xrayweb 2024.11.0

Web interface for X-ray Properties of the elements

xrayweb

Web interface for X-ray properties of the elements, using https://github.com/xraypy/XrayDB, Python, Flask, and Plotly.

Existing versions of this wep application are running at

https://seescience.org/xraydb and at https://xraydb.xrayabsorption.org

install

XrayWeb requires Python 3.9 or higher

To install this code, use

> pip install xrayweb

To run a local version of this web application, run the script "run.py" with

  > python run.py

will launch a local web server with the app running at http://127.0.0.1:4966/

deploying with Apache and WSGI

To deploy this web application with Apache, you will need to install mod_wsgi (for Python3) for your instance of Apache. You will also have create a wsgi python script that can be run by the web server.

For examplle, you may make a folder /var/www/xraydb and place in the file xraydb.wsgi, containing

#!/uar/bin/python
# file /var/www/xraydb/xraydb.wsgi
from xrayweb import app as application

Then, you will need to load the wsgi module in your Apache configuration, with

# make sure wsgi module is loaded
<IfModule !wsgi_module>
    LoadModule wsgi_module modules/mod_wsgi_python3.so
</IfModule>

# define /xraydb URL
WSGIDaemonProcess xraydb user=apache group=apache threads=5
WSGIScriptAlias /xraydb /var/www/xraydb/xraydb.wsgi
<Directory /var/www/xraydb>
   WSGIProcessGroup xraydb
   WSGIApplicationGroup %{GLOBAL}
   Options all
   Require all granted
</Directory>

Restarting apache, the script should run on your web server at https://example.com/xraydb