Receive and close web request ASAP, process data later

output.txt

→ python server.py 
Run after this server starts : curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/?test=1
[2012-02-15 12:24:34,716] [werkzeug] [INFO]  * Running on http://127.0.0.1:5000/
[2012-02-15 12:24:34,717] [werkzeug] [INFO]  * Restarting with reloader
Run after this server starts : curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/?test=1
[2012-02-15 12:24:36,459] [root] [INFO] Received data ImmutableMultiDict([('test', u'1')])
[2012-02-15 12:24:36,460] [root] [INFO] Closing connection!
[2012-02-15 12:24:36,460] [werkzeug] [INFO] 127.0.0.1 - - [15/Feb/2012 12:24:36] "GET /?test=1 HTTP/1.1" 200 -
[2012-02-15 12:24:36,460] [root] [INFO] In separate process, doing something with data {'test': [u'1']}

server.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

'''
Exploration on how to receive incoming data and close the connection ASAP, and
continue processing after the connection is closed.

http://jessenoller.com/code/pycon_jnoller_multiprocessing.pdf
'''

import logging
logging.basicConfig(
    level=logging.DEBUG,
    format='[%(asctime)s] [%(name)s] [%(levelname)s] %(message)s'
)

import multiprocessing as multi

from flask import Flask, request
app = Flask(__name__)

def do_after_connection_closed(**kwargs):
    logging.info("In separate process, doing something with data %s", kwargs)

@app.route("/")
def server():
    p = multi.Process(target=do_after_connection_closed, kwargs=(request.args))
    p.start()
    logging.info("Received data %s", request.args)
    logging.info("Closing connection!")
    return "Back\n"

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print "Run after this server starts : curl http://127.0.0.1:5000/?test=1"
    app.run(debug=True)