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What did I do wrong while debugging a python script mod for The Sims 4?

I was trying to debug a modified python script for The Sims 4, running the mod's code in the game context and trying to access the variables using the pydevd-pycharm package and a python debug server, both provided by PyCharm Pro. Although I followed the necessary instructions and settings (described below), I was still unable to successfully debug.
The method I used to perform the debug attempt is as follows:
Inside the PyCharm Pro installation files (version 2022.3.2), I took a copy of the file “pydevd-pycharm.egg” and changed the extension of that file to “.zip” so that I could edit it;
Inside the python installation files (version 3.7.0), I made a copy of the “ctypes” directory and inserted it inside the “pydevd-pycharm.zip” file created in the previous step; this “.zip” file was inserted into the Mods directory, like any other mod;
I configured a python debug server in Pycharm Pro and created a command for The Sims 4 that contained the code to connect to the debug server. The command was as follows:
import sims4.commands
#sims4.commands.Command('start.debug', command_type=sims4.commands.CommandType.Live)
def startdebugging(_conection=None):
import pydevd_pycharm
pydevd_pycharm.settrace('localhost', port=5678, stdoutToServer=True, stderrToServer=True)
I also inserted the command as any mod in the Mods directory and started the python debug server (which was waiting for a connection); I minimized PyCharm Pro and started the game; already inside the game, I started the command start.debug; if everything had gone well, I would be debugging the mod script now.
(If you want to know more about the method I used, the tutorial link is: https://youtu.be/RBnS8m0174U)
In conclusion, i want to know why the method I ran ended up not working and, if possible, suggestions on how I can modify the debug method so that it finally works.

Python Script generates 500 Internal Server Error but code in different file works fine

I have a Python script with the following code:
#! /home/flohosting/PythonTest/PythonTest/bin/python
print()
print("hello world!")
I'm running Python 3.6 on a GoDaddy VPS. The Python 3.6 is a virtual environment. This script works just fine. The problem arises when in Virtual Studio Code I open a new document, copy the code above from the working .py script and then paste it into the new .py script, upload the script, CHMOD to 755, and try to execute. Then I get a 500 Internal Server Error. It makes no sense to me.
I've logged into my SSH with PuTTY and tried to CHMOD a+x file_name.py where "file_name" is the exact filename and it still doesn't work. I can't think of anything else to even check to see why the script works in a file that's been on the server for 2+ months and not in a new script I upload and CHMOD to 755. Thanks for any suggestions.
EDIT: the link to the script working is http://www.dockethound.com/bernard.py
The link to the non-working script is http://www.dockethound.com/hello.py
EDIT 2: I figured something out and it is working though I have no idea why.
When using CuteFTP 9, I upload on "AUTO". I decided to select ASCII and then try uploading again. When I uploaded I got an error that said "This appears to be a binary file you want to upload with ASCII. Are you sure?" So for some reason the file is being saved in a binary format or something that CuteFTP recognizes as a binary format and is uploading it in binary which causes Apache issues when trying to run it. BUT if it's uploaded in forced ASCII mode, the problems are solved.
Jarod

In my situation, using the Auto setting in CuteFTP 9 allowed CuteFTP to determine that the file types with .py were binary files so the files were transferred via binary and not ASCII. Forcing ASCII fixed the problem, then going into TOOLS->Global Options->ASCII types and adding PY to the list fixed the problem.

Having problems outputting proper CGI, Python script?

So I am trying to keep my project as simple as possible, therefore I have decided to use a CGI with my Python scripts in order to run a program that does something.
So here is my current setup:
In CMD, I run:
python -m http.server --cgi 8000
This start a server for me. I can access it via localhost:8000.
Next, I am trying to find my directory with the script by typing in the actual address where it is located: localhost:8000/test/cgi-bin/test.py
This is giving me the output of the actual file, not actually reading it properly. I have tried 2 different ways to output data on the Python file, for example:
import sys
sys.stdout.write("Content-type: text\html \r\n\r\n")
sys.stdout.write("<html><title>Hi</title><body><p>This is a test</p></body></html>")
and
print("Content-Type: text/html\n")
print("<!doctype html><title>Hello</title><h2>hello world</h2>")
Both of which result in the actual code being displayed in my browser.
A few questions:
How do I get my server to automatically take me to the location of the file I am trying to run?
How do I get the python script to output the proper stuff?
Am I setting this up correctly?
I am trying to avoid installing any new dependencies and keep it as minimal as possible.
I am running on Python3, Windows7. I am trying to avoid downloading more pip packages and dependencies because my work is very tech precautious.
Any help is greatly appreciated.

First, I want to say that writing plain CGI-scripts in 2017 is a way of a brave person. Your life will be much easier if you would use bottle or flask.
But if you want, here is the way you can start.
python -m http.server --cgi assumes that the cgi-bin is in the current directory. That is you should go to the test directory and start the command from there. And then call http://localhost:8000/cgi-bin/test.py.
Your cgi-script is not correct. The script should be executable. I am not sure if it needs a shebang line in Windows when you run the http.server, but is is required when you run CGI-scripts with Apache web server under Windows. The shebang line starts with #! and then contains the full path to python3 interpreter, and the line should end with \n and not \r\n, otherwise it won't work.
After that you should output all the HTTP-headers, print a blank line, and output your content. All HTTP-headers should be separated by '\r\n' and not '\n'.
Here is an example CGI-script that works on OS X:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import sys
sys.stdout.write('Status: 200 OK\r\n')
sys.stdout.write('Content-type: text/html;charset="utf-8"\r\n\r\n')
print('<h1>Hello, world!</h1>')

I think the first line of the script needs to specify the interpreter path. Some examples are:
#!/usr/bin/python
#!/usr/bin/python2.3
#!/usr/bin/python2.4
#!c:\Python24\python.exe
#!c:\Python25\python.exe
See if it helps.

According to the http.server documentation:
This defaults to ['/cgi-bin', '/htbin'] and describes directories to treat as containing CGI scripts.
So, http.server is expecting to find CGI scripts in a subfolder named /cgi-bin ot /htbin in your python.exe folder. If you really want to use the test folder, then change the cgi-directories variable in the http/server.py script.

Python Code is not working on Browser

i am new to python and anyhow i managed to install Python on my Linux shared hosting. When I am trying to execute Python code in Shell terminal its working fine but i am not able to execute this code in browser directly and it just shows python code as text.
In Shell: python public_html/index.py (Working)
But if i open same file in browser it doesnt execute code.
index.py
#!/usr/bin/env python
print("Content-Type: text/html\n")
print("Hello World")
I searched everywhere on internet but couldnt find answer, I also installed Django but same problem. please help me :(
I have not done any edit to .htaccess, if here i need any please tell me.
1 new line added in .bashrc
alias python='~/bin/python'
Also I am not sure how my shebang code must look like. Just i saw #!/usr/bin/env python as commonly used SHEBANG code and used in my script.

You have to configure Apache to handle *.py files. Here's a good tutorial:
https://docs.python.org/2/howto/webservers.html

Try hosting your html using CGI server which comes along with python installation
Step 1.(Save the code below in a separate file. Name it START_CGISERVER.py Save it in your working folder)
import SimpleHTTPServer
import SocketServer
import CGIHTTPServer
from CGIHTTPServer import CGIHTTPRequestHandler
from BaseHTTPServer import HTTPServer
server_address=('',8000)
httpd = HTTPServer(server_address, CGIHTTPRequestHandler)
httpd.serve_forever()
Step2 : name your html as index.html (again in your working folder)
Step3 : Run START_CGISERVER.py and let that window open. This means your working folder is hosting as server.
Step 4 : Go to your browser type http://127.0.0.1:8000/
Step 5: Make sure the file which your html is referring to has #!/usr/bin/env python2 as first line, this could be a .py or .cgi file(this will tell CGI interpreter to run your code)

Use Python on MAMP

I'm slowly migrating from PHP to Python. In particular, as I work in webdev/webdesign I would like to display a basic HTML page using Python, using the following code:
#!/usr/bin/python
print('<html><head></head><body>This is a test</body></html>')
Sending the file online on my host as index.cgi, I've had no problem displaying the content of the file.
The problems start when I try to install the WSGI module on MAMP, or just to make Python work in general with it.
When it go to localhost/index.cgi the content of the file is displayed instead of its results.
I've followed half a dozen tutorials and none seems to work, I always encounter a problem at one point or another. It seems to come from the fact that Apache that comes with MAMP isn't built in a way that lets you add modules to it (such as wsgi).
This is also comes from the fact that I can't find any recent article on how to install Python on MAMP, they all either date from 2008 or 2009, with old versions of MAMP, Python and Macports.
Can somebody points me to the current procedure to make this work ?
EDIT : Ok after finding this article I gathered that MAMP by default don't process CGI scripts outside of the cgi-bin/ folder in MAMP/. So I modified the Apache conf file as explained, it now apparently reads the .cgi file but throws an error 500 with the content shown above. Is the code the culprit or is it MAMP's ?

Got it to work, the problem were the missing CGI interpretation of MAMP outside of the cgi-bin/ folder (see original post) and the missing headers :
print 'Content-type: text/html\n\n'

I've just gone through this process on OSX Catalina with Mamp V5.5
For me I had to follow the following steps:
Make sure your file has the first line:
#!/usr/bin/python
or a path to any valid Python installation or environment. Make sure your python is working correctly.
The file must have the extension cgi e.g.
blah.cgi (not .py)
Then it will work from any folder.
The file must have execute permissions. In terminal:
chmod 755 blah.cgi
The file must send a content type near the beginning ( no brackets for Python versions < 3 ):
print('Content-type: text/html \n\n')
An additional step I would recommend is adding this at the beginning of your page:
import sys
sys.stderr = open("err.log",'w')
Which will route all your error messages to the file err.log in the same directory which is insanely useful for debugging. If your page comes back with 500 Internal Server Error, you should see some errors in err.log file (unless the problem was in initial imports before this statement).
There are other config changes you can make to keep the .py extension but I won't go into that here.

This is just standard CGI, nothing special here, no need for WSGI. You do need to install Python. You can install it wherever you like, as long as your script can find it. You see the line:
#! /usr/bin/python
that is where the script will try to find Python, so change it to your Python installation, or fix your Python installation to be there.