state-server

Single-purpose server holding the current state of the environment.

Used as an alternative to interprocess communication or message queuing.

Example:

Legend:

• > - netcat inputs

• < - server response ::

  $ state_server
  INFO:root:Listening on localhost 12300
  
  $ nc localhost 12300
  > var_name value
  < _ok
  > var_name
  < value
  > var_name new_value
  < _ok
  > var_name
  < new_value
  > no_such_varname
  < _na

Features:

• TCP enabled, threaded
• query/set value of the variable
• 100% test coverage

Requirements:

• python 2.6+

Installation:

• install state-server (easy_install state-server or pip install state-server)
• run state_server -h