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Twisted Network Programming Essentials

by Abe Fettig

October 2005

Intermediate to advanced

236 pages

6h 44m

English

O'Reilly Media, Inc.

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Why Use Twisted?What This Book CoversConventions Used in This BookWhat You’ll NeedUsing Code ExamplesSafari® EnabledHow to Contact UsAcknowledgments
1.1. Installing Twisted1.1.1. How Do I Do That?1.1.1.1. Windows1.1.1.2. Mac OS X, Linux, and BSD1.2. Installing from Source Files1.2.1. How Do I Do That?1.3. Adding Twisted Utilities to Your Path1.3.1. How Do I Do That?1.3.1.1. Windows1.3.1.2. Linux1.3.1.3. Mac OS X1.4. Using the Twisted Documentation1.4.1. How Do I Do That?1.4.2. What About...1.5. Finding Answers to Your Questions1.5.1. How Do I Do That?
2.1. Starting the Twisted Event Loop2.1.1. How Do I Do That?2.1.2. How Does That Work?2.1.3. Establishing a TCP Connection2.1.4. How Do I Do That?2.1.5. How Does That Work?2.2. Working with Asynchronous Results2.2.1. How Do I Do That?2.2.2. How Does That Work?2.2.3. What About...2.3. Sending and Receiving Data2.3.1. How Do I Do That?2.3.2. How Does That Work?2.4. Accepting Connections from Clients2.4.1. How Do I Do That?How does that work?
3.1. Downloading a Web Page3.1.1. How Do I Do That?3.1.2. How Does That Work?3.1.3. What About...3.2. Accessing a Password-Protected Page3.2.1. How Do I Do That?3.2.2. How Does That Work?3.3. Uploading a File3.3.1. How Do I Do That?3.3.2. How Does That Work?3.4. Checking Whether a Page Has Changed3.4.1. How Do I Do That?3.4.2. How Does That Work?3.5. Monitoring Download Progress3.5.1. How Do I Do That?3.5.2. How Does That Work?
4.1. Responding to HTTP Requests4.1.1. How Do I Do That?4.1.2. How Does That Work?4.2. Parsing HTTP Requests4.2.1. How Do I Do That?4.2.2. How Does That Work?4.3. Working with POST Data from HTML Forms4.3.1. How Do I Do That?4.3.2. How Does That Work?4.4. Managing a Hierarchy of Resources4.4.1. How Do I Do That?4.4.2. How Does That Work?4.5. Storing Web Data in an SQL Database4.5.1. How Do I Do That?4.5.2. How Does That Work?4.6. Running an HTTP Proxy Server4.6.1. How Do I Do That?4.6.2. How Does That Work?
5.1. Using the REST Architecture for Web Services5.1.1. How Do I Do That?5.1.2. How Does That Work?5.2. Using a Web Client to Update Resources Through REST5.2.1. How Do I Do That?5.2.2. How Does That Work?5.3. Enabling Web Services Using XML-RPC5.3.1. How Do I Do That?5.3.2. How Does That Work?5.4. Calling XML-RPC Functions5.4.1. How Do I Do That?5.4.2. How Does That Work?5.5. Installing SOAP Libraries5.6. Sharing Web Services with SOAP5.6.1. How Do I Do That?5.6.2. How Does That Work?5.7. Calling SOAP Web Services5.7.1. How Do I Do That?5.7.2. How Does That Work?5.8. Sharing Python Objects with Perspective Broker5.8.1. How Do I Do That?5.8.2. How Does That Work?
6.1. Using Authentication in a Twisted Server6.1.1. How Do I Do That?6.1.2. How Does That Work?6.2. Authenticating Against a Database Table6.2.1. How Do I Do That?6.2.2. How Does That Work?6.3. Representing Users with Different Capabilities6.3.1. How Do I Do That?6.3.2. How Does That Work?6.4. Using Authentication with Perspective Broker6.4.1. How Do I Do That?6.4.2. How Does That Work?

7.1. Downloading Mail from a POP3 Server7.1.1. How Do I Do That?7.1.2. How Does That Work?7.1.3. What About...7.2. Sending Mail Using SMTP7.2.1. How Do I Do That?7.2.2. How Does That Work?7.3. Looking Up the SMTP Server for a Domain7.3.1. How Do I Do That?7.3.2. How Does That Work?7.4. Listing Mailboxes on an IMAP Server7.4.1. How Do I Do That?7.4.2. How Does That Work?7.5. Downloading Messages from an IMAP Mailbox7.5.1. How Do I Do That?7.5.2. How Does That Work?
8.1. Accepting Mail with SMTP8.1.1. How Do I Do That?8.1.2. How Does That Work?8.2. Using SMTP as a User Interface8.2.1. How Do I Do That?8.2.2. How Does That Work?8.3. Providing POP3 Access to Mailboxes8.3.1. How Do I Do That?8.3.2. How Does That Work?8.4. Providing IMAP Access to Mailboxes8.4.1. How Do I Do That?8.4.2. How Does That Work?8.4.2.1. IAccount8.4.2.2. IMailbox8.4.3. IMessagePart and IMessage8.4.4. Putting It All Together
9.1. Listing the Newsgroups on a Server9.1.1. How Do I Do That?9.1.2. How Does That Work?9.2. Downloading Usenet Articles9.2.1. How Do I Do That?9.2.2. How Does That Work?9.3. Posting a Message to an NNTP Server9.3.1. How Do I Do That?9.3.2. How Does That Work?9.4. Running a Basic NNTP Server9.4.1. How Do I Do That?9.4.2. How Does That Work?9.5. Using NNTP as a User Interface9.5.1. How Do I Do That?9.5.2. How Does That Work?
10.1. Setting Up a Custom SSH Server10.1.1. How Do I Do That?10.1.2. How Does That Work?10.2. Using Public Keys for Authentication10.2.1. How Do I Do That?10.2.2. How Does That Work?10.3. Providing an Administrative Python Shell10.3.1. How Do I Do That?10.3.2. How Does That Work?10.4. Running Commands on a Remote Server10.4.1. How Do I Do That?10.4.2. How Does That Work?
11.1. Running a Twisted Application as a Daemon11.1.1. How Do I Do That?11.1.2. How Does That Work?11.2. Setting Limits on an Application’s Permissions11.2.1. How Do I Do That?11.2.2. How Does That Work?11.2.3. What About...11.3. Managing Multiple Services11.3.1. How Do I Do That?11.3.2. How Does That Work?11.4. Logging Events and Errors11.4.1. How Do I Do That?11.4.2. How Does That Work?

Overview

Twisted Network Programming Essentials from O'Reilly is a task-oriented look at this new open source, Python-based technology. The book begins with recommendations for various plug-ins and add-ons to enhance the basic package as installed. It then details Twisted's collection simple network protocols, and helper utilities. The book also includes projects that let you try out the Twisted framework for yourself. For example, you'll find examples of using Twisted to build web services applications using the REST architecture, using XML-RPC, and using SOAP.

Written for developers who want to start building applications using Twisted, this comprehensive guide presents examples of the most common tasks you'll face when building network applications. It also helps you understand the key concepts and design patterns used in Twisted applications. Here are just some of the topics discussed in Twisted Network Programming Essentials:

Installing Twisted
How to make TCP connections
How to use Twisted to work with the Web
Twisted's authentication framework
Usenet and SSH clients and servers

Along the way, each lesson is supported by thorough notes and explanations to make absolutely certain you're up to speed with this leading-edge Python technology.