Basic Python Tornado Server

python-tornado-server.py

import tornado.web
import tornado.escape
import tornado.ioloop

def main():
	application = tornado.web.Application([
		(r'/data', DataHandler),
		(r'/ping', PingHandler)
		])

	application.listen(9898)

	print "Listening on: http://localhost:9898/"

	mainLoop = tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance()
	mainLoop.start()


class DataHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
	def get(self):
		self.write(tornado.escape.json_encode({
			"success":True,
			"data":{
				"var1": "val1",
				"var2": 2,
				"var3": True},
			"error":False}))

	def post(self):
		self.write(tornado.escape.json_encode({
			"success":True,
			"data":{
				"var1": "val1",
				"var2": 2,
				"var3": True},
			"error":False}))


class PingHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):
	def get(self):
		self.write('pong')

	def post(self):
		self.write('pong')


if __name__ == '__main__':
	main()