On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <nou...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Vikas BN <vikas...@gmail.com> wrote: > [..] > > Is there a way to 'tail' the output of this script to the browser? I > > searched on the > > internet, but apparently my skills in that area seem to have fallen > short > > in this case :( > > Not Python specific but Ajax term > (http://antony.lesuisse.org/software/ajaxterm/) and it's predecessor > anyterm implement web based terminals. You might be able to steal some > ideas from there. As far as I know, they implement a simple polling > mechanism with something like exponential back off to read back new > data on the remote process. > Comet Programming <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_%28programming%29> is a solution for Server PUSH (wherein client tells the server, "Send me data as and when you have to") Unfortunately, you'll need a separate server for handling such requests... Here are some pointers: You can use Orbited (written in Python). Check out http://orbited.org/ This page <http://orbited.org/wiki/Tutorials> has links to tutorials in case you want to use it with django/rails... As an alternative for Orbited, you can use StreamHub<http://www.stream-hub.com/> p.s. Since your requirement includes predictable requests (20 minute delay), you can just have a simple polling mechanism or -- even better -- use what Noufal suggested > > > -- > ~noufal > http://nibrahim.net.in > _______________________________________________ > BangPypers mailing list > BangPypers@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers > -- Elvis Joel D'Souza Mangalore/Bangalore, India _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
