server.py

import tornado.ioloop
import tornado.options

import sqlite3

import argparse

from handlers.qr import (CreateQRCodeHandler,
                         GetQRCodeHandler)

def parse_configs():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="ShareIt API Server")
    parser.add_argument('config_path', metavar='c', type=str, help="Path to config file")
    args = parser.parse_args()
    tornado.options.parse_config_file(args.config_path)

# XXX - Prototyping only. Will use message queueing to process
def connect_db():
    return sqlite3.connect('shareit.db')

application = tornado.web.Application([
    (r"/qrcode", CreateQRCodeHandler, dict(db_connection=connect_db())),
    (r"/get_qrcode/(base64|raw)", GetQRCodeHandler, dict(db_connection=connect_db())),
])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    parse_configs()

    #TODO - Port in config
    application.listen(8888)
    tornado.ioloop.IOLoop.instance().start()