SimpleHTTPServer, shoutdown and blocked request handlers

Question

I have an instance of SimpleHTTPServer, however when I try to call "shutdown" on it and there is a request handler that is blocked - the whole process will block.

It does so even if I run the "serve_forever" method in a deamon thread.

See example code at http://codepad.org/cn8EYdfg

Any advice?

Answer 1

the shutdown method won't take affect until after the GET request is processed.

And that request is blocking because of the queue operation.

Maybe this will help: Stoppable Interruptable Python HTTP Server