First Steps with Python and Bottle

Do you want to build your first web application with Python? Or have you been working with a full-featured web framework such as Django or Pyramid and want to try out a microframework? Take four minutes to watch this video and check off “get started using the Bottle web framework” from your 2016 to-do list:

The Code

You can snag the code in the video via this GitHub Gist or just copy from here into a file named app.py:

import bottle
from bottle import route, run, Response
 
 
app = bottle.default_app()
 
 
@route("/")
def index():
    """Returns standard text response to show app is working."""
    return Response("My Bottle app is up and running!")
 
 
if __name__ == '__main__':
    run(host="127.0.0.1", port=5000, debug=False, reloader=True)

import bottle

from bottle import route, run, Response

app = bottle.default_app()

@route("/")

def index():

"""Returns standard text response to show app is working."""

return Response("My Bottle app is up and running!")

if __name__ == '__main__':

run(host="127.0.0.1", port=5000, debug=False, reloader=True)

Make sure to pip install bottle from PyPI and then run the following command:

python app.py

1	python app.py

That’s it, 15 lines of code to respond to incoming HTTP requests with a simple response!

More Resources

With your quick introduction to Bottle out of the way, here’s where to go next to keep learning:

Make and receive phone calls with Python and Bottle
Send and respond to SMS & MMS messages
Go through one of the many Bottle tutorials listed on Full Stack Python

Questions? Contact me via

Twitter: @mattmakai
GitHub: mattmakai
Email: makai@twilio.com