Reference Documentation

Complete technical reference for the pythonanywhere-core API.

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Core Configuration:

Environment Variables - Required and optional environment variables
Python Versions - Supported Python versions mapping
Exceptions - Exception types and error handling

API Modules:

Base - Core API communication functions
Web Apps - Web application management
Files - File operations and sharing
Scheduled Tasks - Scheduled task management
Students - Student account management
Websites - Website and domain management
Resources - System resource information

Configuration & Core Concepts

API Reference

Programming Interface
- Base
- Files
- Resources
- Scheduled Tasks
- Students
- Web Apps
- Websites

Common Tasks

Reloading a Webapp

from pythonanywhere_core.webapp import Webapp

webapp = Webapp("myuser.pythonanywhere.com")
webapp.reload()

See Web Apps for complete webapp management API.

Uploading a File

from pythonanywhere_core.files import Files

files = Files()

with open("local_file.txt", "rb") as f:
    files.path_post("/home/myuser/remote_file.txt", f.read())

See Files for complete file operations API.

Creating a Scheduled Task

from pythonanywhere_core.schedule import Schedule

schedule = Schedule(username="myuser")
task = schedule.create(
    command="python /home/myuser/myscript.py",
    enabled=True,
    interval="daily",
    hour=3,
    minute=0
)

See Scheduled Tasks for complete scheduled task API.

Error Handling

from pythonanywhere_core.exceptions import (
    NoTokenError,
    AuthenticationError,
    PythonAnywhereApiException
)

try:
    webapp.reload()
except NoTokenError:
    print("Set API_TOKEN environment variable")
except AuthenticationError:
    print("Invalid API token")
except PythonAnywhereApiException as e:
    print(f"API error: {e}")

See Exceptions for complete exception reference.