MessagePack RPC implementation for Python

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MessagePack RPC for Python

MessagePack RPC implementation based on Tornado.

Installation

% pip install msgpack-rpc-python

or

% python setup.py install

Module dependency

  • msgpack-python (>= 0.3)
  • tornado (>= 3)

Example

Server

import msgpackrpc

class SumServer(object):
    def sum(self, x, y):
        return x + y

server = msgpackrpc.Server(SumServer())
server.listen(msgpackrpc.Address("localhost", 18800))
server.start()

Client

import msgpackrpc

client = msgpackrpc.Client(msgpackrpc.Address("localhost", 18800))
result = client.call('sum', 1, 2)  # = > 3

Run test

In test directory:

% PYTHONPATH=../ python test/test_msgpackrpc.py

Run with timeout test(Timeout test takes about 5 seconds)

% PYTHONPATH=../ python test/test_msgpackrpc.py --timeout-test

Performance

OS: Mac OS X ver 10.8.3
CPU: Intel Core i7 2.7 GHz
Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

call(QPS)async(QPS)notify(QPS)
2.7.35903604024877
3.3.05493581223634
PyPy 1.9.0 with GCC 4.2.15519972946406

Test code are available in example directory(bench_client.py and bench_server.py).

TODO

  • Add advanced return to Server.
  • UDP, UNIX Domain support
  • Utilities (MultiFuture, SessionPool)

Copyright

AuthorMasahiro Nakagawa
CopyrightCopyright (c) 2011- Masahiro Nakagawa
LicenseApache License, Version 2.0
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