NAME

bottle - command line interface
 
Starting with version 0.10 you can use bottle as a command-line tool:
 
$ python -m bottle


Usage: bottle.py [options] package.module:app


Options:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --version             show version number.
  -b ADDRESS, --bind=ADDRESS
                        bind socket to ADDRESS.
  -s SERVER, --server=SERVER
                        use SERVER as backend.
  -p PLUGIN, --plugin=PLUGIN
                        install additional plugin/s.
  --debug               start server in debug mode.
  --reload              auto-reload on file changes.


 
The ADDRESS field takes an IP address or an IP:PORT pair and defaults to localhost:8080. The other parameters should be self-explanatory.
 
Both plugins and applications are specified via import expressions. These consist of an import path (e.g. package.module) and an expression to be evaluated in the namespace of that module, separated by a colon. See load() for details. Here are some examples:
 
# Grab the 'app' object from the 'myapp.controller' module and
# start a paste server on port 80 on all interfaces.
python -m bottle -server paste -bind 0.0.0.0:80 myapp.controller:app


# Start a self-reloading development server and serve the global
# default application. The routes are defined in 'test.py'
python -m bottle --debug --reload test


# Install a custom debug plugin with some parameters
python -m bottle --debug --reload --plugin 'utils:DebugPlugin(exc=True)'' test


# Serve an application that is created with 'myapp.controller.make_app()'
# on demand.
python -m bottle 'myapp.controller:make_app()''


AUTHOR

Marcel Hellkamp, Federico Ceratto 2009-2023, Marcel Hellkamp