Python <-> Ghost Town example

node.js

var ff = require("ff");
var net = require("net");
var town = require("ghost-town")();

if (town.isMaster) {
    var port = YOUR_PORT_HERE;
    var serv = new net.Server({
        allowHalfOpen: true
    }).on("connection", function (conn) {
        var time = Date.now();
        var json = "";
        
        var f = ff(function () {
            conn.setEncoding("utf8");
            conn.on("error", f.fail);
            conn.on("end", f.waitPlain());
            conn.on("data", function (txt) {
                json += txt;
            });
        }, function () {
            town.queue(JSON.parse(json), f.slot());
        }, function (data) {
            conn.end(data = new Buffer(data, "base64"));
            console.log(
                "[" + new Date().toJSON() + "]", "Rendered",
                (data.length / 1000).toFixed(2), "kB in",
                ((Date.now() - time) / 1000).toFixed(2), "seconds."
            );
        }).onError(function (err) {
            conn.end();
            console.error("[" + new Date().toJSON() + "]", err.stack);
        })
    }).on("listening", function () {
        console.log("Started on port", port + "!");
    }).listen(port);
    
    process.once("SIGTERM", function () {
        console.log("Stopping...");
        town.stop();
        serv.close(process.exit);
        setTimeout(process.exit, 2000);
    }).on("SIGTERM", function () {});
} else {
    town.on("queue", function (page, data, next) {
        var headers = {};
        
        var f = ff(function () {
            page.set("viewportSize", {
                width: data.width,
                height: data.height
            }, f.waitPlain());
            
            page.set("customHeaders", headers, f.waitPlain());
        }, function () {
            page.set("onLoadFinished", f.waitPlain());
            
            page.set("content", data.html, f.waitPlain());
        }, function () {
            page.renderBase64("jpeg", f.slotPlain());
        }).onComplete(next);
    });
}

python.py

import json
import socket

def GhostTown(data):
    conn = socket.create_connection(('localhost', YOUR_PORT_HERE,))
    conn.sendall(json.dumps(data))
    conn.shutdown(socket.SHUT_WR)
    
    return conn.makefile('r').read()