MULTI-THREADING in python appalication.pptx
- 2. MULTITHREADING • Multithreading is defined as the ability of a processor to execute multiple threads concurrently. • In a simple, single-core CPU, it is achieved using frequent switching between threads. This is termed context switching. • In context switching, the state of a thread is saved and the state of another thread is loaded whenever any interrupt (due to I/O or manually set) takes place. • Context switching takes place so frequently that all the threads appear to be running parallelly (this is termed multitasking).
- 3. PYTHON THREADING • A thread is an entity within a process that can be scheduled for execution. • Also, it is the smallest unit of processing that can be performed in an OS (Operating System). • In simple words, a thread is a sequence of such instructions within a program that can be executed independently of other code. • For simplicity, you can assume that a thread is simply a subset of a process! A thread contains all this information in a Thread Control Block (TCB): •Thread Identifier: Unique id (TID) is assigned to every new thread •Stack pointer: Points to the thread’s stack in the process. The stack contains the local variables under the thread’s scope. •Program counter: a register that stores the address of the instruction currently being executed by a thread. •Thread state: can be running, ready, waiting, starting, or done. •Thread’s register set: registers assigned to thread for computations. •Parent process Pointer: A pointer to the Process control block (PCB) of the process that the thread lives on.
- 4. PROCESS AND ITS THREAD Multiple threads can exist within one process where: •Each thread contains its own register set and local variables (stored in the stack). •All threads of a process share global variables (stored in heap) and the program code.
- 5. MULTITHREADING IN PYTHON Step 1: Import Module First, import the threading module. import threading Step 2: Create a Thread To create a new thread, we create an object of the Thread class. It takes the ‘target’ and ‘args’ as the parameters. The target is the function to be executed by the thread whereas the args is the arguments to be passed to the target function. t1 = threading.Thread(target, args) t2 = threading.Thread(target, args) Step 3: Start a Thread To start a thread, we use the start() method of the Thread class. t1.start() t2.start() Step 4: End the thread Execution Once the threads start, the current program (you can think of it like a main thread) also keeps on executing. In order to stop the execution of the current program until a thread is complete, we use the join() method. t1.join() t2.join() As a result, the current program will first wait for the completion of t1 and then t2. Once, they are finished, the remaining statements of the current program are executed.
- 6. • os.getpid() - to get the ID of the current process. • threading.main_thread() - to get the main thread object. • In normal conditions, the main thread is the thread from which the Python interpreter was started. • name attribute of the thread object is used to get the name of the thread. • threading.current_thread() - to get the current thread object. The threads run in parallel, and the code provides information about the process ID and thread names. PROGRAM
- 7. Creating a server and pinging the server with a message using multithreading
- 8. CODE WALKTHROUGH • Importing necessary modules: The program starts by importing the necessary Python modules - `threading` and `socket`. • Define the ClientThread class: This class inherits from the `threading.Thread` class and represents a single client connection. Each instance of this class will handle one client. • Create a socket: A socket is created using the `socket.socket()` function. This socket will be used to listen for incoming connections. • Bind the socket: The `bind()` function is used to bind the socket to a specific network interface and port number. • Listen for connections: The server starts listening for incoming connections with the `listen()` function. • Accept connections and create new threads: The server enters a loop where it waits for a new connection, accepts it with the `accept()` function, and then creates a new `ClientThread` to handle the connection.
- 9. CODE WALKTHROUGH • Importing socket module in this file as well. • Creating a socket named ‘client_socket’ and creating using ‘socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM’ • the line `client_socket = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)` creates a new TCP/IP socket object that can be used for communication over the Internet using IPv4 addresses and the TCP protocol. • In the context of the `socket` module in Python, `socket.AF_INET` and `socket.SOCK_STREAM` are constants used to specify the address family and socket type when creating a new socket object. • Then connecting this file to the server we have created before. • Sending message "Hey I'm here ;)" from this file to the server. • After the message is sent closing the server using ‘client_socket.close()’.
- 10. RUNTIME VIDEO
- 11. CONCLUSION • We all know how important web data is these days. But fetching data from websites can be a real time sink, especially when you need to grab information from multiple sources. • That's where multithreading comes in handy. By dividing the work among multiple threads, we can speed up the process and fetch data concurrently from different websites. • Web scraping involves fetching data from websites programmatically. • Fetching data from multiple websites can be time-consuming when done sequentially. • Multithreading can improve performance by fetching data and the data is fetched concurrently while improving the performance.
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