Flash socket policy file server.

gistfile1.py

#! /usr/bin/python
import SocketServer

class FlashPolicyHandler(SocketServer.StreamRequestHandler):
    timeout = 5
    """
    The RequestHandler class for our server.

    It is instantiated once per connection to the server, and must
    override the handle() method to implement communication to the
    client.
    """
    def handle(self):
        # self.request is the TCP socket connected to the client
        self.data = self.request.recv(1024).strip()

        if self.data == '<policy-file-request/>':
            self.request.sendall('<cross-domain-policy><allow-access-from domain="*" to-ports="*" /></cross-domain-policy>')

        self.request.close()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    HOST, PORT = "0.0.0.0", 843


    SocketServer.TCPServer.allow_reuse_address = True
    # Create the server, binding to localhost on port 9999
    server = SocketServer.TCPServer((HOST, PORT), FlashPolicyHandler)

    # Activate the server; this will keep running until you
    # interrupt the program with Ctrl-C
    server.serve_forever()