webserver.py

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# Name:        webserver
# Purpose:
#
# Author:      jduyon
#
# Created:     29/04/2014
# Copyright:   (c) jduyon 2014
# Licence:     <your licence>
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import threading
import webbrowser
import BaseHTTPServer
import SimpleHTTPServer

FILE = 'frontend.html'
PORT = 8080


class TestHandler(SimpleHTTPServer.SimpleHTTPRequestHandler):
    """The test example handler."""

    def do_POST(self):
        """Handle a post request by returning the square of the number."""
        length = int(self.headers.getheader('content-length'))
        data_string = self.rfile.read(length)
        try:
            result = int(data_string) ** 2
        except:
            result = 'error'
        self.wfile.write(result)


def open_browser():
    """Start a browser after waiting for half a second."""
    def _open_browser():
        webbrowser.open('http://localhost:%s/%s' % (PORT, FILE))
    thread = threading.Timer(0.5, _open_browser)
    thread.start()

def start_server():
    """Start the server."""
    server_address = ("", PORT)
    server = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(server_address, TestHandler)
    try:
        server.serve_forever()
    except(KeyboardInterrupt):
        pass

if __name__ == "__main__":
    open_browser()
    start_server()