# `paste.cgiapp` – run CGI scripts as WSGI applications

Application that runs a CGI script.

## Module Contents

class paste.cgiapp.CGIApplication(global_conf, script, path=None, include_os_environ=True, query_string=None)

  This object acts as a proxy to a CGI application. You pass in the script path (`script`), an optional path to search for the script (if the name isn’t absolute) (`path`). If you don’t give a path, then `$PATH` will be used.

exception paste.cgiapp.CGIError

  Raised when the CGI script can’t be found or doesn’t act like a proper CGI script.

paste.cgiapp.make_cgi_application(global_conf, script, path=None, include_os_environ=None, query_string=None)

  Paste Deploy interface for `CGIApplication`

  This object acts as a proxy to a CGI application. You pass in the script path (`script`), an optional path to search for the script (if the name isn’t absolute) (`path`). If you don’t give a path, then `$PATH` will be used.