On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 6:54 AM, Eric Frederich <eric.freder...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I have a bunch of Python bindings for a 3rd party software running on the > server side. > I can add client side extensions that communicate over some http / xml type > requests. > So I can define functions that take a string and return a string. > I would like to get a simple read eval print loop working.
Let's stop *right there*. You're looking for something that will run on your server, take strings of text from a remote computer, and eval them. Please, please, please, on behalf of every systems administrator in the world I beg you, please do not do this. Instead, define your own high-level protocol and have your server respond to that. One excellent way to keep things tidy is to use a 'command, parameters, newline' model: each line of text is one instruction, consisting of a command word, then optionally parameters after a space, then a newline. It's easy to debug, easy to read in your code, and makes sense to anyone who's used a command-line interface. Six months from now, when your server still hasn't been compromised, you'll appreciate the extra design effort :) Chris Angelico -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
