Added a QOTD protocol server (RFC865)

ponysay-qotd.py

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+#!/usr/bin/env python3
+import random
+from socketserver import ThreadingMixIn, TCPServer, BaseRequestHandler
+import ponysay
+
+# Quote-Of-The-Day protocol implementation using ponysay backend
+# See RFC865 ( https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc865 ) for details.
+# To prevent traffic amplification attacks we are only providing a TCP service.
+
+class ThreadingTCPServer(ThreadingMixIn, TCPServer): pass
+
+ponylist = ponysay.list_ponies_with_quotes()
+
+class QOTDHandler(BaseRequestHandler):
+	def handle(self):
+		pony = random.choice(ponylist)
+		s = ponysay.render_pony(pony, ponysay.random_quote(pony),
+			balloonstyle=ponysay.balloonstyles['cowsay'],
+			center=True,
+			centertext=False)
+		self.request.sendall(bytes(s, "UTF-8"))
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	HOST, PORT = "", 8017
+	server = ThreadingTCPServer((HOST, PORT), QOTDHandler)
+	server.serve_forever()