Example - Alternatives to app.run

Sometimes you want to do special things, and the very simple Klein.run does not quite fit.

Example - IPv6, TLS, UNIX sockets, … (endpoints)

Instead of calling Klein.run with host and port parameters, it is possible to call it with the parameter endpoint_description.

The endpoint_description parameter uses Twisted Endpoints, which enable very neat things, like out-of-the-box TLS and IPv6 support.

For more information check the endpoint docs (specially the Servers section).

#
# Run an app that is IPv6 aware
#

# Notice that ":" is used as an argument separator on the syntax,
# which has the effect that ":" separators for IPv6 addresses have to
# be escaped.
app.run(endpoint_description="tcp6:port=8080:interface=\:\:1")


#
# Run an app that listens on an UNIX socket under
#

# /var/srv/klein.sock
app.run(endpoint_description="unix:address=/var/srv/klein.sock:"
                             "mode=660:lockfile=1")

#
# Run an app that deals with TLS
#
app.run(endpoint_description=
            "ssl:port=443:privateKey=server.pem:"
            "extraCertChain=chain.pem:dhParameters=dh_param_1024.pem")

Example - Manually running the reactor

Calling Klein.run only makes a couple things easier for you, and immediately runs the reactor.

Sometimes that is not desired, e.g. if you have other services running on the same reactor or you want to run multiple Klein apps in the same reactor.

A way to get around that is to manually setup the endpoint (see above) and manually start the reactor when it is convenient.

Notice that, since Klein.run sets up logging to stdout for you, you will need to set that up manually as well. Read more about logging with Twisted in the official docs.

from klein import Klein
app = Klein()

from twisted.internet import endpoints, reactor
from twisted.web.server import Site

# Create desired endpoint
endpoint_description = "tcp6:port=8080:interface=\:\:1"
endpoint = endpoints.serverFromString(reactor, endpoint_description)

# This actually starts listening on the endpoint with the Klein app
endpoint.listen(Site(app.resource()))

# After doing other things like setting up logging,
# starting other services in the reactor or
# listening on other ports or sockets:
reactor.run()