Gevent examples

gevent_examples.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

"""
Gevent examples.
"""

import json

import gevent

import requests

def receiver(g):
    print "Got value", json.loads(g.value.content)

def fetch(url):
    return requests.get(url)

def link_value_example():
    """
    Example showing link_value usage.
    """
    g = gevent.spawn(fetch, "http://api.twitter.com/1/users/show.json?screen_name=steveWINton")
    
    # receiver will be called once the request is complete
    g.link_value(receiver)

    gevent.joinall([g])

if __name__ == "__main__":
    link_value_example()