'''pass_socket.py
Written September 14, 2012
Released into the public domain.
Works on Python 2.6, 2.7, and may need minor changes for 3+.
'''
import multiprocessing
from multiprocessing import reduction
import socket
import time
def worker(conn):
time.sleep(.5)
conn.poll(None)
s = socket.fromfd(reduction.recv_handle(conn), socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.sendall('GET /\r\n\r\n')
d = s.recv(100)
conn.send(d)
s.close()
def main():
parent, child = multiprocessing.Pipe()
ch = multiprocessing.Process(target=worker, args=(child,))
ch.start()
s = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
s.connect(('www.google.com', 80))
while not ch.pid:
time.sleep(.25)
reduction.send_handle(parent, s.fileno(), ch.pid)
s.close()
time.sleep(1)
result = parent.recv()
print result
ch.join()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()
