ddelpero · March 20, 2019 13:21
diff --git a/waitress_server.py b/waitress_server.py
 # Example class to start a Waitress server as a windows service
 # the specific use case is running Waitress as a windows server using pywin32
 # The Waitress docs only show how to use waitress-serve, but since waitress-serve is blocking
 # you don't get a return value, which makes it impossible to gracefully stop the Waitress server
 # from a windows service
 # However, looking at the waitress-serve code, it's easy to write a custom class

 # example pywin32 windows service: https://gist.github.com/drmalex07/10554232

 from waitress.server import create_server
 #import your flask app

 class WaitressServer:

 	def __init__(self, host, port):
 		self.server = create_server(flask.app, host=host, port=port)

    # call this method from your service to start the Waitress server
 	def run(self):
 		self.server.run()

    # call this method from the services stop method
 	def stop_service(self):
 		self.server.close()
	# Example class to start a Waitress server as a windows service
	# the specific use case is running Waitress as a windows server using pywin32
	# The Waitress docs only show how to use waitress-serve, but since waitress-serve is blocking
	# you don't get a return value, which makes it impossible to gracefully stop the Waitress server
	# from a windows service
	# However, looking at the waitress-serve code, it's easy to write a custom class

	# example pywin32 windows service: https://gist.github.com/drmalex07/10554232

	from waitress.server import create_server
	#import your flask app

	class WaitressServer:

	def __init__(self, host, port):
	self.server = create_server(flask.app, host=host, port=port)

	# call this method from your service to start the Waitress server
	def run(self):
	self.server.run()

	# call this method from the services stop method
	def stop_service(self):
	self.server.close()