vert.x: Samples of blocking and non-blocking Python Web Server

blocking_vertx.py

import time
import vertx

server = vertx.create_http_server()


@server.request_handler
def request_handler(req):
    if request.uri == '/sleep':
          time.sleep(60 * 1)
    request.response.end('Hello!')

server.listen(8080)

nonblocking_vertx.py

import functools
import vertx

server = vertx.create_http_server()

def callback(request, timer_id):
    request.response.end('Callback!')


@server.request_handler
def request_handler(request):
    if request.uri == '/sleep':
          timer_callback = functools.partial(callback, request)
          vertx.set_timer(1000 * 60, timer_callback)
          return
    request.response.end('Hello!')

server.listen(8080)