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- <span id="contextvars-context-variables"></span><h1><a class="reference internal" href="#module-contextvars" title="contextvars: Context Variables"><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">contextvars</span></code></a> — Context Variables<a class="headerlink" href="#module-contextvars" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h1>
- <hr class="docutils" />
- <p>This module provides APIs to manage, store, and access context-local
- state. The <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.ContextVar" title="contextvars.ContextVar"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ContextVar</span></code></a> class is used to declare
- and work with <em>Context Variables</em>. The <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.copy_context" title="contextvars.copy_context"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">copy_context()</span></code></a>
- function and the <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.Context" title="contextvars.Context"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Context</span></code></a> class should be used to
- manage the current context in asynchronous frameworks.</p>
- <p>Context managers that have state should use Context Variables
- instead of <a class="reference internal" href="threading.html#threading.local" title="threading.local"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">threading.local()</span></code></a> to prevent their state from
- bleeding to other code unexpectedly, when used in concurrent code.</p>
- <p>See also <span class="target" id="index-0"></span><a class="pep reference external" href="https://peps.python.org/pep-0567/"><strong>PEP 567</strong></a> for additional details.</p>
- <div class="versionadded">
- <p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.7.</span></p>
- </div>
- <section id="context-variables">
- <h2>Context Variables<a class="headerlink" href="#context-variables" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.ContextVar">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">contextvars.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">ContextVar</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">name</span></span></em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">*</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">default</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.ContextVar" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>This class is used to declare a new Context Variable, e.g.:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">var</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">ContextVar</span><span class="p">[</span><span class="nb">int</span><span class="p">]</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">ContextVar</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'var'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">default</span><span class="o">=</span><span class="mi">42</span><span class="p">)</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>The required <em>name</em> parameter is used for introspection and debug
- purposes.</p>
- <p>The optional keyword-only <em>default</em> parameter is returned by
- <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.ContextVar.get" title="contextvars.ContextVar.get"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ContextVar.get()</span></code></a> when no value for the variable is found
- in the current context.</p>
- <p><strong>Important:</strong> Context Variables should be created at the top module
- level and never in closures. <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.Context" title="contextvars.Context"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Context</span></code></a> objects hold strong
- references to context variables which prevents context variables
- from being properly garbage collected.</p>
- <dl class="py attribute">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.ContextVar.name">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">name</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.ContextVar.name" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>The name of the variable. This is a read-only property.</p>
- <div class="versionadded">
- <p><span class="versionmodified added">New in version 3.7.1.</span></p>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.ContextVar.get">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="optional">[</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">default</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.ContextVar.get" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Return a value for the context variable for the current context.</p>
- <p>If there is no value for the variable in the current context,
- the method will:</p>
- <ul class="simple">
- <li><p>return the value of the <em>default</em> argument of the method,
- if provided; or</p></li>
- <li><p>return the default value for the context variable,
- if it was created with one; or</p></li>
- <li><p>raise a <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#LookupError" title="LookupError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">LookupError</span></code></a>.</p></li>
- </ul>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.ContextVar.set">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">set</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">value</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.ContextVar.set" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Call to set a new value for the context variable in the current
- context.</p>
- <p>The required <em>value</em> argument is the new value for the context
- variable.</p>
- <p>Returns a <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.Token" title="contextvars.Token"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Token</span></code></a> object that can be used
- to restore the variable to its previous value via the
- <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.ContextVar.reset" title="contextvars.ContextVar.reset"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ContextVar.reset()</span></code></a> method.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.ContextVar.reset">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">reset</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">token</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.ContextVar.reset" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Reset the context variable to the value it had before the
- <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.ContextVar.set" title="contextvars.ContextVar.set"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ContextVar.set()</span></code></a> that created the <em>token</em> was used.</p>
- <p>For example:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">var</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">ContextVar</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'var'</span><span class="p">)</span>
-
- <span class="n">token</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">var</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'new value'</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="c1"># code that uses 'var'; var.get() returns 'new value'.</span>
- <span class="n">var</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">reset</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">token</span><span class="p">)</span>
-
- <span class="c1"># After the reset call the var has no value again, so</span>
- <span class="c1"># var.get() would raise a LookupError.</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.Token">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">contextvars.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Token</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.Token" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p><em>Token</em> objects are returned by the <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.ContextVar.set" title="contextvars.ContextVar.set"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ContextVar.set()</span></code></a> method.
- They can be passed to the <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.ContextVar.reset" title="contextvars.ContextVar.reset"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ContextVar.reset()</span></code></a> method to revert
- the value of the variable to what it was before the corresponding
- <em>set</em>.</p>
- <dl class="py attribute">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.Token.var">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">var</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.Token.var" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>A read-only property. Points to the <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.ContextVar" title="contextvars.ContextVar"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ContextVar</span></code></a> object
- that created the token.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py attribute">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.Token.old_value">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">old_value</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.Token.old_value" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>A read-only property. Set to the value the variable had before
- the <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.ContextVar.set" title="contextvars.ContextVar.set"><code class="xref py py-meth docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ContextVar.set()</span></code></a> method call that created the token.
- It points to <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.Token.MISSING" title="contextvars.Token.MISSING"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Token.MISSING</span></code></a> if the variable was not set
- before the call.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py attribute">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.Token.MISSING">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">MISSING</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.Token.MISSING" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>A marker object used by <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.Token.old_value" title="contextvars.Token.old_value"><code class="xref py py-attr docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Token.old_value</span></code></a>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </dd></dl>
-
- </section>
- <section id="manual-context-management">
- <h2>Manual Context Management<a class="headerlink" href="#manual-context-management" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <dl class="py function">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.copy_context">
- <span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">contextvars.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">copy_context</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.copy_context" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Returns a copy of the current <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.Context" title="contextvars.Context"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Context</span></code></a> object.</p>
- <p>The following snippet gets a copy of the current context and prints
- all variables and their values that are set in it:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">ctx</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="n">Context</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">copy_context</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="nb">list</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">ctx</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">items</span><span class="p">()))</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>The function has an <em>O</em>(1) complexity, i.e. works equally fast for
- contexts with a few context variables and for contexts that have
- a lot of them.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py class">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.Context">
- <em class="property"><span class="pre">class</span><span class="w"> </span></em><span class="sig-prename descclassname"><span class="pre">contextvars.</span></span><span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">Context</span></span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.Context" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>A mapping of <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.ContextVar" title="contextvars.ContextVar"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ContextVars</span></code></a> to their values.</p>
- <p><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Context()</span></code> creates an empty context with no values in it.
- To get a copy of the current context use the
- <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.copy_context" title="contextvars.copy_context"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">copy_context()</span></code></a> function.</p>
- <p>Every thread will have a different top-level <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.Context" title="contextvars.Context"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">Context</span></code></a>
- object. This means that a <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.ContextVar" title="contextvars.ContextVar"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ContextVar</span></code></a> object behaves in a similar
- fashion to <a class="reference internal" href="threading.html#threading.local" title="threading.local"><code class="xref py py-func docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">threading.local()</span></code></a> when values are assigned in different
- threads.</p>
- <p>Context implements the <a class="reference internal" href="collections.abc.html#collections.abc.Mapping" title="collections.abc.Mapping"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">collections.abc.Mapping</span></code></a> interface.</p>
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.Context.run">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">run</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">callable</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">*</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">args</span></span></em>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="o"><span class="pre">**</span></span><span class="n"><span class="pre">kwargs</span></span></em><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.Context.run" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Execute <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">callable(*args,</span> <span class="pre">**kwargs)</span></code> code in the context object
- the <em>run</em> method is called on. Return the result of the execution
- or propagate an exception if one occurred.</p>
- <p>Any changes to any context variables that <em>callable</em> makes will
- be contained in the context object:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="n">var</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">ContextVar</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'var'</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="n">var</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'spam'</span><span class="p">)</span>
-
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">main</span><span class="p">():</span>
- <span class="c1"># 'var' was set to 'spam' before</span>
- <span class="c1"># calling 'copy_context()' and 'ctx.run(main)', so:</span>
- <span class="c1"># var.get() == ctx[var] == 'spam'</span>
-
- <span class="n">var</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'ham'</span><span class="p">)</span>
-
- <span class="c1"># Now, after setting 'var' to 'ham':</span>
- <span class="c1"># var.get() == ctx[var] == 'ham'</span>
-
- <span class="n">ctx</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">copy_context</span><span class="p">()</span>
-
- <span class="c1"># Any changes that the 'main' function makes to 'var'</span>
- <span class="c1"># will be contained in 'ctx'.</span>
- <span class="n">ctx</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">main</span><span class="p">)</span>
-
- <span class="c1"># The 'main()' function was run in the 'ctx' context,</span>
- <span class="c1"># so changes to 'var' are contained in it:</span>
- <span class="c1"># ctx[var] == 'ham'</span>
-
- <span class="c1"># However, outside of 'ctx', 'var' is still set to 'spam':</span>
- <span class="c1"># var.get() == 'spam'</span>
- </pre></div>
- </div>
- <p>The method raises a <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#RuntimeError" title="RuntimeError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">RuntimeError</span></code></a> when called on the same
- context object from more than one OS thread, or when called
- recursively.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.Context.copy">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">copy</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.Context.copy" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Return a shallow copy of the context object.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="describe">
- <dt class="sig sig-object">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">var</span> <span class="pre">in</span> <span class="pre">context</span></span></dt>
- <dd><p>Return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">True</span></code> if the <em>context</em> has a value for <em>var</em> set;
- return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">False</span></code> otherwise.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="describe">
- <dt class="sig sig-object">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">context[var]</span></span></dt>
- <dd><p>Return the value of the <em>var</em> <a class="reference internal" href="#contextvars.ContextVar" title="contextvars.ContextVar"><code class="xref py py-class docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">ContextVar</span></code></a> variable.
- If the variable is not set in the context object, a
- <a class="reference internal" href="exceptions.html#KeyError" title="KeyError"><code class="xref py py-exc docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">KeyError</span></code></a> is raised.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.Context.get">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">get</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">var</span></span></em><span class="optional">[</span>, <em class="sig-param"><span class="n"><span class="pre">default</span></span></em><span class="optional">]</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.Context.get" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Return the value for <em>var</em> if <em>var</em> has the value in the context
- object. Return <em>default</em> otherwise. If <em>default</em> is not given,
- return <code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">None</span></code>.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="describe">
- <dt class="sig sig-object">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">iter(context)</span></span></dt>
- <dd><p>Return an iterator over the variables stored in the context
- object.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="describe">
- <dt class="sig sig-object">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">len(proxy)</span></span></dt>
- <dd><p>Return the number of variables set in the context object.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.Context.keys">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">keys</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.Context.keys" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Return a list of all variables in the context object.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.Context.values">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">values</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.Context.values" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Return a list of all variables’ values in the context object.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- <dl class="py method">
- <dt class="sig sig-object py" id="contextvars.Context.items">
- <span class="sig-name descname"><span class="pre">items</span></span><span class="sig-paren">(</span><span class="sig-paren">)</span><a class="headerlink" href="#contextvars.Context.items" title="Link to this definition">¶</a></dt>
- <dd><p>Return a list of 2-tuples containing all variables and their
- values in the context object.</p>
- </dd></dl>
-
- </dd></dl>
-
- </section>
- <section id="asyncio-support">
- <h2>asyncio support<a class="headerlink" href="#asyncio-support" title="Link to this heading">¶</a></h2>
- <p>Context variables are natively supported in <a class="reference internal" href="asyncio.html#module-asyncio" title="asyncio: Asynchronous I/O."><code class="xref py py-mod docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">asyncio</span></code></a> and are
- ready to be used without any extra configuration. For example, here
- is a simple echo server, that uses a context variable to make the
- address of a remote client available in the Task that handles that
- client:</p>
- <div class="highlight-python3 notranslate"><div class="highlight"><pre><span></span><span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">asyncio</span>
- <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">contextvars</span>
-
- <span class="n">client_addr_var</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">contextvars</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">ContextVar</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'client_addr'</span><span class="p">)</span>
-
- <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">render_goodbye</span><span class="p">():</span>
- <span class="c1"># The address of the currently handled client can be accessed</span>
- <span class="c1"># without passing it explicitly to this function.</span>
-
- <span class="n">client_addr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">client_addr_var</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="k">return</span> <span class="sa">f</span><span class="s1">'Good bye, client @ </span><span class="si">{</span><span class="n">client_addr</span><span class="si">}</span><span class="se">\n</span><span class="s1">'</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">encode</span><span class="p">()</span>
-
- <span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">handle_request</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">reader</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="n">writer</span><span class="p">):</span>
- <span class="n">addr</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="n">writer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">transport</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">get_extra_info</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="s1">'socket'</span><span class="p">)</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">getpeername</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="n">client_addr_var</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">set</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">addr</span><span class="p">)</span>
-
- <span class="c1"># In any code that we call is now possible to get</span>
- <span class="c1"># client's address by calling 'client_addr_var.get()'.</span>
-
- <span class="k">while</span> <span class="kc">True</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="n">line</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">reader</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">readline</span><span class="p">()</span>
- <span class="nb">print</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">line</span><span class="p">)</span>
- <span class="k">if</span> <span class="ow">not</span> <span class="n">line</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">strip</span><span class="p">():</span>
- <span class="k">break</span>
- <span class="n">writer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">line</span><span class="p">)</span>
-
- <span class="n">writer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">write</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">render_goodbye</span><span class="p">())</span>
- <span class="n">writer</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">close</span><span class="p">()</span>
-
- <span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="nf">main</span><span class="p">():</span>
- <span class="n">srv</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">start_server</span><span class="p">(</span>
- <span class="n">handle_request</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="s1">'127.0.0.1'</span><span class="p">,</span> <span class="mi">8081</span><span class="p">)</span>
-
- <span class="k">async</span> <span class="k">with</span> <span class="n">srv</span><span class="p">:</span>
- <span class="k">await</span> <span class="n">srv</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">serve_forever</span><span class="p">()</span>
-
- <span class="n">asyncio</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">run</span><span class="p">(</span><span class="n">main</span><span class="p">())</span>
-
- <span class="c1"># To test it you can use telnet:</span>
- <span class="c1"># telnet 127.0.0.1 8081</span>
- </pre></div>
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