This is the second part of the Twisted tutorial Twisted from Scratch, or The Evolution of Finger .
In this section of the tutorial, our finger server will continue to sprout features: the ability for users to set finger announces, and using our finger service to send those announcements on the web, on IRC and over XML-RPC. Resources and XML-RPC are introduced in the Web Applications portion of the Twisted Web howto . More examples using twisted.words.protocols.irc can be found in Writing a TCP Client and the Twisted Words examples .
Now that port 1079 is free, maybe we can use it with a different server, one which will let people set their messages. It does no access control, so anyone who can login to the machine can set any message. We assume this is the desired behavior in our case. Testing it can be done by simply:
% nc localhost 1079 # or telnet localhost 1079
moshez
Giving a tutorial now, sorry!
^D
# But let's try and fix setting away messages, shall we?
from twisted.application import internet, service
from twisted.internet import protocol, reactor, defer
from twisted.protocols import basic
class FingerProtocol(basic.LineReceiver):
def lineReceived(self, user):
d = self.factory.getUser(user)
def onError(err):
return 'Internal error in server'
d.addErrback(onError)
def writeResponse(message):
self.transport.write(message + '\r\n')
self.transport.loseConnection()
d.addCallback(writeResponse)
class FingerFactory(protocol.ServerFactory):
protocol = FingerProtocol
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
self.users = kwargs
def getUser(self, user):
return defer.succeed(self.users.get(user, "No such user"))
class FingerSetterProtocol(basic.LineReceiver):
def connectionMade(self):
self.lines = []
def lineReceived(self, line):
self.lines.append(line)
def connectionLost(self, reason):
user = self.lines[0]
status = self.lines[1]
self.factory.setUser(user, status)
class FingerSetterFactory(protocol.ServerFactory):
protocol = FingerSetterProtocol
def __init__(self, fingerFactory):
self.fingerFactory = fingerFactory
def setUser(self, user, status):
self.fingerFactory.users[user] = status
ff = FingerFactory(moshez='Happy and well')
fsf = FingerSetterFactory(ff)
application = service.Application('finger', uid=1, gid=1)
serviceCollection = service.IServiceCollection(application)
internet.TCPServer(79,ff).setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
internet.TCPServer(1079,fsf).setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
This program has two protocol-factory-TCPServer pairs, which are both child services of the application. Specifically, the setServiceParent method is used to define the two TCPServer services as children of application , which implements IServiceCollection . Both services are thus started with the application.
The previous version had the setter poke at the innards of the finger factory. This strategy is usually not a good idea: this version makes both factories symmetric by making them both look at a single object. Services are useful for when an object is needed which is not related to a specific network server. Here, we define a common service class with methods that will create factories on the fly. The service also contains methods the factories will depend on.
The factory-creation methods, getFingerFactory and getFingerSetterFactory , follow this pattern:
Thus, we stopped subclassing: the service simply puts useful methods and attributes inside the factories. We are getting better at protocol design: none of our protocol classes had to be changed, and neither will have to change until the end of the tutorial.
As an application service, this new finger service implements the IService interface and can be started and stopped in a standardized manner. We’ll make use of this in the next example.
# Fix asymmetry
from twisted.application import internet, service
from twisted.internet import protocol, reactor, defer
from twisted.protocols import basic
class FingerProtocol(basic.LineReceiver):
def lineReceived(self, user):
d = self.factory.getUser(user)
def onError(err):
return 'Internal error in server'
d.addErrback(onError)
def writeResponse(message):
self.transport.write(message + '\r\n')
self.transport.loseConnection()
d.addCallback(writeResponse)
class FingerSetterProtocol(basic.LineReceiver):
def connectionMade(self):
self.lines = []
def lineReceived(self, line):
self.lines.append(line)
def connectionLost(self,reason):
user = self.lines[0]
status = self.lines[1]
self.factory.setUser(user, status)
class FingerService(service.Service):
def __init__(self, **kwargs):
self.users = kwargs
def getUser(self, user):
return defer.succeed(self.users.get(user, "No such user"))
def setUser(self, user, status):
self.users[user] = status
def getFingerFactory(self):
f = protocol.ServerFactory()
f.protocol = FingerProtocol
f.getUser = self.getUser
return f
def getFingerSetterFactory(self):
f = protocol.ServerFactory()
f.protocol = FingerSetterProtocol
f.setUser = self.setUser
return f
application = service.Application('finger', uid=1, gid=1)
f = FingerService(moshez='Happy and well')
serviceCollection = service.IServiceCollection(application)
internet.TCPServer(79,f.getFingerFactory()
).setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
internet.TCPServer(1079,f.getFingerSetterFactory()
).setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
Most application services will want to use the Service base class, which implements all the generic IService behavior.
This version shows how, instead of just letting users set their messages, we can read those from a centrally managed file. We cache results, and every 30 seconds we refresh it. Services are useful for such scheduled tasks.
listings/finger/etc.users
# Read from file
from twisted.application import internet, service
from twisted.internet import protocol, reactor, defer
from twisted.protocols import basic
class FingerProtocol(basic.LineReceiver):
def lineReceived(self, user):
d = self.factory.getUser(user)
def onError(err):
return 'Internal error in server'
d.addErrback(onError)
def writeResponse(message):
self.transport.write(message + '\r\n')
self.transport.loseConnection()
d.addCallback(writeResponse)
class FingerService(service.Service):
def __init__(self, filename):
self.users = {}
self.filename = filename
def _read(self):
for line in file(self.filename):
user, status = line.split(':', 1)
user = user.strip()
status = status.strip()
self.users[user] = status
self.call = reactor.callLater(30, self._read)
def startService(self):
self._read()
service.Service.startService(self)
def stopService(self):
service.Service.stopService(self)
self.call.cancel()
def getUser(self, user):
return defer.succeed(self.users.get(user, "No such user"))
def getFingerFactory(self):
f = protocol.ServerFactory()
f.protocol = FingerProtocol
f.getUser = self.getUser
return f
application = service.Application('finger', uid=1, gid=1)
f = FingerService('/etc/users')
finger = internet.TCPServer(79, f.getFingerFactory())
finger.setServiceParent(service.IServiceCollection(application))
f.setServiceParent(service.IServiceCollection(application))
Since this version is reading data from a file (and refreshing the data every 30 seconds), there is no FingerSetterFactory and thus nothing listening on port 1079.
Here we override the standard startService and stopService hooks in the Finger service, which is set up as a child service of the application in the last line of the code. startService calls _read , the function responsible for reading the data; reactor.callLater is then used to schedule it to run again after thirty seconds every time it is called. reactor.callLater returns an object that lets us cancel the scheduled run in stopService using its cancel method.
The same kind of service can also produce things useful for other protocols. For example, in twisted.web, the factory itself (Site ) is almost never subclassed — instead, it is given a resource, which represents the tree of resources available via URLs. That hierarchy is navigated by Site and overriding it dynamically is possible with getChild .
To integrate this into the Finger application (just because we can), we set up a new TCPServer that calls the Site factory and retrieves resources via a new function of FingerService named getResource . This function specifically returns a Resource object with an overridden getChild method.
# Read from file, announce on the web!
from twisted.application import internet, service
from twisted.internet import protocol, reactor, defer
from twisted.protocols import basic
from twisted.web import resource, server, static
import cgi
class FingerProtocol(basic.LineReceiver):
def lineReceived(self, user):
d = self.factory.getUser(user)
def onError(err):
return 'Internal error in server'
d.addErrback(onError)
def writeResponse(message):
self.transport.write(message + '\r\n')
self.transport.loseConnection()
d.addCallback(writeResponse)
class FingerResource(resource.Resource):
def __init__(self, users):
self.users = users
resource.Resource.__init__(self)
# we treat the path as the username
def getChild(self, username, request):
"""
'username' is a string.
'request' is a 'twisted.web.server.Request'.
"""
messagevalue = self.users.get(username)
username = cgi.escape(username)
if messagevalue is not None:
messagevalue = cgi.escape(messagevalue)
text = '<h1>%s</h1><p>%s</p>' % (username,messagevalue)
else:
text = '<h1>%s</h1><p>No such user</p>' % username
return static.Data(text, 'text/html')
class FingerService(service.Service):
def __init__(self, filename):
self.filename = filename
self.users = {}
def _read(self):
self.users.clear()
for line in file(self.filename):
user, status = line.split(':', 1)
user = user.strip()
status = status.strip()
self.users[user] = status
self.call = reactor.callLater(30, self._read)
def getUser(self, user):
return defer.succeed(self.users.get(user, "No such user"))
def getFingerFactory(self):
f = protocol.ServerFactory()
f.protocol = FingerProtocol
f.getUser = self.getUser
return f
def getResource(self):
r = FingerResource(self.users)
return r
def startService(self):
self._read()
service.Service.startService(self)
def stopService(self):
service.Service.stopService(self)
self.call.cancel()
application = service.Application('finger', uid=1, gid=1)
f = FingerService('/etc/users')
serviceCollection = service.IServiceCollection(application)
f.setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
internet.TCPServer(79, f.getFingerFactory()
).setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
internet.TCPServer(8000, server.Site(f.getResource())
).setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
This is the first time there is client code. IRC clients often act a lot like servers: responding to events from the network. The reconnecting client factory will make sure that severed links will get re-established, with intelligent tweaked exponential back-off algorithms. The IRC client itself is simple: the only real hack is getting the nickname from the factory in connectionMade .
# Read from file, announce on the web, irc
from twisted.application import internet, service
from twisted.internet import protocol, reactor, defer
from twisted.words.protocols import irc
from twisted.protocols import basic
from twisted.web import resource, server, static
import cgi
class FingerProtocol(basic.LineReceiver):
def lineReceived(self, user):
d = self.factory.getUser(user)
def onError(err):
return 'Internal error in server'
d.addErrback(onError)
def writeResponse(message):
self.transport.write(message + '\r\n')
self.transport.loseConnection()
d.addCallback(writeResponse)
class IRCReplyBot(irc.IRCClient):
def connectionMade(self):
self.nickname = self.factory.nickname
irc.IRCClient.connectionMade(self)
def privmsg(self, user, channel, msg):
user = user.split('!')[0]
if self.nickname.lower() == channel.lower():
d = self.factory.getUser(msg)
def onError(err):
return 'Internal error in server'
d.addErrback(onError)
def writeResponse(message):
irc.IRCClient.msg(self, user, msg+': '+message)
d.addCallback(writeResponse)
class FingerService(service.Service):
def __init__(self, filename):
self.filename = filename
self.users = {}
def _read(self):
self.users.clear()
for line in file(self.filename):
user, status = line.split(':', 1)
user = user.strip()
status = status.strip()
self.users[user] = status
self.call = reactor.callLater(30, self._read)
def getUser(self, user):
return defer.succeed(self.users.get(user, "No such user"))
def getFingerFactory(self):
f = protocol.ServerFactory()
f.protocol = FingerProtocol
f.getUser = self.getUser
return f
def getResource(self):
r = resource.Resource()
r.getChild = (lambda path, request:
static.Data('<h1>%s</h1><p>%s</p>' %
tuple(map(cgi.escape,
[path,self.users.get(path,
"No such user <p/> usage: site/user")])),
'text/html'))
return r
def getIRCBot(self, nickname):
f = protocol.ReconnectingClientFactory()
f.protocol = IRCReplyBot
f.nickname = nickname
f.getUser = self.getUser
return f
def startService(self):
self._read()
service.Service.startService(self)
def stopService(self):
service.Service.stopService(self)
self.call.cancel()
application = service.Application('finger', uid=1, gid=1)
f = FingerService('/etc/users')
serviceCollection = service.IServiceCollection(application)
f.setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
internet.TCPServer(79, f.getFingerFactory()
).setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
internet.TCPServer(8000, server.Site(f.getResource())
).setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
internet.TCPClient('irc.freenode.org', 6667, f.getIRCBot('fingerbot')
).setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
FingerService now has another new function, getIRCbot , which returns the ReconnectingClientFactory . This factory in turn will instantiate the IRCReplyBot protocol. The IRCBot is configured in the last line to connect to irc.freenode.org with a nickname of fingerbot .
By overriding irc.IRCClient.connectionMade , IRCReplyBot can access the nickname attribute of the factory that instantiated it.
In Twisted, XML-RPC support is handled just as though it was another resource. That resource will still support GET calls normally through render(), but that is usually left unimplemented. Note that it is possible to return deferreds from XML-RPC methods. The client, of course, will not get the answer until the deferred is triggered.
# Read from file, announce on the web, irc, xml-rpc
from twisted.application import internet, service
from twisted.internet import protocol, reactor, defer
from twisted.words.protocols import irc
from twisted.protocols import basic
from twisted.web import resource, server, static, xmlrpc
import cgi
class FingerProtocol(basic.LineReceiver):
def lineReceived(self, user):
d = self.factory.getUser(user)
def onError(err):
return 'Internal error in server'
d.addErrback(onError)
def writeResponse(message):
self.transport.write(message + '\r\n')
self.transport.loseConnection()
d.addCallback(writeResponse)
class IRCReplyBot(irc.IRCClient):
def connectionMade(self):
self.nickname = self.factory.nickname
irc.IRCClient.connectionMade(self)
def privmsg(self, user, channel, msg):
user = user.split('!')[0]
if self.nickname.lower() == channel.lower():
d = self.factory.getUser(msg)
def onError(err):
return 'Internal error in server'
d.addErrback(onError)
def writeResponse(message):
irc.IRCClient.msg(self, user, msg+': '+message)
d.addCallback(writeResponse)
class FingerService(service.Service):
def __init__(self, filename):
self.filename = filename
self.users = {}
def _read(self):
self.users.clear()
for line in file(self.filename):
user, status = line.split(':', 1)
user = user.strip()
status = status.strip()
self.users[user] = status
self.call = reactor.callLater(30, self._read)
def getUser(self, user):
return defer.succeed(self.users.get(user, "No such user"))
def getFingerFactory(self):
f = protocol.ServerFactory()
f.protocol = FingerProtocol
f.getUser = self.getUser
return f
def getResource(self):
r = resource.Resource()
r.getChild = (lambda path, request:
static.Data('<h1>%s</h1><p>%s</p>' %
tuple(map(cgi.escape,
[path,self.users.get(path, "No such user")])),
'text/html'))
x = xmlrpc.XMLRPC()
x.xmlrpc_getUser = self.getUser
r.putChild('RPC2', x)
return r
def getIRCBot(self, nickname):
f = protocol.ReconnectingClientFactory()
f.protocol = IRCReplyBot
f.nickname = nickname
f.getUser = self.getUser
return f
def startService(self):
self._read()
service.Service.startService(self)
def stopService(self):
service.Service.stopService(self)
self.call.cancel()
application = service.Application('finger', uid=1, gid=1)
f = FingerService('/etc/users')
serviceCollection = service.IServiceCollection(application)
f.setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
internet.TCPServer(79, f.getFingerFactory()
).setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
internet.TCPServer(8000, server.Site(f.getResource())
).setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
internet.TCPClient('irc.freenode.org', 6667, f.getIRCBot('fingerbot')
).setServiceParent(serviceCollection)
Instead of a web browser, we can test the XMLRPC finger using a simple client based on Python’s built-in xmlrpclib , which will access the resource we’ve made available at localhost/RPC2 .
# testing xmlrpc finger
import xmlrpclib
server = xmlrpclib.Server('http://127.0.0.1:8000/RPC2')
print server.getUser('moshez')