Question

I want to write a very small Django application in a single file, requiring all the appropriate modules and stuff, and then be able to run that as a normal Python script, like this:

$ python myapp.py

You can assume I won’t render HTML, so I don’t need templates (I’ll return JSON or some other auto-generated string).

Answer 1

You might want to consider Simon Willison’s library:

• djng—a Django powered microframework

From the readme:

djng is a micro-framework that depends on a macro-framework (Django).

My definition of a micro-framework: something that lets you create an entire
Python web application in a single module:

import djng

def index(request):
    return djng.Response('Hello, world')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    djng.serve(index, '0.0.0.0', 8888)

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