This is an old thread, but responding in case anyone interested in django+thrift comes across this. Implementing Django/thrift server is not difficult to do and it has advantags over JSON/webservice, namely less overhead and simplified serialization/deserialization of strongly typed complex objects, which you will appreciate if deserializing into strongly typedl languages such as C++.
The easiest way is to create a new Django command that implements the server. (This is how other django modules with daemons such as Django-celery do it.) You can follow the directions in the Django documentation here: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/howto/custom-management-commands/ In your command script, e.g. thrift_server.py, you put in the usual thrift server initialization: import sys from django.core.management.base import BaseCommand from thrift.transport import TSocket from thrift.transport import TTransport from thrift.protocol import TBinaryProtocol from thrift.server import TServer #import thrift files here #now define the service handler according to your thrift method declaration class ServiceHandler: def __init__(self): pass #self.log = {} def thriftMethodName(self, arg): print "hello world!" #here you have access to anything in the django framework return True class Command(BaseCommand): def handle(self, *args, **kwargs): handler = ServiceHandler() processor = SaleService.Processor(handler) transport = TSocket.TServerSocket(port=9090) tfactory = TTransport.TBufferedTransportFactory() pfactory = TBinaryProtocol.TBinaryProtocolFactory() server = TServer.TSimpleServer(processor, transport, tfactory, pfactory) # You could do one of these for a multithreaded server #server = TServer.TThreadedServer(processor, transport, tfactory, pfactory) #server = TServer.TThreadPoolServer(processor, transport, tfactory, pfactory) self.stdout.write('Starting thrift server...') server.serve() self.stdout.write('done.') Then you can run the server like so: (virtualenv) /django_project/ > python manage.py thrift_server It will run as a daemon, use ctrl+c to exit. On Thursday, September 8, 2011 4:15:03 AM UTC-5, leon wrote: > > Thank you! Using json may be a good idea. I will consider this > carefully. > > > On Thu, Sep 8, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Malcolm Box <[email protected]<javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > > > On 8 September 2011 03:27, Li Lirong <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> Thank you for your comments. I am new to both django and thrift. I > >> am hosting my service with a shared web hosting server. That's why I > >> want to use django to expose a thrift API. Basically, what I want is > >> to have a web service that can be consumed by both python and c++. Do > >> you think this is possible with django? > >> > > > > It's entirely possible, but I'd suggest not using Thrift as the transport > > protocol in this case. You'd be better off having a REST over HTTP > service > > with payloads in JSON. > > M > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "Django users" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]<javascript:> > . > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected] <javascript:>. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/239de03e-ceff-4a9e-88c8-4a10b299ccf1%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
