[Twisted-web] Telnet chat server

[Jason St.Clair]

I've got a simple little chat server set up that people can telnet into.  The code is as follows:

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from twisted.internet import reactor
from twisted.internet.protocol import ServerFactory 
from twisted.protocols.basic import LineOnlyReceiver 
import threading

class ChatProtocol(LineOnlyReceiver): 

    name = "" 

    def getName(self): 
        if self.name!="": 
            return self.name 
        return self.transport.getPeer().host 

    def connectionMade(self): 
        print "New connection from "+self.getName()  
       
 self.sendLine("Welcome to the chat.\r\n/quit to quit.") 
        self.factory.sendMessageToAllClients(self.getName()+" joined the chat.") 
        self.factory.clientProtocols.append(self)

    def connectionLost(self, reason): 
        print "Lost connection from "+self.getName() 
        self.factory.clientProtocols.remove(self) 
        self.factory.sendMessageToAllClients(self.getName()+" disconnected.") 

    def lineReceived(self, line): 
        if line=="/quit": 
            self.transport.loseConnection() 
        else:
 
            self.factory.sendMessageToAllClients(self.getName()+": "+line) 

    def sendLine(self, line): 
        self.transport.write(line+"\r\n") 

class ChatProtocolFactory(ServerFactory): 

    protocol = ChatProtocol 

    def __init__(self): 
        self.clientProtocols = [] 

    def sendMessageToAllClients(self, mesg): 
        for client in self.clientProtocols:
            client.sendLine(mesg) 
            
def Test():
    global test
    factory.sendMessageToAllClients('Hey.')
    test = threading.Timer(1.0,
 Test)
    test.start()
test = threading.Timer(1.0, Test)
test.start()

print "Starting Server"
factory = ChatProtocolFactory()
reactor.listenTCP(3009, factory)
reactor.run()

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The
problem is that last def, "def Test()".  It should send the line "Hey."
to all connected users every second.  It does that - however, the
message only sends through if the client is typing or has entered a
line.  So, if a client is idle for 30 seconds, then starts typing, he
will receive "Hey." 30 times in a row - one for each second he was idle.

Is there any way to get this to send the message and have it show up for a client even when they're idle?
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