NicolasG wrote (top-posting, which is very naughty ...): >>At Monday 28/8/2006 20:45, Nicolas G wrote: >> >> >>>If I want to run my program as a web service I need to setup a >>>webserver , am I right ? >>>Whars that difference ? can a webservice be run without a webserver ? >> >>Well, a webservice uses HTTP as its transport protocol, so you need >>an HTTP server, but you don't have to use a full-blown web server to >>implement it. SimpleHTTPServer >> >> in the standard library may be enough. >> > You mean to use only python HTTP socket library ? > I never had use sockets before, it has a big learning curve ? > Gabriel Genellina wrote: >
He's actually suggesting you use the SimpleHTTPServer library, which itself uses the socket library. All you really need to do is subclass the main clas defining your own (?) handle_request() (?) method. This server is not design for industrial-strength networking but it's fine if you need either a low-volume server or something to experiment with. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC/Ltd http://www.holdenweb.com Skype: holdenweb http://holdenweb.blogspot.com Recent Ramblings http://del.icio.us/steve.holden -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
