Metadata-Version: 1.1
Name: quick_server
Version: 0.4.6
Summary: QuickServer is a quick to use and easy to set up server implementation.
Home-page: https://github.com/JosuaKrause/quick_server
Author: Josua Krause
Author-email: josua.krause@gmail.com
License: MIT
Description: QuickServer
        ===========
        
        *QuickServer* is a quick to use and easy to set up server
        implementation. It has the following goals / features and is primarily
        meant to speed up back end implementation / iteration:
        
        -  serve local files as is with basic black- and white-listing
        -  provide functionality for dynamic requests
        -  provide easy access to worker threads (and caching)
        -  provide a basic command interpret loop for server commands
        
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        Usage
        -----
        
        You can install *quick\_server* with pip:
        
        .. code:: sh
        
            pip install --user quick-server
        
        Import it in python via:
        
        .. code:: python
        
            from quick_server import create_server, msg, setup_restart
        
        Setting up a basic file server
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        Following we will set up a basic *quick\_server*. Please refer to the
        `inline documentation <https://github.com/JosuaKrause/quick_server/blob/master/quick_server/quick_server.py>`__ of the methods for
        full information.
        
        .. code:: python
        
            setup_restart() # sets up restart functionality (if not called the `restart` command of the server needs external help to work)
            # should be the first real executed command in the script
            # some services, like heroku, don't play well with this command and it should not be called if in such an environment
        
            addr = '' # empty address is equivalent to 'localhost'
            port = 8080
            server = create_server((addr, port), parallel=True) # parallel is recommended unless your code is not thread-safe
            server.bind_path('/', 'www') # binds the 'www' directory to the server's root
            server.add_default_white_list() # adds typical file types to the list of files that will be served; you can use server.add_file_patterns to add more file types
            server.favicon_fallback = 'favicon.ico' # sets the default favicon file to the given file on disk (you'll need a file called 'favicon.ico')
            # you can also use server.link_empty_favicon_fallback()
        
            server.suppress_noise = True # don't report successful requests (turn off if you want to measure performance)
            server.report_slow_requests = True # reports requests that take longer than 5s
        
        Starting the actual server:
        
        .. code:: python
        
            msg("{0}", " ".join(sys.argv)) # prints how the script was started
            msg("starting server at {0}:{1}", addr if addr else 'localhost', port)
            server.serve_forever() # starts the server -- only returns when the server stops (e.g., by typing `quit`, `restart`, or `CTRL-C`)
            msg("shutting down..")
            server.server_close() # make sure to clean up all resources
        
        Adding dynamic requests
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        Dynamic requests can be set up by annotating a function. The annotation
        consists of *return-type* and *http-method*.
        
        A ``POST`` request in ``JSON`` format:
        
        .. code:: python
        
            @server.json_post('/json_request', 0) # creates a request at http://localhost:8080/json_request
            def json_request(req, args):
                return {
                    "post": args["post"],
                }
        
        A ``GET`` request as ``plain text``:
        
        .. code:: python
        
            @server.text_get('/text_request', 0) # creates a request at http://localhost:8080/text_request
            def text_request(req, args):
                return "plain text"
        
        Worker threads and caching
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        Worker threads require support from the client side.
        
        First, provide the necessary JavaScript file via
        
        .. code:: python
        
            server.link_worker_js('/js/worker.js')
        
        and load it on the client side:
        
        .. code:: html
        
            <script src="js/worker.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
        
        A worker request can be set up on the server side with
        
        .. code:: python
        
            @server.json_worker('/json_worker')
            def json_worker(args):
                # ...
                # long, slow computation
                return myresult # myresult must be JSON convertible
        
        and accessed from the client. An instance of the ``Worker`` class is
        needed:
        
        .. code:: javascript
        
            var work = new quick_server.Worker();
            work.status((req) => {
              // req contains the number of currently active requests (-1 indicates an error state)
              // it can be used to tell the user that something is happening
            });
        
        Accessing the worker:
        
        .. code:: javascript
        
            // the first argument identifies worker jobs
            // jobs with the same name get replaced when a new one has been started
            // the second argument is the URL
            work.post("worker_name", "json_worker", {
              // this object will appear as args on the server side
            }, (data) => {
              // data is the result of the worker function of the server side
              // this function is only called if the request was successful
            });
        
        A worker can be cancelled using its name:
        
        .. code:: javascript
        
            work.cancel("worker_name");
        
        Note that all running workers are cancelled when the page is unloaded.
        
        Workers can automatically cache the server response using
        `quick\_cache <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/quick-cache>`__. The
        server needs to be set up for this:
        
        .. code:: python
        
            cache = QuickCache(base_file, quota=500, ram_quota=100, warnings=msg)
            server.cache = cache
        
        Then caching can be used for workers:
        
        .. code:: python
        
            @server.json_worker('/json_worker', cache_id=lambda args: {
                    # uniquely identify the task from its arguments (must be JSON convertible)
                })
            def json_worker(args):
                # ...
                # long, slow computation
                return myresult # myresult must be JSON convertible
        
        Custom server commands
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        By default *quick\_server* provides the commands ``help`` (list of
        available commands), ``restart`` (restart the server), and ``quit``
        (terminates the server). You can add own commands via
        
        .. code:: python
        
            @server.cmd()
            def name(args): # creates the command name
                if not args:
                    msg("hello")
                else:
                    msg("hi {0}", " ".join(args)) # words typed after name are printed here
        
        A common command to add when having caching functionality (e.g.,
        provided by
        `quick\_cache <https://pypi.python.org/pypi/quick-cache>`__) is to
        clear caches. This show-cases also auto-complete functionality:
        
        .. code:: python
        
            def complete_cache_clear(args, text): # args contains already completed arguments; text the currently started one
                if args: # we only allow up to one argument
                    return []
                return [ section for section in cache.list_sections() if section.startswith(text) ] # cache is the quick_cache object
        
            @server.cmd(complete=complete_cache_clear)
            def cache_clear(args):
                if len(args) > 1: # we only allow up to one argument
                  msg("too many extra arguments! expected one got {0}", ' '.join(args))
                  return
                msg("clear {0}cache{1}{2}", "" if args else "all ", " " if args else "s", args[0] if args else "")
                cache.clean_cache(args[0] if args else None)
        
        Server without command loop
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        The easiest way to start the server without a command loop (e.g., when
        started as service) is to stop the loop with an EOF by calling the
        script like this:
        
        .. code:: sh
        
            cat /dev/null | python yourscript.py
        
        or use the ``no_command_loop`` flag and run the script normally.
        
        HTTPS
        ~~~~~
        
        You can wrap the server socket to support HTTPS:
        
        .. code:: python
        
            import ssl
        
            addr = '' # empty address is equivalent to 'localhost'
            port = 443 # the HTTPS default port 443 might require root privileges
            server = create_server((addr, port), parallel=True)
            server.socket = ssl.wrap_socket(server.socket, certfile='path/to/localhost.pem', server_side=True)
        
            # setup your server
        
            server.serve_forever()
            server.server_close()
        
        More examples
        ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        
        `example.py <https://github.com/JosuaKrause/quick_server/blob/master/example/example.py>`__ and
        `example2.py <https://github.com/JosuaKrause/quick_server/blob/master/example/example2.py>`__ also contain minimal example
        servers. You can run them with ``./example.py`` and ``./example2.py``
        respectively from the examples directory. Then you can browse to
        http://localhost:8000/example/.
        
        Contributing
        ------------
        
        Pull requests are highly appreciated :) Also, feel free to open
        `issues <https://github.com/JosuaKrause/quick_server/issues>`__ for any
        questions or bugs you may encounter.
        
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Keywords: server REST file quick easy
Platform: UNKNOWN
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: License :: OSI Approved :: MIT License
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.6
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2.7
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3.6
