Refaktoriseringar och test av alternativa lösningar.

smartassist/src/startservices.py

@@ -4,20 +4,39 @@ import threading
 
 from backend import run_flask
 
+import socket
+
 def start_frontend():
-    try:
-        # Start frontend (web server) as a separate process
-        subprocess.Popen(["python", "-m", "http.server", "8000"])
-    except Exception as e:
-        print(f"Failed to start frontend: {e}")
+    host = 'localhost'  # or the address of your server
+    port = 8000  # change to your server's port
+
+    # Use the socket module in Python to check whether a port is in use, 
+    # which would indicate that a server is already running on that port. 
+
+    with socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM) as s:
+        try:
+            s.bind((host, port))
+            print("No server is running on this host and port.")
+            # Start frontend (web server) as a separate process
+            subprocess.Popen(["python", "-m", "http.server", str(port)])
+        except socket.error as e:
+            if e.errno == 48:
+                print("Another server is already running on this host and port. Assumes it is a web server, will continue.")
+            else:
+                raise  # Unexpected error, re-raise it so we can see the traceback
+        except Exception as e:
+            print(f"Failed to start frontend: {e}")
+
 
 def start_backend():
     try:
         # Start backend as a separate thread
-        threading.Thread(target=run_flask).start()
+        # threading.Thread(target=run_flask).start() # Flask's built-in server doesn't support running in a separate thread.
+        run_flask()
     except Exception as e:
         print(f"Failed to start backend: {e}")
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
-    start_backend()
     start_frontend()
+    start_backend()
+