[Twisted-Python] Running a reactor in IPython

[Thorsten Henninger]

Hi all,

At my company, we heavily use IPython for debugging and testing.
The following code shows, how to run a reactor together with IPython:

from twisted.internet import reactor
from twisted.python import threadable
threadable.init(1)

import threading
class MyThread(threading.Thread):
     def run(self):
          print "starting reactor.."
          reactor.run(installSignalHandlers=False)
         
if __name__=="__main__":
     m=MyThread()
     m.start()
     from IPython.Shell import IPythonShellEmbed
     ipshell = IPythonShellEmbed()
     ipshell() # this call anywhere in your program will start IPython


have fun,

Thorsten

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