WSGI module 0.0.6

Server NGINX
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I’m pleased to announce the release of the WSGI module for nginx,
version 0.0.6.

The WSGI module is an implementation of the Python Web Server Gateway
Interface v1.0 (PEP 333 – Python Web Server Gateway Interface v1.0 | peps.python.org) for the Nginx
server.

The module is available only via a Mercurial repository at:
http://hg.mperillo.ath.cx/nginx/mod_wsgi/

Here is a changelog:

  • Bug fix: configuration problem on Mac OS X.

  • Added support for nginx 0.5.34, and dropped support for older
    versions.

    Note: older version are only supported via patches.

  • Added wsgi_optimize_send_headers directive.

    WSGI spec requires that the headers must be sent when the first
    not empty string is yielded, however sending headers early can
    optimize content generation.

  • Added experimental support for interpreter finalization.

    This will ensure that sys.exitfunc is called.

  • Variables declared with wsgi_var directive can override HTTP_
    variables.

    It can be useful, as an example, to override HTTP_COOKIE with:

    wsgi_var HTTP_COOKIE $http_cookie;

    since the $http_cookie variable combines multiple Cookie headers.

  • Renamed the wsgi_params directive to wsgi_var.

    wsgi_param was a poor choice, since parameters are a concept used
    by FastCGI.

    This revision breaks compatibility.

  • Added the wsgi_allow_ranges directive, for integrated support to
    partial HTTP requests.

  • Added the ngx_wsgitest.py script, that executes a WSGI application
    in a testing environment.

  • Added the ngx_wsgiref.py script, that runs a WSGI application
    using the builtin wsgiref server, with a command line compatibile
    with ngx_wsgi.py.

  • Added the ngx_wsgi.py script, for rapid deployment of WSGI
    applications using nginx and mod_wsgi.

  • Added wsgi_middleware directive.

    This directive enables middleware stacking in mod_wsgi.

  • Removed the callable_object and the wsgi_alias directives, and
    added a new wsgi_pass directive.

    The new directive is more consistent with other nginx modules like
    mod_fastcgi and mod_proxy.

    This revision breaks compatibility.

Manlio P.