webserver

get_data

from multiprocessing import Process
import webbrowser as wb

def shutdown_server():
    func = request.environ.get('werkzeug.server.shutdown')
    if func is None:
        raise RuntimeError('Not running with the Werkzeug Server')
    func()

def webserver():
    """ Collects info from a webform  
    to put on the server and later to write the landesk custom data file"""
    
    app = Flask(__name__)
    from flask import request
    @app.route('/shutdown', methods=['GET'])
    def shutdown():
        shutdown_server()
        return 'Server shutting down...'
    
    @app.route("/", methods=['POST', 'GET'])
    def hello(name=None):
        if request.method == 'POST':
            computer_info = {
                # macaddress isn't asked for
                'ask_for_stuff' : request.form['Stuff_asked_for']
                #...
                }
            put_data_on_server(computer_info)
            return redirect("http://localhost:5000/shutdown", code=302)
            #shutdown() #didn't work
        else:
            #macaddress is a generated value
            data = {
                'Stuff_asked_for' : '',
                #...
                }
            return render_template('index.html', data=data)
    try: 
        app.run() 
    except KeyboardInterrupt: 
        pass



if __name__ == '__main__':
    computer_info=get_data_from_server()
    if not computer_info:
        #then ask the user for the info
        
        q = Process(target=wb.open, args=['http://localhost:5000/'])
        q.start()
        webserver()
        q.terminate()
        #this call should block until the webserver is closed
    write_files()