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diff --git a/Doc/library/basehttpserver.rst b/Doc/library/basehttpserver.rst index 64446f4..4662b4f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/basehttpserver.rst +++ b/Doc/library/basehttpserver.rst @@ -15,8 +15,6 @@ pair: HTTP; protocol single: URL single: httpd - -.. index:: module: SimpleHTTPServer module: CGIHTTPServer @@ -26,7 +24,8 @@ functioning Web servers. See the :mod:`SimpleHTTPServer` and :mod:`CGIHTTPServer` modules. The first class, :class:`HTTPServer`, is a :class:`SocketServer.TCPServer` -subclass. It creates and listens at the HTTP socket, dispatching the requests +subclass, and therefore implements the :class:`SocketServer.BaseServer` +interface. It creates and listens at the HTTP socket, dispatching the requests to a handler. Code to create and run the server looks like this:: def run(server_class=BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer, @@ -269,12 +268,31 @@ to a handler. Code to create and run the server looks like this:: performed on the client's IP address. +More examples +------------- + +To create a server that doesn't run forever, but until some condition is +fulfilled:: + + def run_while_true(server_class=BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer, + handler_class=BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler): + """ + This assumes that keep_running() is a function of no arguments which + is tested initially and after each request. If its return value + is true, the server continues. + """ + server_address = ('', 8000) + httpd = server_class(server_address, handler_class) + while keep_running(): + httpd.handle_request() + + .. seealso:: Module :mod:`CGIHTTPServer` Extended request handler that supports CGI scripts. Module :mod:`SimpleHTTPServer` - Basic request handler that limits response to files actually under the document - root. + Basic request handler that limits response to files actually under the + document root. |