# Using Pyodide from Javascript
This document describes using Pyodide directly from Javascript. For information
about using Pyodide from Iodide, see [Using Pyodide from
Iodide](using_pyodide_from_iodide.md).
## Startup
Include `pyodide.js` in your project.
The recommended way to include Pyodide in your project is to download a release
from [here](https://github.com/iodide-project/pyodide/releases) and include the
contents in your distribution, and import the `pyodide.js` file there from a
`
Pyodide test page
Open your browser console to see pyodide output
```
Because browsers require WebAssembly files to have mimetype of
`application/wasm` we're unable to serve our files using Python's built-in
`SimpleHTTPServer` module.
Let's wrap Python's Simple HTTP Server and provide the appropiate mimetype for
WebAssembly files into a `pyodide_server.py` file (in the `pyodide_local`
directory):
```python
import sys
import socketserver
from http.server import SimpleHTTPRequestHandler
class Handler(SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
def end_headers(self):
# Enable Cross-Origin Resource Sharing (CORS)
self.send_header('Access-Control-Allow-Origin', '*')
super().end_headers()
if sys.version_info < (3, 7, 5):
# Fix for WASM MIME type for older Python versions
Handler.extensions_map['.wasm'] = 'application/wasm'
if __name__ == '__main__':
port = 8000
with socketserver.TCPServer(("", port), Handler) as httpd:
print("Serving at: http://127.0.0.1:{}".format(port))
httpd.serve_forever()
```
Let's test it out.
In your favourite shell, let's start our WebAssembly aware web server:
```bash
python pyodide_server.py
```
Point your WebAssembly aware browser to
[http://localhost:8000/index.html](http://localhost:8000/index.html) and open
your browser console to see the output from python via pyodide!