python - Can I use the uwsgi protocol to call http?

Question

Here's a data flow: http <--> nginx <--> uWSGI <--> python webapp

I guess there's http2uwsgi transfer in nginx, and uwsgi2http in uWSGI.

What if I want to directly call uWSGI to test an API in a webapp?

actually i'm using pyramid. just config [uwsgi] in .ini and run uWSGI. but i want to test if uWSGI hold webapp function normally, the uWSGI socket is not directly reachable by http.

Answer 1

Try using uwsgi_curl

$ pip install uwsgi-tools

$ uwsgi_curl 10.0.0.1:3030 /path

or if you need to do some more requests try uwsgi_proxy from the same package

$ uwsgi_proxy 10.0.0.1:3030
Proxying remote uWSGI server 10.0.0.1:3030 "" to local HTTP server 127.0.0.1:3030...

so you can browse it locally at http://127.0.0.1:3030/.

If your application allows only certain Host header, you can specify host name as well

$ uwsgi_curl 10.0.0.1:3030 host.name/path

$ uwsgi_proxy 10.0.0.1:3030 -n host.name

If application has static files, you can redirect such requests to your front server using -s argument. You can also specify different local port if needed.