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+# Copyright (c) 2006- Facebook
+# Distributed under the Thrift Software License
+#
+# See accompanying file LICENSE or visit the Thrift site at:
+# http://developers.facebook.com/thrift/
+
+import BaseHTTPServer
+
+from thrift.server import TServer
+from thrift.transport import TTransport
+
+class THttpServer(TServer.TServer):
+  """A simple HTTP-based Thrift server
+
+  This class is not very performant, but it is useful (for example) for
+  acting as a mock version of an Apache-based PHP Thrift endpoint."""
+
+  def __init__(self, processor, server_address,
+      inputProtocolFactory, outputProtocolFactory = None):
+    """Set up protocol factories and HTTP server.
+
+    See BaseHTTPServer for server_address.
+    See TServer for protocol factories."""
+
+    if outputProtocolFactory is None:
+      outputProtocolFactory = inputProtocolFactory
+
+    TServer.TServer.__init__(self, processor, None, None, None,
+        inputProtocolFactory, outputProtocolFactory)
+
+    thttpserver = self
+
+    class RequestHander(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
+      def do_POST(self):
+        # Don't care about the request path.
+        self.send_response(200)
+        self.send_header("content-type", "application/x-thrift")
+        self.end_headers()
+
+        itrans = TTransport.TFileObjectTransport(self.rfile)
+        otrans = TTransport.TFileObjectTransport(self.wfile)
+        iprot = thttpserver.inputProtocolFactory.getProtocol(itrans)
+        oprot = thttpserver.outputProtocolFactory.getProtocol(otrans)
+        thttpserver.processor.process(iprot, oprot)
+        otrans.flush()
+
+    self.httpd = BaseHTTPServer.HTTPServer(server_address, RequestHander)
+
+  def serve(self):
+    self.httpd.serve_forever()