Whitaker's Words with WSGI

This is a short and simple WSGI web interface for Whitaker's Words as currently maintained by mk270. In order to use this, you will need a running copy of Whitaker's Words, which can be compiled from source found here.

Installation

• Your webserver must have WSGI enabled. In the appropriate web directory (e.g. /var/www/wsgi/words-wsgi/) copy your entire Whitaker's Words install contents.
• Copy words.py and words.html from this repository into the same directory.
• Add the following directives into your webserver config file:

    <Directory "/var/www/wsgi/words-wsgi">
        Require all granted
    </Directory>

    WSGIScriptAlias /whitakers-words /var/www/wsgi/words-wsgi/words.py

• Restart your webserver.

Usage

The web interface should now be usable as: https://my-web-site/whitakers-words?word=bellum

The results resemble standard Whitaker's Words output, with minimal styling.

Note

Lemmas have a link to the corresponding entries in Logeion.

Tip

In words.py there are two variables worthy of being mentioned. One is acceptable_referers, a list of acceptable referers, in case you would like the interface to only be accessible from a pre-designated website link. This functionality will only be enforced if the variable need_referer is set to True.