ThreadingTCPServer, asyncore and Client-to-Client communication

[Dustin]

I've been trying to create a "byte streaming server", it's basically a
chat server, but I'd like to use it for transfering large amounts of
data between two connected clients. Sounds simple enough, but I'm
having a difficult time implementing it.

If Client #1 connects, then that thread is consumed with listening for
data from that client. If Client #2 connects, that client is on a
different thread, and therefore I don't see how I can have data sent
from Client #1 to be streamed down to Client #2. (and how can client
process #1 accept data from client #2 because it's listening to client
#1?) Obviously I'm missing something.

I've looked at asyncore/asynchat, as well as ThreadingTCPServer... but
there's something I'm missing. Is there a simple way to have an
object listen over two ports, and what comes into one port will be
sent down the another?

Any advice, or a good swift kick in the right direction would be
appreciated.
Dustin

[Bryan Olson]

Dustin wrote:
[...]

If Client #1 connects, then that thread is consumed with listening for
data from that client. If Client #2 connects, that client is on a
different thread, and therefore I don't see how I can have data sent
from Client #1 to be streamed down to Client #2. [...] I've looked at asyncore/asynchat, as well as ThreadingTCPServer... but
there's something I'm missing. Is there a simple way to have an
object listen over two ports, and what comes into one port will be
sent down the another?

Yes; look up the select module in the standard library (on which
asyncore is built).

Also, note that sockets are not bound to a single thread. If
you don't want to use select, you might have one thread that
reads from socket x and writes to socket y, and another thread
that reads from y and write to x. Some perfectly reasonable
systems have a reading thread and a writing thread for each
socket.
--
--Bryan

[G. S. Hayes]

du****@jabberdust.com (Dustin) wrote in message news:<81**************************@posting.google. com>...

I've been trying to create a "byte streaming server", it's basically a
chat server, but I'd like to use it for transfering large amounts of
data between two connected clients. Sounds simple enough, but I'm
having a difficult time implementing it.

investigate os.select; you don't even need multiple threads for this operation.