A similar but different question:
I have an IRC client that generates strings. This IRC client uses the hook to call the method (somone_said) when someone says something. I want to send this line through a socket to my flash client.
I have a working client in flash and a server in python, but the problem is that it blocks: 1) while listening to the client connection 2), waiting for the following message to be generated
This stops the IRC client from accessing other inputs.
It seems to me that I need to create my socket in a separate thread, but this creates three more problems. 1) how my method controlled by some_said events gets access to the socket 2) What should I do if someone says something when the client connection is absent (while listening) or if the client closed the connection. 3) How to check if a thread is alive, and if you don’t open a new one?
My lock server code:
# Echo server program import socket import sys HOST = None # Symbolic name meaning all available interfaces PORT = 7001 # Arbitrary non-privileged port s = None def startListening(): print "starting to listen" for res in socket.getaddrinfo(HOST, PORT, socket.AF_UNSPEC, socket.SOCK_STREAM, 0, socket.AI_PASSIVE): af, socktype, proto, canonname, sa = res try: s = socket.socket(af, socktype, proto) except socket.error as msg: s = None continue try: s.bind(sa) s.listen(1) except socket.error as msg: s.close() s = None continue break if s is None: print 'could not open socket' sys.exit(1) conn, addr = s.accept() print 'Connected by', addr while 1: try: data = conn.recv(1024) except: print "cannot recieve data" break if not data: break print data message = "" while not "quit" in message: message = raw_input('Say Something : ') # This will come from event driven method try: conn.sendall(message) except Exception as exc: print "message could not be sent" break conn.close() print "connection closed" while 1: startListening()
The xchat python script module works like this (requires HexChat to start)
__module_name__ = "Forward Module" __module_version__ = "1.0.0" __module_description__ = "Forward To Flash Module by Xcom" import sys import xchat def someone_said(word, word_eol, userdata):
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