This is a simple implementation of asynchronous web server based on TCP socket programming.
I've coded it mostly to figure out how asynchronicity works under the hood.
The web server is implemented in 4 ways (each file corresponds to its server type):
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base_server.py - synchronous server. Only one connection can be processed at time.
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async_server_selectsyscall.py - asynchronous server. Asynchronicity is achieved by using select() system call.
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async_server_threading.py - asynchronous server. Asynchronicity is achieved by using threading Python module.
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async_server_generators.py - asynchronous server. Asynchronicity is achieved by using Python generators and select() system call.
Simply run a python file:
python3 async_server_selectsyscall.py
The will run on localhost:8000 by default. You can interact with it using any network tool that supports TCP connection, e.g. netcat:
nc localhost 8000
Base (synchronous) server:
Asynchronous server (generators implementation):
