Why can't WSGI configuration file find my Python variable?

Question

I am trying to setup PythonAnywhere with a simple Python app but the WSGI config doesn't seem to be able to import properly, what am I doing wrong?

#!/usr/bin/python3.6

import web
import urllib
from xml.dom import minidom

... [code] ...

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app = web.application(urls, globals())
    app.run()
    #app.wsgifunc()

and my WSGI is as follows

#!/usr/bin/python3.6

import sys

path = "/home/myUsername"
if path not in sys.path:
    sys.path.append(path)

from myPythonFileNameInSameDir import app as application
application.wsgifunc()

Answer 1

PythonAnywhere dev here -- when you import your web.py app from the WSGI file, it won't run anything in the if __name__ == "__main__": section.

You need to do this in the app:

#!/usr/bin/python3.6

import web
import urllib
from xml.dom import minidom

... [code] ...

app = web.application(urls, globals())

if __name__ == "__main__":
    app.run()

...and this in the WSGI file:

#!/usr/bin/python3.6

import sys

path = "/home/myUsername"
if path not in sys.path:
    sys.path.append(path)

from myPythonFileNameInSameDir import app
application = app.wsgifunc()