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# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
"""
requests.async
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This module contains an asynchronous replica of ``requests.api``, powered
by gevent. All API methods return a ``Request`` instance (as opposed to
``Response``). A list of requests can be sent with ``map()``.
"""
try:
import eventlet
eventlet.monkey_patch()
except ImportError:
pass
if not 'eventlet' in locals():
try:
import gevent
from gevent import monkey as curious_george
curious_george.patch_all(thread=False)
except ImportError:
raise RuntimeError('Gevent is required for requests.async.')
from . import api
from .hooks import dispatch_hook
__all__ = (
'map',
'get', 'head', 'post', 'put', 'patch', 'delete', 'request'
)
def _patched(f):
"""Patches a given API function to not send."""
def wrapped(*args, **kwargs):
return f(*args, return_response=False, **kwargs)
return wrapped
def _send(r, pools=None):
"""Sends a given Request object."""
if pools:
r._pools = pools
r.send()
# Post-request hook.
r = dispatch_hook('post_request', r.hooks, r)
# Response manipulation hook.
r.response = dispatch_hook('response', r.hooks, r.response)
return r.response
# Patched requests.api functions.
get = _patched(api.get)
head = _patched(api.head)
post = _patched(api.post)
put = _patched(api.put)
patch = _patched(api.patch)
delete = _patched(api.delete)
request = _patched(api.request)
def map(requests, prefetch=True):
"""Concurrently converts a list of Requests to Responses.
:param requests: a collection of Request objects.
:param prefetch: If False, the content will not be downloaded immediately.
"""
if 'eventlet' in locals():
pool = eventlet.GreenPool()
jobs = [pool.spawn_n(_send, r) for r in requests]
pool.waitall()
else:
jobs = [gevent.spawn(_send, r) for r in requests]
gevent.joinall(jobs)
if prefetch:
[r.response.content for r in requests]
return [r.response for r in requests]
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