Function start_viewer_server

battlecode-manager/server.py:715–738

Start a socket server for the players to connect to Args: port: port to connect to viewer on game: The game information that is being run use_docker bool: whether to use docker or not Return: server_thread: The connection so it can be closed by parent

(port: int, game: Game)

    return server

def start_viewer_server(port: int, game: Game) -> socketserver.BaseServer:
    '''
    Start a socket server for the players to connect to
    Args:
        port: port to connect to viewer on

        game: The game information that is being run

        use_docker bool: whether to use docker or not

    Return:
        server_thread: The connection so it can be closed by parent functions at
                        the appropriate time
    '''

    # Create handler for mangaing each connections to server
    receive_handler = create_receive_handler(game, {}, False, False)

    # Start server
    server = socketserver.ThreadingTCPServer(('localhost', port), receive_handler)
    server_thread = threading.Thread(target=server.serve_forever, daemon=True)
    server_thread.start()

    return server