BaseHTTPServer and class variables

[Yin]

Hello.

I am using the basehttpserver to implement the HTTP protocol to serve
a fairly large lexicon that I have loaded as a dictionary in python.
Rather than writing a whole server, I would like to reuse the
BaseHTTPserver classes. I am interested in finding a way to serve the
dict without loading the whole dict into memory everytime an HTTP
request is made. The dict lives in local memory when it is loaded and
takes a long time to load.

Unfortunately with the basehttpserver. httpserver and
basehttpserver. requesthandlerc lass, I am not finding it easy to define
a method to load the dict initially. Any thoughts are appreciated.

Ideally, in a do_GET for the requesthandlerc lass, it'd be nice to be
able to access the dict as a class variable, but this doesn't work for
me.

Thanks.
Yin

[Eddie Corns]

Re: BaseHTTPServer and class variables

yin_12180@yahoo .com (Yin) writes:
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>Hello.[/color]
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>I am using the basehttpserver to implement the HTTP protocol to serve
>a fairly large lexicon that I have loaded as a dictionary in python.
>Rather than writing a whole server, I would like to reuse the
>BaseHTTPserv er classes. I am interested in finding a way to serve the
>dict without loading the whole dict into memory everytime an HTTP
>request is made. The dict lives in local memory when it is loaded and
>takes a long time to load.[/color]
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>Unfortunatel y with the basehttpserver. httpserver and
>basehttpserver .requesthandler class, I am not finding it easy to define
>a method to load the dict initially. Any thoughts are appreciated.[/color]
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>Ideally, in a do_GET for the requesthandlerc lass, it'd be nice to be
>able to access the dict as a class variable, but this doesn't work for
>me.[/color]

import BaseHTTPServer

class Serv (BaseHTTPServer .BaseHTTPReques tHandler):
def do_GET (self):
path = self.path.strip ('/').split('/')
self.send_respo nse (200)
self.send_heade r ('Content-type', 'text/html')
self.end_header s()
self.wfile.writ e (self.dict[path[-1]])

# load dictionary
D={'foo':1, 'bar':2}
server = BaseHTTPServer. HTTPServer (('', 8080), Serv)
server.RequestH andlerClass.dic t = D
server.serve_fo rever()

Possibly not the best way but it should do unless someone less lazy than I
responds. (Assuming I'm understanding your request correctly).

Eddie