gistfile1.py

from BaseHTTPServer import BaseHTTPRequestHandler
import cgi
import urlparse
import json
from WaIDObjects import   WaIdObjectFactory, WaIdMessage

__author__ = 'mark'

class WaIdHTTPHandler(BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
    """
    Handler for HTTP requests.
    """
    def __init__(self, request, client_address, server):
        BaseHTTPRequestHandler.__init__(self, request, client_address, server)
        self.eventList = []

    def get_event_list(self):
        return self.eventList

    def as_waId_message(self, dic):
        return WaIdMessage(dic['time'], dic['data'], dic['type'])

    def do_POST(self):
        """
        Handle messages containing POST variables. All other kinds of messages
        are being ignored.
        """
        contentType, pDict = cgi.parse_header(self.headers.getheader('content-type'))
        if contentType=='application/x-www-form-urlencoded':
            length = int(self.headers.getheader('content-length'))
            post = urlparse.parse_qs(self.rfile.read(length), keep_blank_values=1)
            jsonString = post.get('event')[0]
            msg = json.loads(jsonString, object_hook=self.as_waId_message)
            dings = WaIdObjectFactory.makeFromMessage(msg)
            dings.addToEventList(self.eventList)
            self.send_response(200, "") #Send back an OK