How to integrate online editors into your own web site on Python

Introduction

To integrate ONLYOFFICE online editors into your own web site on Python you need to download and install ONLYOFFICE editors on your local server and use the Python Example for their integration. We will show how to run the Python example on Linux OS.

This guide will show you the sequence of actions to integrate the editors successfully.

Step 1. Download and Install Document Server

First, download ONLYOFFICE Editors (the ONLYOFFICE Document Server).

See the detailed guide to learn how to install Document Server for Windows, for Linux, or for Docker.

Step 2. Install the prerequisites and run the web site with the editors

1. Python comes preinstalled on most Linux distributions, and is available as a package on all others. Python 3.9 is required. Please proceed to official documentation if you have any troubles.
2. Download the archive with the Python example and unpack the archive:
   wget "https://api.onlyoffice.com/app_data/editor/Python%20Example.zip"
   unzip Python\ Example.zip
3. Change the current directory for the project directory:
   cd Python\ Example
4. Install the dependencies:
   pip install Django==3.1.3
   pip install requests==2.25.0
   pip install pyjwt==1.7.1
5. Edit the config.py configuration file. Specify the name of your local server with the ONLYOFFICE Document Server installed. And specify the name of the server on which example is installed.
   nano config.py

   Edit the following lines:

   DOC_SERV_CONVERTER_URL = 'https://documentserver/ConvertService.ashx'
   DOC_SERV_API_URL = 'https://documentserver/web-apps/apps/api/documents/api.js'
   DOC_SERV_PRELOADER_URL = 'https://documentserver/web-apps/apps/api/documents/cache-scripts.html'
   
   EXAMPLE_DOMAIN = 'https://exampleserver/'
   

   Where the documentserver is the name of the server with the ONLYOFFICE Document Server installed.

   And the exampleserver is the name of the server with the Python Example.

6. Run the Python server:
   python manage.py runserver 0.0.0.0:8000
7. See the result in your browser using the address:
   http://localhost

Step 3. Checking accessibility

In case the example and Document Server are installed on different computers, make sure that your server with the example installed has access to the Document Server with the address which you specify instead of documentserver in the configuration files. And you must also make sure that the Document Server in its turn has access to the server with the example installed with the address which you specify instead of exampleserver in the configuration files.

If you integrated the editors successfully the result should look like the demo preview on our site.