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cellxgene/server/utils/utils.py
Charlotte Weaver d6040f687a port retry (#761)
* WIP

* import find_available_port method

* move method to utils

so I can add to eventually add to gui

* add fixed-port flag to tests

* Update server/utils/utils.py

Co-Authored-By: Tony Tung <tonytung@merly.org>

* pr review suggestions

* pr review suggestions

* fix outdated package.json

* update error message

* simplify find_available_port function

* Auto scan for ports unless port is specified.

* fix tests

* fix comment for find_available_port

* lint error

* differentiate port error from generic os error

* add errno to OSerror

* pr review fixes

* raise e -> raise

* oserror -> socket error
2019-05-14 14:04:13 -07:00

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import contextlib
import errno
import socket
def find_available_port(host, port=5005):
"""
Helper method to find open port on host. Tries 5000 ports incremented from the specified port
"""
# Takes approx 2 seconds to do a scan of 5000 ports on my laptop
num_ports_to_try = 5000
for port_to_try in range(port, port + num_ports_to_try):
with contextlib.closing(socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)) as s:
try:
s.bind((host, port_to_try))
return port_to_try
except socket.error:
pass
raise socket.error(errno.EADDRINUSE, f"No port in range {port} - {port + num_ports_to_try - 1} available.")