The SocketServer Module
Provides a high-level class-based interface to sockets
- Encapsulates each protocol in a class (TCPServer, UDPServer, etc.)
- Provides a series of handler classes that specify additional server behavior.
- To create a network service, need to inherit from both a protocol and handler class.
Example
# Simple time server
import SocketServer
import time
# This class actually implements the server functionality
class TimeHandler(SocketServer.BaseRequestHandler):
def handle(self):
self.request.send(time.ctime(time.time()))
# Create the server
server = SocketServer.TCPServer(("",8888),TimeHandler)
server.serve_forever()
Comments
- The module provides a number of specialized server and handler types.
- Ex: ForkingTCPServer, ThreadingTCPServer, StreamRequestHandler, etc.
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