Kamaelia docs : Kamaelia.Protocol.HTTP.Handlers.Minimal.Minimal

Kamaelia.Protocol.HTTP.Handlers.Minimal.Minimal

For examples and more explanations, see the module level docs.

class Minimal(Axon.Component.component)

A simple HTTP request handler for HTTPServer which serves files within a given directory, guessing their MIME-type from their file extension.

Arguments: -- request - the request dictionary object that spawned this component -- homedirectory - the path to prepend to paths requested -- indexfilename - if a directory is requested, this file is checked for inside it, and sent if found

Inboxes

control : UNUSED
_filecontrol : Signals from file reader
_fileread : File data
inbox : UNUSED

Outboxes

_fileprompt : Get the file reader to do some reading
outbox : Response dictionaries
signal : UNUSED
_filesignal : Shutdown the file reader

Methods defined here

Warning!

You should be using the inbox/outbox interface, not these methods (except construction). This documentation is designed as a roadmap as to their functionalilty for maintainers and new component developers.

init(self, request[, indexfilename][, homedirectory])

main(self)

Produce the appropriate response then terminate.

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