def runMainApp():
#set up the config
conf = {
'/': {
'tools.staticdir.root': os.getcwd(),
'tools.encode.on': True,
'tools.encode.encoding': 'utf-8',
'tools.sessions.on': True,
'tools.sessions.timeout':
60 * 1, #timeout is in minutes, * 60 to get hours
# The default session backend is in RAM. Other options are 'file',
# 'postgres', 'memcached'. For example, uncomment:
# 'tools.sessions.storage_type': 'file',
# 'tools.sessions.storage_path': '/tmp/mysessions',
},
#configuration for the static assets directory
'/static': {
'tools.staticdir.on': True,
'tools.staticdir.dir': 'static',
},
#once a favicon is set up, the following code could be used to select it for cherrypy
#'/favicon.ico': {
# 'tools.staticfile.on': True,
# 'tools.staticfile.filename': os.getcwd() + '/static/favicon.ico',
#},
}
cherrypy.site = {'base_path': os.getcwd()}
# Create an instance of MainApp and tell Cherrypy to send all requests under / to it. (ie all of them)
cherrypy.tree.mount(server.MainApp(), "/", conf)
cherrypy.tree.mount(Api.ApiApp(), "/api/", conf)
# Tell cherrypy where to listen, and to turn autoreload on
cherrypy.config.update({
'server.socket_host': LISTEN_IP,
'server.socket_port': LISTEN_PORT,
'engine.autoreload.on': True,
})
#cherrypy.tools.auth = cherrypy.Tool('before_handler', auth.check_auth, 99)
print("========================================")
print(" Hammond Pearce")
print(" University of Auckland")
print(" COMPSYS302 - Example client web app")
print("========================================")
# Start the web server
cherrypy.engine.start()
# And stop doing anything else. Let the web server take over.
cherrypy.engine.block()
