Serve a python object through a simple socket; supports multiple connections.
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Now available on pip! Just run
pip install Minimal-Server
Minimal Server
This library serves a very simple purpose: have a simple client/server pair to "serve" a Python (2 & 3) object.
Have you ever had to deal with a python object that takes forever to initiate? Maybe you need it to call it once in another script, but you can't bear the time it takes to initialize it. This module comes handy in these situations. It works as follows:
Server script:
from minimal_server import minimal_server
obj = SlowInitObject(...) # An instance of the object
minimal_server(obj, host='localhost', port=4444)
Client script:
from minimal_server import MinimalClient
client = MinimalClient(SlowInitObject, # Pass the class, not the instance!
host='localhost',
port=4444)
client.foo(...) # Call any public method of SlowInitObject
Easy, right?
Throughput
In my tests, it seems that the communication via sockets takes around 1 ms on localhost. So if the object you're trying to interface is substantially faster than that, it will impact its throughput significantly.
A note about Python 2 / 3 interoperability
This module is a great way to use Python 2 modules in a Python 3 codebase. Just make sure to set pickle_protocol=2
in both the client and the server.
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