[BangPypers] Live update of cmdline output on browser?

[Vikas BN]

Thanks all, I'll see how this goes and report back!

On Tue, Jun 15, 2010 at 7:08 AM, Elvis Joel D'Souza <me at elvis.co.in> wrote:

> On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Noufal Ibrahim <noufal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 8:06 PM, Vikas BN <vikas.bn at gmail.com> wrote:
> > [..]
> > >  Is there a way to 'tail' the output of this script to the browser? I
> > > searched on the
> > >  internet, but apparently my skills in that area seem to have fallen
> > short
> > > in this case :(
> >
> > Not Python specific but Ajax term
> > (http://antony.lesuisse.org/software/ajaxterm/) and it's predecessor
> > anyterm implement web based terminals. You might be able to steal some
> > ideas from there. As far as I know, they implement a simple polling
> > mechanism with something like exponential back off to read back new
> > data on the remote process.
> >
>
>
> Comet Programming <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comet_%28programming%29>
> is
> a solution for Server PUSH (wherein client tells the server,
> "Send me data as and when you have to")
>
> Unfortunately, you'll need a separate server for handling such requests...
>
> Here are some pointers:
>
> You can use Orbited (written in Python). Check out http://orbited.org/
> This page <http://orbited.org/wiki/Tutorials> has links to tutorials in
> case
> you want to use it with django/rails...
>
> As an alternative for Orbited, you can use StreamHub<
> http://www.stream-hub.com/>
>
> p.s. Since your requirement includes predictable requests (20 minute
> delay),
> you can just
> have a simple polling mechanism or -- even better -- use what Noufal
> suggested
>
>
> >
> >
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