Thanks all, I'll see how this goes and report back! On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Elvis Joel D'Souza <m...@elvis.co.in> wrote:
> 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 > _______________________________________________ BangPypers mailing list BangPypers@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/bangpypers
