The Web Server Gateway Interface (WSGI, pronounced whiskey or WIZ-ghee) is a simple calling convention for web servers to forward requests to web applications or frameworks written in the Python programming language.

What is the purpose of WSGI?

Purpose. WSGI stands for “Web Server Gateway Interface”. It is used to forward requests from a web server (such as Apache or NGINX) to a backend Python web application or framework. From there, responses are then passed back to the webserver to reply to the requestor.

Is Django a WSGI?

Django’s primary deployment platform is WSGI, the Python standard for web servers and applications. Django’s startproject management command sets up a minimal default WSGI configuration for you, which you can tweak as needed for your project, and direct any WSGI-compliant application server to use.