Pituophis API

class pituophis.Request(host='127.0.0.1', port=70, path='/', query='', itype='9', tls=False, tls_verify=True, client='', pub_dir='pub/', alt_handler=False)

Bases: object

Client/Server. Represents a request to be sent to a Gopher server, or received from a client.

client = None

Server. The IP address of the connected client.

get()

Client. Sends the Request and returns a Response object.

host = None

Client/Server. The hostname of the server.

path = None

Client/Server. Path on the target server to request, or being requested.

port = None

Client/Server. The port of the server. For regular Gopher servers, this is most commonly 70, and for S/Gopher servers it is typically 105.

pub_dir = None

Server. The default handler uses this as which directory to serve. Default is ‘pub/’.

query = None

Client/Server. Search query for the server to process. Omitted when blank.

tls = None

Client/Server. Whether the request is to be, or was sent to an S/Gopher server over TLS.

tls_verify = None

Client. Whether to verify the certificate sent from the server, rejecting self-signed and invalid certificates.

type = None

Client. Item type of the request. Purely for client-side usage, not used when sending or receiving requests.

url()

Returns a URL equivalent to the Request’s properties.

class pituophis.Response(stream)

Bases: object

Client. Returned by Request.get() and get(). Represents a received binary object from a Gopher server.

binary = None

The data received from the server as a Bytes binary object.

menu()

Decodes the binary as text and parses it as a Gopher menu. Returns a List of Gopher menu items parsed as the Selector type.

text()

Returns the binary decoded as a UTF-8 String.

class pituophis.Selector(itype='i', text='', path='/', host='error.host', port=0, tls=False)

Bases: object

Server/Client. Represents a selector in a parsed Gopher menu.

host = None

The hostname of the target server.

path = None

Where the item links to on the target server.

port = None

The port of the target server. For regular Gopher servers, this is most commonly 70, and for S/Gopher servers it is typically 105.

request()

Returns a Request equivalent to where the selector leads.

source()

Returns a representation of what the selector looks like in a Gopher menu.

text = None

The name, or text that is displayed when the item is in a menu.

tls = None

True if the selector leads to an S/Gopher server with TLS enabled.

type = None

The type of item.

pituophis.get(host, port=70, path='/', query='', tls=False, tls_verify=True)

Client. Quickly creates and sends a Request. Returns a Response object.

pituophis.handle(request)

Server. Default handler function for Gopher requests while hosting a server. Serves files and directories from the pub/ directory by default, but the path can be changed in serve’s pub_dir argument or changing the Request’s pub_dir directory.

pituophis.parse_gophermap(source, def_host='127.0.0.1', def_port='70', gophermap_dir='/', pub_dir='pub/', tls=False)

Server. Converts a Bucktooth-style Gophermap (as a String or List) into a Gopher menu as a List of Selectors to send.

pituophis.parse_menu(source)

Client. Parses a String as a Gopher menu. Returns a List of Selectors.

pituophis.parse_url(url)

Client. Parses a Gopher URL and returns an equivalent Request.

pituophis.serve(host='127.0.0.1', port=70, handler=<function handle>, pub_dir='pub/', alt_handler=False, send_period=False, tls=False, tls_cert_chain='cacert.pem', tls_private_key='privkey.pem', debug=True)

Server. Listens for Gopher requests. Allows for using a custom handler that will return a Bytes, String, or List object (which can contain either Strings or Selectors) to send to the client, or the default handler which can serve a directory. Along with the default handler, you can set an alternate handler to use if a 404 error is generated for dynamic applications.