WSGI

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Python standard web application interface specification

WSGI (Web Server Gateway Interface) is a Python standard that defines a common interface between web servers and Python web applications or frameworks.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
WSGI canonical	9
Web Server Gateway Interface	3
WSGI specification	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Python standard ⓘ web application interface specification ⓘ
abbreviationOf	WSGI self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Web Server Gateway Interface
applicationCallableSignature	application(environ, start_response) ⓘ
backwardsCompatibleWith	earlier WSGI specifications ⓘ
category	application server interface ⓘ middleware interface ⓘ
contrastedWith	ASGI ⓘ
defines	common interface between web servers and Python web applications ⓘ common interface between web servers and Python web frameworks ⓘ
domain	web application deployment ⓘ web development ⓘ
ecosystem	Python web servers and frameworks ⓘ
enables	interoperability between Python web frameworks and servers ⓘ portability of Python web applications across different servers ⓘ
focus	HTTP request-response cycle ⓘ
fullName	WSGI self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Web Server Gateway Interface
implementedBy	CherryPy server ⓘ Gunicorn (with ASGI workers) ⓘ surface form: Gunicorn Waitress ⓘ gevent WSGI server ⓘ mod_wsgi ⓘ uWSGI ⓘ
influenced	design of ASGI ⓘ
inspiredBy	Java servlets ⓘ surface form: Java Servlet API
limitations	does not natively support asynchronous protocols like WebSocket ⓘ
pepNumber	333 ⓘ 3333 ⓘ
primaryLanguage	Python ⓘ
purpose	to decouple web application code from web server implementations ⓘ to provide a standard API for Python web applications ⓘ
relatedConcept	middleware components ⓘ request and response objects in frameworks ⓘ
responseFormat	iterable yielding byte strings ⓘ
role	interface between HTTP server and Python application callable ⓘ
specifiedIn	PEP 333 ⓘ PEP 333 ⓘ surface form: PEP 3333
standardizedBy	Python community ⓘ
status	widely adopted in Python web ecosystem ⓘ
supports	Python ⓘ surface form: Python 2 Python ⓘ surface form: Python 3 synchronous request handling ⓘ
usedBy	Bottle ⓘ Django ⓘ Flask ⓘ Pyramid ⓘ many Python web frameworks ⓘ web.py ⓘ surface form: web2py
uses	WSGI environment dictionary ⓘ start_response callable ⓘ
version	1.0 ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pyramid → implements → WSGI ⓘ

ASGI → successorTo → WSGI ⓘ

ASGI → compatibleWith → WSGI ⓘ

uWSGI → supportsProtocol → WSGI ⓘ

uWSGI → implements → WSGI ⓘ

this entity surface form: WSGI specification

mod_wsgi → supportsInterface → WSGI ⓘ

mod_wsgi → implementsSpecification → WSGI ⓘ

this entity surface form: Web Server Gateway Interface

repoze.bfg → implements → WSGI ⓘ

Pylons Project → supports → WSGI ⓘ

WSGI → fullName → WSGI self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Web Server Gateway Interface

WSGI → abbreviationOf → WSGI self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Web Server Gateway Interface

Common Gateway Interface → relatedConcept → WSGI ⓘ

web.py → supports → WSGI ⓘ