gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
from gevent import monkey
monkey.patch_all()
import gevent
from gevent.wsgi import WSGIServer
from gevent.pool import Pool
import gevent.socket
from cgi import parse_qs, escape
import json
import redis

p = redis.ConnectionPool()

def app(environ, start_response):
    status = '200 OK'
    body = ''

    path = environ.get('PATH_INFO', '').lstrip('/')
    parameters = parse_qs(environ.get('QUERY_STRING', ''))

    r = redis.Redis(connection_pool=p)
    if path == 'top':
        l = r.zrevrange('online', 0, 50, True)
        body = json.dumps({'onlinetime':map(lambda (pid, online): {'pid':pid, 'onlinetime':online}, l)}) + '\n'

    headers = [
        ('Content-Type', 'text/html'),
        ('Content-Length', str(len(body))),
    ]

    print 'in_use_conn:', len(p._in_use_connections), 'created_connections:', p._created_connections
    start_response(status, headers)

    yield body

def main():
    pool = Pool(1000)
    WSGIServer(('', 7332), app, spawn=pool, log=None).serve_forever()

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

move r = redis.Redis(connection_pool=p) outside the apps code