Source code for nglview.scripts.app

from notebook.notebookapp import NotebookApp, random_ports
import socket
from tornado import httpserver
from itertools import chain


class NGLViewApp(NotebookApp):
    def get_port(self, port=None):

        # user-given port
        uport = [port,] if port is not None else [self.port,]

        def func():
            return

        self.http_server = httpserver.HTTPServer(func)
        success = None

        for port in chain(uport, random_ports(self.port, self.port_retries+1)):
            try:
                self.http_server.listen(port, self.ip)
            except (OSError, socket.error): 
                pass
            else:
                self.port = port
                success = True
                break
        if not success:
            self.log.critical('ERROR: the notebook server could not be started because '
                              'no available port could be found.')
            self.exit(1)
        self.http_server.stop()
        return self.port