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+#!/usr/bin/python
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+
+URL = 'http://localhost:8042'
+TARGET = 'sample'
+
+
+#
+# This sample code shows how to setup a simple, high-performance DICOM
+# auto-routing. All the DICOM instances that arrive inside Orthanc
+# will be sent to a remote modality. A producer-consumer pattern is
+# used. The target modality is specified by the TARGET variable above:
+# It must match an entry in the Orthanc configuration file inside the
+# "DicomModalities" section.
+#
+# NOTE: This sample only works with Orthanc >= 0.5.2. Make sure that
+# Orthanc was built with "-DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release" to get the best
+# performance.
+#
+
+import Queue
+import sys
+import time
+import threading
+
+import RestToolbox
+
+
+#
+# Queue that is shared between the producer and the consumer
+# threads. It holds the instances that are still to be sent.
+#
+
+queue = Queue.Queue()
+
+
+#
+# The producer thread. It monitors the arrival of new instances into
+# Orthanc, and pushes their ID into the shared queue. This code is
+# based upon the "ChangesLoop.py" sample code.
+#
+
+def Producer(queue):
+    current = 0
+
+    while True:
+        r = RestToolbox.DoGet(URL + '/changes', {
+            'since' : current,
+            'limit' : 4   # Retrieve at most 4 changes at once
+            })
+
+        for change in r['Changes']:
+            # We are only interested interested in the arrival of new instances
+            if change['ChangeType'] == 'NewInstance':
+                queue.put(change['ID'])
+
+        current = r['Last']
+
+        if r['Done']:
+            time.sleep(1)
+
+
+#
+# The consumer thread. It continuously reads the instances from the
+# queue, and send them to the remote modality. Each time a packet of
+# instances is sent, a single DICOM connexion is used, hence improving
+# the performance.
+#
+
+def Consumer(queue):
+    TIMEOUT = 0.1
+    
+    while True:
+        instances = []
+
+        while True:
+            try:
+                # Block for a while, waiting for the arrival of a new
+                # instance
+                instance = queue.get(True, TIMEOUT)
+
+                # A new instance has arrived: Record its ID
+                instances.append(instance)
+                queue.task_done()
+
+            except Queue.Empty:
+                # Timeout: No more data was received
+                break
+
+        if len(instances) > 0:
+            print 'Sending a packet of %d instances' % len(instances)
+            start = time.time()
+
+            # Send all the instances with a single DICOM connexion
+            RestToolbox.DoPost('%s/modalities/sample/store' % URL, instances)
+
+            # Remove all the instances from Orthanc
+            for instance in instances:
+                RestToolbox.DoDelete('%s/instances/%s' % (URL, instance))
+
+            end = time.time()
+            print 'The packet of %d instances has been sent in %d seconds' % (len(instances), end - start)
+
+
+#
+# Thread to display the progress
+#
+
+def PrintProgress(queue):
+    while True:
+        print 'Current queue size: %d' % (queue.qsize())
+        time.sleep(1)
+
+
+#
+# Start the various threads
+#
+
+progress = threading.Thread(None, PrintProgress, None, (queue, ))
+progress.daemon = True
+progress.start()
+
+producer = threading.Thread(None, Producer, None, (queue, ))
+producer.daemon = True
+producer.start()
+
+consumer = threading.Thread(None, Consumer, None, (queue, ))
+consumer.daemon = True
+consumer.start()
+
+
+#
+# Active waiting for Ctrl-C
+#
+
+while True:
+    time.sleep(0.1)