Look into: twisted and lxml
they all can be integrated into web2py. lxml is python API for libxml2. and Twisted is more pouplar Client/Server Network programming lib . I have implemented Peer to Peer UDP Hole Punching protocol from scratch using Twisted. It was within 50 - Lines of code. On 9/19/11, Magnitus <eric_vallee2...@yahoo.ca> wrote: > I have a web server running with Web2py. > > I have potentially several instances of my game engine running as > standalone C++ processes. > > They communicate with each other via sockets (given that the game > engine needs to be expendable over several computers, sockets are a > must). > > So far, I've used barebone TPC/IP to communicate between server and > engine(s) with a narrow custom-made protocol (ie, agreed upon hard > formats for each type of request) which worked ok, because server- > engine communications have been light (either I was mostly working on > the server or the engine, but not a lot on the integration between the > 2). > > However, now I'm thinking I should extend my little protocol to pass > along more complex structures via the sockets to save some development > time and a few white hairs :). > > My gut feeling is to go find some C/C++ XML library (if I can't find a > satisfactory one in Python, I can always create a wrapper for it using > the C/C++ library) and use that as an intermediate step (converting > data structures to XML and then passing XML strings over the sockets > re-creating the data structure from the string on the other end). > > Before I start, get all invested and find out later I could have saved > myself a lot of trouble using something else, does anyone know about a > better solution? >
