refactored GUI to use a second flask server for communication

onionshare_gui/webapp.py

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+from flask import Flask, render_template
+import threading, json, os, gtk
+
+onionshare = None
+onionshare_port = None
+filename = None
+onion_host = None
+
+clipboard = gtk.clipboard_get(gtk.gdk.SELECTION_CLIPBOARD)
+url = None
+
+app = Flask(__name__, template_folder='./templates')
+
+@app.route("/")
+def index():
+    return render_template('index.html')
+
+@app.route("/start_onionshare")
+def start_onionshare():
+    global onionshare, onionshare_port, filename, onion_host, url
+
+    url = 'http://{0}/{1}'.format(onion_host, onionshare.slug)
+
+    basename = os.path.basename(filename)
+    filehash, filesize = onionshare.file_crunching(filename)
+    onionshare.set_file_info(filename, filehash, filesize)
+
+    # start onionshare service in new thread
+    t = threading.Thread(target=onionshare.app.run, kwargs={'port': onionshare_port})
+    t.daemon = True
+    t.start()
+
+    return json.dumps({
+        'strings': onionshare.strings,
+        'basename': basename,
+        'filehash': filehash,
+        'filesize': filesize,
+        'url': url
+    })
+
+@app.route("/copy_url")
+def copy_url():
+    global clipboard
+    clipboard.set_text(url)
+    return ''
+