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Cheroot is the high-performance, pure-Python HTTP server used by CherryPy.
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License#
Contributing
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Reference
- Development guide
- Private (dev) API autodoc
- cheroot package
- Subpackages
- cheroot.ssl package
- Submodules
- cheroot.ssl.builtin module
BuiltinSSLAdapterBuiltinSSLAdapter.CERT_KEY_TO_ENVBuiltinSSLAdapter.CERT_KEY_TO_LDAP_CODEBuiltinSSLAdapter._abc_implBuiltinSSLAdapter._make_env_cert_dict()BuiltinSSLAdapter._make_env_dn_dict()BuiltinSSLAdapter._make_env_san_dict()BuiltinSSLAdapter.bind()BuiltinSSLAdapter.certificateBuiltinSSLAdapter.certificate_chainBuiltinSSLAdapter.ciphersBuiltinSSLAdapter.contextBuiltinSSLAdapter.get_environ()BuiltinSSLAdapter.makefile()BuiltinSSLAdapter.private_keyBuiltinSSLAdapter.wrap()
_assert_ssl_exc_contains()_loopback_for_cert()_loopback_for_cert_thread()_parse_cert()_sni_callback()
- cheroot.ssl.pyopenssl module
- Method One
- Method Two (shortcut)
SSLConnectionSSLConnection.accept()SSLConnection.bind()SSLConnection.close()SSLConnection.connect()SSLConnection.connect_ex()SSLConnection.familySSLConnection.fileno()SSLConnection.get_app_data()SSLConnection.get_cipher_list()SSLConnection.get_context()SSLConnection.get_peer_certificate()SSLConnection.getpeername()SSLConnection.getsockname()SSLConnection.getsockopt()SSLConnection.gettimeout()SSLConnection.listen()SSLConnection.makefile()SSLConnection.pending()SSLConnection.read()SSLConnection.recv()SSLConnection.renegotiate()SSLConnection.send()SSLConnection.sendall()SSLConnection.set_accept_state()SSLConnection.set_app_data()SSLConnection.set_connect_state()SSLConnection.setblocking()SSLConnection.setsockopt()SSLConnection.settimeout()SSLConnection.shutdown()SSLConnection.sock_shutdown()SSLConnection.state_string()SSLConnection.want_read()SSLConnection.want_write()SSLConnection.write()
SSLConnectionProxyMetaSSLFileobjectMixinSSLFileobjectStreamReaderSSLFileobjectStreamWriter_morph_syscall_to_connection_error()pyOpenSSLAdapterpyOpenSSLAdapter._abc_implpyOpenSSLAdapter.bind()pyOpenSSLAdapter.certificatepyOpenSSLAdapter.certificate_chainpyOpenSSLAdapter.cipherspyOpenSSLAdapter.contextpyOpenSSLAdapter.get_context()pyOpenSSLAdapter.get_environ()pyOpenSSLAdapter.makefile()pyOpenSSLAdapter.private_keypyOpenSSLAdapter.wrap()
- cheroot.ssl.builtin module
- Module contents
- Submodules
- cheroot.test package
- Subpackages
- Submodules
- cheroot.test._pytest_plugin module
- cheroot.test.conftest module
- cheroot.test.helper module
CherootWebCaseCherootWebCase._classSetupFailedCherootWebCase._class_cleanupsCherootWebCase.assertEqualDates()CherootWebCase.available_serversCherootWebCase.date_toleranceCherootWebCase.schemeCherootWebCase.script_nameCherootWebCase.setup_class()CherootWebCase.start()CherootWebCase.stop()CherootWebCase.teardown_class()
ControllerRequestResponse
- cheroot.test.test__compat module
- cheroot.test.test_cli module
- cheroot.test.test_conn module
ControllerErrorLogMonitorErrorLogMonitor.ErrorLogCallErrorLogMonitor.ErrorLogCall._asdict()ErrorLogMonitor.ErrorLogCall._field_defaultsErrorLogMonitor.ErrorLogCall._fieldsErrorLogMonitor.ErrorLogCall._make()ErrorLogMonitor.ErrorLogCall._replace()ErrorLogMonitor.ErrorLogCall.levelErrorLogMonitor.ErrorLogCall.msgErrorLogMonitor.ErrorLogCall.traceback
FaultyGetMapFaultySelectWSGICallablesWSGICallables._munge()WSGICallables.custom_204()WSGICallables.custom_304()WSGICallables.err_before_read()WSGICallables.hello()WSGICallables.one_megabyte_of_a()WSGICallables.pov()WSGICallables.stream()WSGICallables.upload()WSGICallables.wrong_cl_buffered()WSGICallables.wrong_cl_unbuffered()
header_exists()header_has_value()raw_testing_server()test_100_Continue()test_598()test_Chunked_Encoding()test_Content_Length_in()test_Content_Length_not_int()test_Content_Length_out()test_HTTP11_Timeout()test_HTTP11_Timeout_after_request()test_HTTP11_persistent_connections()test_HTTP11_pipelining()test_No_CRLF()test_No_Message_Body()test_broken_connection_during_http_communication_fallback()test_broken_connection_during_tcp_fin()test_client()test_invalid_selected_connection()test_kb_int_from_http_handler()test_keepalive()test_keepalive_conn_management()test_readall_or_close()test_remains_alive_post_unhandled_exception()test_streaming_10()test_streaming_11()test_unhandled_exception_in_request_handler()testing_server()
- cheroot.test.test_core module
CloseControllerCloseResponseHelloControllerWSGICallables_get_http_response()_munge()test_client()test_client_with_defaults()test_content_length_required()test_garbage_in()test_http_connect_request()test_large_request()test_malformed_header()test_malformed_http_method()test_malformed_request_line()test_no_content_length()test_normal_request()test_parse_acceptable_uri()test_parse_no_leading_slash_invalid()test_parse_uri_absolute_uri()test_parse_uri_asterisk_uri()test_parse_uri_fragment_uri()test_parse_uri_invalid_uri()test_parse_uri_unsafe_uri()test_query_string_request()test_request_line_split_issue_1220()test_send_header_before_closing()testing_server()testing_server_close()testing_server_with_defaults()
- cheroot.test.test_dispatch module
- cheroot.test.test_errors module
- cheroot.test.test_makefile module
- cheroot.test.test_server module
_TestGateway_garbage_bin()many_open_sockets()peercreds_enabled_server()resource_limit()test_bind_addr_inet()test_bind_addr_unix()test_bind_addr_unix_abstract()test_high_number_of_file_descriptors()test_overload_results_in_suitable_http_error()test_peercreds_unix_sock()test_peercreds_unix_sock_with_lookup()test_prepare_makes_server_ready()test_reuse_port()test_server_interrupt()test_serving_is_false_and_stop_returns_after_ctrlc()test_stop_interrupts_serve()test_threadpool_invalid_threadrange()test_threadpool_multistart_validation()test_threadpool_threadrange_set()unix_abstract_sock()unix_file_sock()unix_sock_file()
- cheroot.test.test_ssl module
HelloWorldGateway_thread_except_hook()ca()make_tls_http_server()test_http_over_https_error()test_https_over_http_error()test_ssl_adapters()test_ssl_env()test_tls_client_auth()thread_exceptions()tls_ca_certificate_pem_path()tls_certificate()tls_certificate_chain_pem_path()tls_certificate_private_key_pem_path()tls_http_server()
- cheroot.test.test_wsgi module
- cheroot.test.webtest module
- Framework Integration
NonDataPropertyServerErrorWebCaseWebCase.HOSTWebCase.HTTP_CONNWebCase.PORTWebCase.PROTOCOLWebCase._ConnWebCase._classSetupFailedWebCase._class_cleanupsWebCase._handlewebError()WebCase.assertBody()WebCase.assertHeader()WebCase.assertHeaderIn()WebCase.assertHeaderItemValue()WebCase.assertInBody()WebCase.assertMatchesBody()WebCase.assertNoHeader()WebCase.assertNoHeaderItemValue()WebCase.assertNotInBody()WebCase.assertStatus()WebCase.bodyWebCase.console_heightWebCase.encodingWebCase.getPage()WebCase.get_conn()WebCase.headersWebCase.interactiveWebCase.interface()WebCase.persistentWebCase.schemeWebCase.set_persistent()WebCase.ssl_contextWebCase.statusWebCase.status_codeWebCase.status_matches()WebCase.timeWebCase.url
_open_url_once()cleanHeaders()getchar()interface()openURL()server_error()shb()strip_netloc()
- Module contents
- cheroot.workers package
- cheroot.ssl package
- Submodules
- cheroot.__main__ module
- cheroot._compat module
- cheroot.cli module
- cheroot.connections module
ConnectionManagerConnectionManager._expire()ConnectionManager._from_server_socket()ConnectionManager._num_connectionsConnectionManager._remove_invalid_sockets()ConnectionManager._run()ConnectionManager.can_add_keepalive_connectionConnectionManager.close()ConnectionManager.put()ConnectionManager.run()ConnectionManager.stop()
_ThreadsafeSelectorprevent_socket_inheritance()
- cheroot.errors module
- cheroot.makefile module
- cheroot.server module
ChunkedRFileDropUnderscoreHeaderReaderGatewayHTTPConnectionHTTPConnection.RequestHandlerClassHTTPConnection._close_kernel_socket()HTTPConnection._conditional_error()HTTPConnection._handle_no_ssl()HTTPConnection.close()HTTPConnection.communicate()HTTPConnection.get_peer_creds()HTTPConnection.last_usedHTTPConnection.lingerHTTPConnection.peer_gidHTTPConnection.peer_groupHTTPConnection.peer_pidHTTPConnection.peer_uidHTTPConnection.peer_userHTTPConnection.peercreds_enabledHTTPConnection.peercreds_resolve_enabledHTTPConnection.rbufsizeHTTPConnection.remote_addrHTTPConnection.remote_portHTTPConnection.resolve_peer_creds()HTTPConnection.ssl_envHTTPConnection.wbufsize
HTTPRequestHTTPRequest.chunked_writeHTTPRequest.close_connectionHTTPRequest.connHTTPRequest.ensure_headers_sent()HTTPRequest.header_readerHTTPRequest.inheadersHTTPRequest.outheadersHTTPRequest.parse_request()HTTPRequest.read_request_headers()HTTPRequest.read_request_line()HTTPRequest.readyHTTPRequest.respond()HTTPRequest.send_headers()HTTPRequest.serverHTTPRequest.simple_response()HTTPRequest.write()
HTTPServerHTTPServer.ConnectionClassHTTPServer._bind_addrHTTPServer._interruptHTTPServer._make_socket_reusable()HTTPServer._run_in_thread()HTTPServer._serve_unservicable()HTTPServer._stopping_for_interruptHTTPServer.bind()HTTPServer.bind_addrHTTPServer.bind_socket()HTTPServer.bind_unix_socket()HTTPServer.can_add_keepalive_connectionHTTPServer.clear_stats()HTTPServer.error_log()HTTPServer.expiration_intervalHTTPServer.gatewayHTTPServer.interruptHTTPServer.keep_alive_conn_limitHTTPServer.max_request_body_sizeHTTPServer.max_request_header_sizeHTTPServer.maxthreadsHTTPServer.minthreadsHTTPServer.nodelayHTTPServer.peercreds_enabledHTTPServer.peercreds_resolve_enabledHTTPServer.prepare()HTTPServer.prepare_socket()HTTPServer.process_conn()HTTPServer.protocolHTTPServer.put_conn()HTTPServer.readyHTTPServer.request_queue_sizeHTTPServer.resolve_real_bind_addr()HTTPServer.reuse_portHTTPServer.runtime()HTTPServer.safe_start()HTTPServer.serve()HTTPServer.server_nameHTTPServer.shutdown_timeoutHTTPServer.softwareHTTPServer.ssl_adapterHTTPServer.start()HTTPServer.stop()HTTPServer.timeoutHTTPServer.version
HeaderReaderKnownLengthRFileSizeCheckWrapperget_ssl_adapter_class()
- cheroot.testing module
- cheroot.wsgi module
- Module contents
- Subpackages
- cheroot package
Cheroot is the high-performance, pure-Python HTTP server used by CherryPy.