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Web Server Gateway Interface
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<p>The Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI, pronounced <i>whiskey</i> or WIZ-ghee) is a simple <a href="/facts/Calling_convention/FtzN2BKj">calling convention</a> for <a href="/facts/Web_server/A4GS6thA">web servers</a> to forward requests to <a href="/facts/Web_application/BLkF3BIN">web applications</a> or <a href="/facts/Web_framework/8f1CVHDX">frameworks</a> written in the <a href="/facts/Python_(programming_language)/YbuGqofa">Python programming language</a>. The current version of WSGI, version 1.0.1, is specified in <a href="/facts/Python_Enhancement_Proposal/YbuGqofa">Python Enhancement Proposal</a> (PEP) 3333. </p><p>WSGI was originally specified as PEP-333 in 2003. PEP-3333, published in 2010, updates the specification for <a href="/facts/Python_3/BJsrzTle">Python 3</a>. </p>