from wsgiref.simple_server import make_server from pyramid.config import Configurator from pyramid.response import Response class Resource(dict): pass def get_root(request): return Resource({'a': Resource({'b': Resource({'c': Resource()})})}) def hello_world_of_resources(context, request): output = "Here's a resource and its children: %s" % context return Response(output) if __name__ == '__main__': with Configurator() as config: config.set_root_factory(get_root) config.add_view(hello_world_of_resources, context=Resource) app = config.make_wsgi_app() server = make_server('0.0.0.0', 6543, app) server.serve_forever()