In python? Yes. Python's built-in socket has udp support. But anyway you still need to feed the data into web2py if you want to use web2py as a front-end. Unfortunately your "other system" doesn't support HTTP output.
BTW, you are from taiwan? I'm from China mainland. Nice to meet you here. On Jun1, 9:05pm, dlin <dlin...@gmail.com> wrote: > Is it possible to have multi-thread in python to listen udp socket and > just collect the status in ram instead of DB? > > On 5月31日, 上午11時46分, Iceberg <iceb...@21cn.com> wrote: > > > > > You can use web2py's cron feature to trigger a data collector, which > > use "3. command line utility" you mentioned to gather data, insert > > into your web2py app's db, then you can show it in the way you like. > > >http://web2py.com/book/default/section/4/17?search=cron > > > On May31, 10:44am, dlin <dlin...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > I'm a newbie of web2py. > > > I wish to use web2py to present my other system's status. > > > As I know web2py is event driven, I don't know how to plugin my C > > > system into it. > > > > What's the suggest architecture? > > > > My other system is built by C++ program. > > > The different system status is provided three methods: > > > 1. put in common shared memory. > > > 2. broadcast by udp socket. > > > 3. command line utility. > > > > Is there any example could let me try?
