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2 :mod:`SocketServer` --- A framework for network servers
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6 :synopsis: A framework for network servers.
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15 The :mod:`SocketServer` module simplifies the task of writing network servers.
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116 Another approach to handling multiple simultaneous requests in an environment
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119 finished requests and to use :func:`select` to decide which request to work on
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267 or thread to handle the request; the :class:`ForkingMixIn` and
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268 :class:`ThreadingMixIn` classes do this.
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271 .. Is there any point in documenting the following two functions?
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272 What would the purpose of overriding them be: initializing server
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273 instance variables, adding new network families?
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275 .. method:: BaseServer.server_activate()
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277 Called by the server's constructor to activate the server. The default behavior
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278 just :meth:`listen`\ s to the server's socket. May be overridden.
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281 .. method:: BaseServer.server_bind()
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283 Called by the server's constructor to bind the socket to the desired address.
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287 .. method:: BaseServer.verify_request(request, client_address)
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289 Must return a Boolean value; if the value is :const:`True`, the request will be
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290 processed, and if it's :const:`False`, the request will be denied. This function
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291 can be overridden to implement access controls for a server. The default
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295 RequestHandler Objects
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296 ----------------------
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298 The request handler class must define a new :meth:`handle` method, and can
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299 override any of the following methods. A new instance is created for each
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300 request.
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307 :meth:`handle` raise an exception, this function will not be called.
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313 default implementation does nothing. Several instance attributes are
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314 available to it; the request is available as :attr:`self.request`; the client
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316 :attr:`self.server`, in case it needs access to per-server information.
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318 The type of :attr:`self.request` is different for datagram or stream
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319 services. For stream services, :attr:`self.request` is a socket object; for
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322 :class:`StreamRequestHandler` or :class:`DatagramRequestHandler`, which
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323 override the :meth:`setup` and :meth:`finish` methods, and provide
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324 :attr:`self.rfile` and :attr:`self.wfile` attributes. :attr:`self.rfile` and
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325 :attr:`self.wfile` can be read or written, respectively, to get the request
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326 data or return data to the client.
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331 Called before the :meth:`handle` method to perform any initialization actions
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335 Examples
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336 --------
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338 :class:`SocketServer.TCPServer` Example
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339 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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341 This is the server side::
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343 import SocketServer
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345 class MyTCPHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):
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346 """
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347 The RequestHandler class for our server.
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349 It is instantiated once per connection to the server, and must
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350 override the handle() method to implement communication to the
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351 client.
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352 """
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354 def handle(self):
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355 # self.request is the TCP socket connected to the client
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356 self.data = self.request.recv(1024).strip()
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357 print "%s wrote:" % self.client_address[0]
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358 print self.data
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359 # just send back the same data, but upper-cased
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360 self.request.send(self.data.upper())
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362 if __name__ == "__main__":
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363 HOST, PORT = "localhost", 9999
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365 # Create the server, binding to localhost on port 9999
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366 server = SocketServer.TCPServer((HOST, PORT), MyTCPHandler)
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368 # Activate the server; this will keep running until you
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369 # interrupt the program with Ctrl-C
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370 server.serve_forever()
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372 An alternative request handler class that makes use of streams (file-like
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373 objects that simplify communication by providing the standard file interface)::
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377 def handle(self):
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378 # self.rfile is a file-like object created by the handler;
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379 # we can now use e.g. readline() instead of raw recv() calls
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380 self.data = self.rfile.readline().strip()
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381 print "%s wrote:" % self.client_address[0]
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382 print self.data
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383 # Likewise, self.wfile is a file-like object used to write back
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384 # to the client
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385 self.wfile.write(self.data.upper())
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387 The difference is that the ``readline()`` call in the second handler will call
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389 single ``recv()`` call in the first handler will just return what has been sent
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390 from the client in one ``send()`` call.
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393 This is the client side::
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395 import socket
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396 import sys
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398 HOST, PORT = "localhost", 9999
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399 data = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
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400
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401 # Create a socket (SOCK_STREAM means a TCP socket)
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402 sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
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403
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404 # Connect to server and send data
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405 sock.connect((HOST, PORT))
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406 sock.send(data + "\n")
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407
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408 # Receive data from the server and shut down
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409 received = sock.recv(1024)
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410 sock.close()
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411
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412 print "Sent: %s" % data
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413 print "Received: %s" % received
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415
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416 The output of the example should look something like this:
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417
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418 Server::
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419
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420 $ python TCPServer.py
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421 127.0.0.1 wrote:
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422 hello world with TCP
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423 127.0.0.1 wrote:
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424 python is nice
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425
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426 Client::
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427
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428 $ python TCPClient.py hello world with TCP
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429 Sent: hello world with TCP
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430 Received: HELLO WORLD WITH TCP
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431 $ python TCPClient.py python is nice
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432 Sent: python is nice
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433 Received: PYTHON IS NICE
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434
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435
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436 :class:`SocketServer.UDPServer` Example
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437 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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438
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439 This is the server side::
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440
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441 import SocketServer
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442
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443 class MyUDPHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):
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444 """
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445 This class works similar to the TCP handler class, except that
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446 self.request consists of a pair of data and client socket, and since
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447 there is no connection the client address must be given explicitly
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448 when sending data back via sendto().
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449 """
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450
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451 def handle(self):
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452 data = self.request[0].strip()
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453 socket = self.request[1]
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454 print "%s wrote:" % self.client_address[0]
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455 print data
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456 socket.sendto(data.upper(), self.client_address)
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457
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458 if __name__ == "__main__":
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459 HOST, PORT = "localhost", 9999
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460 server = SocketServer.UDPServer((HOST, PORT), MyUDPHandler)
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461 server.serve_forever()
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462
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463 This is the client side::
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464
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465 import socket
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466 import sys
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467
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468 HOST, PORT = "localhost"
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469 data = " ".join(sys.argv[1:])
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470
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471 # SOCK_DGRAM is the socket type to use for UDP sockets
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472 sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_DGRAM)
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473
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474 # As you can see, there is no connect() call; UDP has no connections.
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475 # Instead, data is directly sent to the recipient via sendto().
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476 sock.sendto(data + "\n", (HOST, PORT))
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477 received = sock.recv(1024)
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478
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479 print "Sent: %s" % data
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480 print "Received: %s" % received
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481
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482 The output of the example should look exactly like for the TCP server example.
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483
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484
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485 Asynchronous Mixins
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486 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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487
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488 To build asynchronous handlers, use the :class:`ThreadingMixIn` and
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489 :class:`ForkingMixIn` classes.
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490
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491 An example for the :class:`ThreadingMixIn` class::
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492
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493 import socket
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494 import threading
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495 import SocketServer
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496
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497 class ThreadedTCPRequestHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):
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498
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499 def handle(self):
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500 data = self.request.recv(1024)
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501 cur_thread = threading.currentThread()
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502 response = "%s: %s" % (cur_thread.getName(), data)
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503 self.request.send(response)
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504
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505 class ThreadedTCPServer(SocketServer.ThreadingMixIn, SocketServer.TCPServer):
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506 pass
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507
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508 def client(ip, port, message):
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509 sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
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510 sock.connect((ip, port))
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511 sock.send(message)
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512 response = sock.recv(1024)
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513 print "Received: %s" % response
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514 sock.close()
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515
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516 if __name__ == "__main__":
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517 # Port 0 means to select an arbitrary unused port
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518 HOST, PORT = "localhost", 0
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519
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520 server = ThreadedTCPServer((HOST, PORT), ThreadedTCPRequestHandler)
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521 ip, port = server.server_address
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522
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523 # Start a thread with the server -- that thread will then start one
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524 # more thread for each request
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525 server_thread = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever)
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526 # Exit the server thread when the main thread terminates
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527 server_thread.setDaemon(True)
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528 server_thread.start()
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529 print "Server loop running in thread:", server_thread.getName()
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531 client(ip, port, "Hello World 1")
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532 client(ip, port, "Hello World 2")
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533 client(ip, port, "Hello World 3")
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534
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535 server.shutdown()
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536
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537 The output of the example should look something like this::
9f354001ea25 GHOP #180 by Michael Schneider: add examples to the socketserver documentation.
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538
9f354001ea25 GHOP #180 by Michael Schneider: add examples to the socketserver documentation.
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539 $ python ThreadedTCPServer.py
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540 Server loop running in thread: Thread-1
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541 Received: Thread-2: Hello World 1
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542 Received: Thread-3: Hello World 2
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543 Received: Thread-4: Hello World 3
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544
9f354001ea25 GHOP #180 by Michael Schneider: add examples to the socketserver documentation.
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545
9f354001ea25 GHOP #180 by Michael Schneider: add examples to the socketserver documentation.
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546 The :class:`ForkingMixIn` class is used in the same way, except that the server
9f354001ea25 GHOP #180 by Michael Schneider: add examples to the socketserver documentation.
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547 will spawn a new process for each request.