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A simple example of selector usage in Python
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| import socket | |
| import selectors | |
| sel = selectors.DefaultSelector() | |
| def accept_connection(server_sock): | |
| conn, addr = server_sock.accept() | |
| print(f"Accepted connection from {conn} | {addr}"); | |
| conn.setblocking(False); | |
| sel.register(conn, selectors.EVENT_READ, read_data) | |
| def read_data(conn): | |
| data = conn.recv(1024) | |
| if data: | |
| print(f"Recieved: {data.decode().strip()}") | |
| conn.sendall(b"pam pam") | |
| else: | |
| print("Closing connection") | |
| sel.unregister(conn) | |
| conn.close() | |
| server_sock = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) | |
| server_sock.bind(("localhost", 7777)) | |
| server_sock.listen() | |
| server_sock.setblocking(False) | |
| sel.register(server_sock, selectors.EVENT_READ, accept_connection) | |
| print("Server running on localhost:7777") | |
| while True: | |
| events = sel.select(timeout=None) | |
| for key, mask in events: | |
| callback = key.data | |
| callback(key.fileobj) |
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