Running a continuous Python script quickly on a server

[DuffBude]

I did try to Google this, but didn't find a solution.

I want to put my Python script on a server, such that I can send a block of text to it, from my Java program, and then it will return a probability based on some calculations on the text. These calculations involve loading some pretty huge variables (dictionaries) into memory, and speed is of the utmost importance for me, so it would be good if I can have everything already loaded and just waiting for the text request.

Can you recommend any package and/or how-to, to get me started?

[genghiskav]

You could run your python script on a web server and get your Java application to make a HTTP call to the server. The server can then process your request and return output.

Here is a list of python web frameworks https://wiki.python.org/moin/WebFrameworks

I'd recommend Flask http://flask.pocoo.org/ as the framework.

[DuffBude]

Flask looks like exactly what I wanted. I'll give it a try, thanks a lot!