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<span style="font-size:x-large; color:#600000;">Twisted-Goodies:</span>
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<span style="font-style:oblique;">Add-ons and improvements to the Twisted&trade; framework</span>
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= Overview =

''Twisted-Goodies'' is a package of miscellaneous add-ons and improvements to
the [http://twistedmatrix.com Twisted asynchronous processing framework],
which is separately maintained and distributed by
[http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/wiki/TwistedMatrixLaboratories Twisted Matrix Laboratories].

As with all software featured here, ''Twisted-Goodies'' is licensed under the
[http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html GNU Public License]. In contrast, Twisted
itself is distributed under an
[http://twistedmatrix.com/trac/browser/trunk/LICENSE MIT-style license]. The
''Twisted-Goodies'' name is used by [wiki:ProjectName permission].

The package is available via {{{easy_install Twisted-Goodies}}}.

You can also browse the package source files in [source:trunk/ SVN trunk], or check out
your very own working copy as follows:

{{{
  svn co svn://eepatents.com/var/svn/twisted-goodies/trunk twisted-goodies
}}}


= Subpackages =

== [wiki:TaskQueue Asynchronous Task Queue] ==

The {{{twisted_goodies.taskqueue}}} subpackage provides a {{{TaskQueue}}}
object and support staff for running tasks through a queue with a powerful
system of task prioritization and management.


== [wiki:WebFetch Web Fetching] ==

The {{{twisted_goodies.webfetch}}} subpackage provides a {{{SiteGetter}}}
object that handles fetching of web pages from a given server. It also provides
a {{{PatentFetcher}}} and {{{AppFetcher}}} that you can use to obtain
U.S. patents and published patent applications from the servers of the
[http://www.uspto.gov/patft/index.html USPTO].
