A silly idle TCP Server

molasses_server.rb

#!/usr/bin/env ruby
# encoding: utf-8

require 'socket'

port     = ENV['PORT'] || 5678
idletime = ENV['IDLETIME'] || 20 # seconds

def log(message)
  puts "#{Time.now} INFO #{message}"
  $stdout.flush
end

server = TCPServer.new port
log "Molasses server ready on port #{port}."

loop do
  Thread.start(server.accept) do |client|
    log "Receiving request from #{client.remote_address.inspect} and idling for #{idletime} seconds."
    sleep idletime if idletime > 0

    client.puts "#{__FILE__} responded to your request after sleeping for #{idletime}."
    client.close
  end
end