[Twisted-web] Re: [Twisted-Python] Twisted to proxy php out to apache?

[David Reid]

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Remi Cool wrote:
> Hello fellow twisters,

Hello,

> We have a rather large web app based on xul, xmlrpc (via twisted) and
> php (via apache) .... and we would like to get it all (in due time) in
> python.

Sounds like a pretty good idea.

> <snip things that suck about php>
> 
> My question ... is it possible to pass php page requests from twisted to
> apache so I don't suffer the speed loss but still have my app listening
> on only one port (for http and xmlrpc) ? So can twisted be a proxy for
> php or is this not the recommended way to go?

This is absolutely possible, the resource you're probably interested in
is twisted.web.proxy.ReverseProxyResource, which acts pretty much like
mod_proxy for Apache.

Also twisted.web/web2 and Nevow questions are best asked on the
twisted-web mailling list.

- -David

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