Twisted Network Programming Essentials

ISBN: 0596100329
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 107

Authors: Abe Fettig

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Getting Started

• Getting Started
• Installing Twisted
• Installing from Source Files
• Adding Twisted Utilities to Your Path
• Using the Twisted Documentation
• Finding Answers to Your Questions

Building Simple Clients and Servers

• Building Simple Clients and Servers
• Starting the Twisted Event Loop
• Working with Asynchronous Results
• Sending and Receiving Data
• Accepting Connections from Clients

Web Clients

• Web Clients
• Downloading a Web Page
• Accessing a Password-Protected Page
• Uploading a File
• Checking Whether a Page Has Changed
• Monitoring Download Progress

Web Servers

• Web Servers
• Responding to HTTP Requests
• Parsing HTTP Requests
• Working with POST Data from HTML Forms
• Managing a Hierarchy of Resources
• Storing Web Data in an SQL Database
• Running an HTTP Proxy Server

Web Services and RPC

• Web Services and RPC
• Using the REST Architecture for Web Services
• Using a Web Client to Update Resources Through REST
• Enabling Web Services Using XML-RPC
• Calling XML-RPC Functions
• Installing SOAP Libraries
• Sharing Web Services with SOAP
• Calling SOAP Web Services
• Sharing Python Objects with Perspective Broker

Authentication

• Authentication
• Using Authentication in a Twisted Server
• Authenticating Against a Database Table
• Representing Users with Different Capabilities
• Using Authentication with Perspective Broker

Mail Clients

• Mail Clients
• Downloading Mail from a POP3 Server
• Sending Mail Using SMTP
• Looking Up the SMTP Server for a Domain
• Listing Mailboxes on an IMAP Server
• Downloading Messages from an IMAP Mailbox

Mail Servers

• Mail Servers
• Accepting Mail with SMTP
• Using SMTP as a User Interface
• Providing POP3 Access to Mailboxes
• Providing IMAP Access to Mailboxes

NNTP Clients and Servers

• NNTP Clients and Servers
• Listing the Newsgroups on a Server
• Downloading Usenet Articles
• Posting a Message to an NNTP Server
• Running a Basic NNTP Server
• Using NNTP as a User Interface

SSH

• SSH
• Setting Up a Custom SSH Server
• Using Public Keys for Authentication
• Providing an Administrative Python Shell
• Running Commands on a Remote Server

Services, Processes, and Logging

• Services, Processes, and Logging
• Running a Twisted Application as a Daemon
• Setting Limits on an Applications Permissions
• Managing Multiple Services
• Logging Events and Errors