app.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
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import logging
import tornado.auth
import tornado.escape
import tornado.ioloop
import tornado.options
import tornado.web
import os.path
import uuid
import json
import pprint

from tornado.options import define, options

define("port", default=8000, help="run on the given port", type=int)

class Application(tornado.web.Application):
    def __init__(self):
        handlers = [
            (r"/", MainHandler),
            (r"/test/", TestHandler)
        ]
        settings = dict(
            debug=True,
            template_path=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "templates"),
            static_path=os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "static")
        )
        tornado.web.Application.__init__(self, handlers, **settings)


class MainHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):

    def get(self):
        self.render("index.html", messages=None)


class TestHandler(tornado.web.RequestHandler):

    def get(self):

        example_response = {}
        example_response['name'] = 'example'
        example_response['width'] = 1020

        self.write(json.dumps(example_response))



    def post(self):

        jsonobj = json.loads(self.request.body)

        print 'Post data received'

        for key in jsonobj.keys():
            print 'key: %s , value: %s' % (key, jsonobj[key])

        # new dictionary
        response_to_send = {}
        response_to_send['newkey'] = jsonobj['key1']

        print 'Response to return'

        pprint.pprint(response_to_send)

        self.write(json.dumps(response_to_send))
        


def main():
    tornado.options.parse_command_line()
    app = Application()
    app.listen(options.port)
    tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance().start()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()