This is an old thread, but responding in case anyone interested in django+thrift comes across this. Implementing Django/thrift server is not difficult to do and it has advantags over JSON/webservice, namely less overhead and simplified serialization/deserialization of strongly typed complex objects, which you will appreciate if deserializing into strongly typedl languages such as C++.
The easiest way is to create a new Django command that implements the server. (This is how other django modules with daemons such as Django-celery do it.) You can follow the directions in the Django documentation here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/custom-management-commands/ In your command script, e.g. thrift_server.py, you put in the usual thrift server initialization: import sys from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand from thrift.transport import TSocket from thrift.transport import TTransport from thrift.protocol import TBinaryProtocol from thrift.server import TServer #import thrift files here #now define the service handler according to your thrift method declaration class ServiceHandler: def __init__(self): pass #self.log = {} def thriftMethodName(self, arg): print "hello world!" #here you have access to anything in the django framework return True class Command(BaseCommand): def handle(self, *args, **kwargs): handler = ServiceHandler() processor = SaleService.Processor(handler) transport = TSocket.TServerSocket(port=9090) tfactory = TTransport.TBufferedTransportFactory() pfactory = TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocolFactory() server = TServer.TSimpleServer(processor, transport, tfactory, pfactory) # You could do one of these for a multithreaded server #server = TServer.TThreadedServer(processor, transport, tfactory, pfactory) #server = TServer.TThreadPoolServer(processor, transport, tfactory, pfactory) self.stdout.write('Starting thrift server...') server.serve() self.stdout.write('done.') Then you can run the server like so: (virtualenv) /django_project/ > python manage.py thrift_server It will run as a daemon, use ctrl+c to exit. On Thursday, September 8, 2011 4:15:03 AM UTC-5, leon wrote: > > Thank you! Using json may be a good idea. I will consider this > carefully. > > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Malcolm Box <malco...@gmail.com<javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > > > On 8 September 2011 03:27, Li Lirong <leon.li...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> Thank you for your comments. I am new to both django and thrift. I > >> am hosting my service with a shared web hosting server. That's why I > >> want to use django to expose a thrift API. Basically, what I want is > >> to have a web service that can be consumed by both python and c++. Do > >> you think this is possible with django? > >> > > > > It's entirely possible, but I'd suggest not using Thrift as the transport > > protocol in this case. You'd be better off having a REST over HTTP > service > > with payloads in JSON. > > M > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to django...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> > . > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > django-users...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/239de03e-ceff-4a9e-88c8-4a10b299ccf1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
