On 22 ago, 06:50, "tzuchien <dot> chiu <at> gmail <dot> com" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, everyone. > > Several instances of a same script, which accepts parameters and does > a lengthy job, are executed on a remote machine. I want to couple the > script with a tiny HTTP server so that I can connect to the machine > with a browser and monitor the progress of jobs. The HTTP server of > each instance will bind to different ports. > > A BaseHTTPRequestHandler-derived class must somehow know the > parameters of each instance/job in order to return instance/job- > specific result back to the client in do_GET. However, there is no way > to pass parameters (of the lengthy job) because the constructor of > HTTPServer expects a BaseHTTPRequestHandler-derived "class", instead > of an "object". > > I cannot (or should not) dynamically create a "BaseHTTPRequestHandler- > derived "class" for each instance of the script, right? > > Do I misunderstand the design philosophy of HTTPServer and > BaseHTTPRequestHandler, and they should not be used in this way?
The server is permanent; request handler instances are created and destroyed as HTTP requests arrive and are processed. You should store any permanent info in the server; your "BaseHTTPRequestHandler-derived class" can reference the server using its "server" attribute. -- Gabriel Genellina -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
