Certainly seems interesting. I wonder a bit how much web.py prescribes the tech (it includes its own templating, etc). But maybe for json-ish micro services their actual needs are small enough that it doesn't matter.
Though how much is this better than a simple http handler... John =:-> On Jun 27, 2011 6:23 AM, "Robert Collins" <robe...@robertcollins.net> wrote: > I've implemented a possible microservice - gpg signature checking. > > code at lp:~lifeless/+junk/gpgverify > (http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~lifeless/+junk/gpgverify/files) > > It -should- play nice on lucid with the regular LP download cache > (thats the one I used with it). > > This offers an extremely narrow interface - post a file, get a bson > result back. Its almost shameful to admit it, but it was such a > shallow thing I haven't got any tests [yet] :) > > I used web.py which is a microframework available in lucid; it made > doing this in a very low key way totally fun. > > I needed to do one little bit of fugly for the test fake service - I > needed to fix a limitation in its support for dynamic port allocation. > But the test fake service exists. > > sloccount reports: > 86 gpgverify python=86 > > for the whole service. > > The only thing missing from it at this point are a timeout on requests > (to deal with gpg going awol) and oops integration. > > So as a candidate, this looks like a pretty interesting stack to me. > > -Rob > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev > Post to : launchpad-dev@lists.launchpad.net > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~launchpad-dev > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
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