!/usr/bin/env python
print 'content-type: text/html\n'

print """
<!DOCTYPE html>
  <html>
    <head>
      <title> sample </title>
    </head>

    <body>
"""

print 2 + 3

print """
    </body>
  </html>
"""

In Command Prompt, where python results in C:\Python27\python.exe, but according to this post I should use #!/usr/bin/env python instead.

When I try to run this .py code in my browser, the source code appears instead of just 5.

If someone would provide detailed instructions as to how to properly work this, I would be most grateful.

Thanks!

Your browser cannot run Python. You need to run this on the server to generate the HTML that will be sent to the browser. — user2357112, Jun 08 '17 at 20:27
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16409138/is-it-possible-to-run-native-python-code-in-chrome — Ari Gold, Jun 08 '17 at 20:28
@user2357112 I am just trying to run a code from a file on my computer. I don't have a website/server. — user604803, Jun 08 '17 at 20:52
You will need to run a webserver, then. This can be on the same computer. — user2357112, Jun 08 '17 at 20:53
@user2357112 That's a little vague. Can you provide step-by-step instructions on how to do so? — user604803, Jun 08 '17 at 23:21

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 09 '17 at 00:30

Okay. So of course it is not possible to run python directly in the browser but you can configure a local server to be able to run CGI scripts. Since you are on windows you could use something like a WAMP. Try following this tutorial https://wiki.python.org/moin/CgiScripts

Dynamic source code shows in browser on Windows

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