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- Create the webapp directory (you may use any name you want):
mkdir [dspace]/webapps-jython/
Tip: The jython webapp is just another webapp like the individual DSpace webapps. So while you could put it next to the DSpace webapps into[dspace]/webapps/jython/
, it's preferable to choose a different location (e.g.[dspace]/webapps-jython/
) because the[dspace]/webapps/
directory is replaced every time you run "ant update
" (the old webapps directory will not be deleted, it will be renamed to "webapps-[timestamp]"). - Download the latest Jython installer jar (e.g.
jython-installer-2.7.1.jar
) fromhttp://www.jython.org/downloads.html(the jython.org website was last updated around 2015 [issue2658]; check Maven Central for latest jython version)curl -O -J http://search.maven.org/remotecontent?filepath=org/python/jython-installer/2.7.1/jython-installer-2.7.1.jar
- Get
jython.jar
and theLib
directory.;- either unzip the installer jar:
unzip -d [dspace]/lib/ jython-installer-2.7.1.jar jython.jar 'Lib/*'
unzip -d [dspace]/webapps-jython/WEB-INF/lib/ jython-installer-2.7.1.jar jython.jar 'Lib/*'
- or use it to install Jython:
java -jar jython-installer-2.7.1.jar --console
Note: Installation location doesn't matter, this is not necessary for DSpace. You can safely delete it after you retrievejython.jar
andLib
- either unzip the installer jar:
Associate .py files with Jython's PyServlet
Code Block language xml title \[dspace\]/webapps/jython/WEB-INF/web.xml <web-app> <servlet> <servlet-name>PyServlet</servlet-name> <servlet-class>org.python.util.PyServlet</servlet-class> <load-on-startup>1</load-on-startup> </servlet> <servlet-mapping> <servlet-name>PyServlet</servlet-name> <url-pattern>*.py</url-pattern> </servlet-mapping> </web-app>
Create a Hello World servlet:
Code Block language py title \[dspace\]/webapps/jython/hello.py # -*- coding: utf-8 -*- from javax.servlet.http import HttpServlet class hello(HttpServlet): def doGet(self, request, response): self.doPost(request, response) def doPost(self, request, response): response.setContentType("text/html") response.setCharacterEncoding("utf-8") toClient = response.getWriter() toClient.println('Hello"<h1>Hello World!')</h1>") toClient.println(u"<p>To make sure utf-8 works, here's a Czech pangram for you:</p><p>Příliš žluťoučký kůň úpěl ďábelské ódy.</p>"
Access to DSpace classes from Jython
- Copy DSpace jars to the jython webapp's lib directory:
cp -r [dspace]/lib/* [dspace]/webapps-jython/WEB-INF/lib/
Start up DSpace kernel on webapp startup and point it to your DSpace configuration:
Code Block language xml title \[dspace\]/webapps/jython/WEB-INF/web.xml <web-app> ... <!-- DSpace Configuration Information --> <context-param> <param-name>dspace-config</param-name> <param-value>/dspace/config/dspace.cfg</param-value> </context-param> <!-- new ConfigurationService initialization for dspace.dir --> <context-param> <description>The location of the main DSpace configuration file</description> <param-name>dspace.dir</param-name> <param-value>/dspace</param-value> </context-param> <listener> <listener-class>org.dspace.app.util.DSpaceContextListener</listener-class> </listener> <listener> <listener-class>org.dspace.servicemanager.servlet.DSpaceKernelServletContextListener</listener-class> </listener> </web-app>
Define the context in Tomcat's configuration. There are several ways how you can do that, so just use the same way you use for configuring DSpace contexts. The recommended one is to use a context fragment:
Code Block language xml title sudo vim /etc/tomcat7/Catalina/localhost/jython.xml <Context docBase="/dspace/webapps-jython" reloadable="true" cachingAllowed="false" />
A few seconds after you save the file, Tomcat will notice it and load the "jython" context.
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