KeepSafe/aiohttp
Aiohttp
aiohttp is an asynchronous networking framework for Python that provides both an HTTP client and an HTTP server. It utilizes the asyncio library to handle network requests and server-side routing through a non-blocking event loop.
The framework includes a dedicated toolkit for establishing persistent bidirectional communication channels, enabling the implementation of both WebSocket servers and clients for real-time data exchange.
It covers a broad range of asynchronous network programming capabilities, including the development of web servers with customizable routing and the ability to send non-blocking requests to external web services.
Features
- HTTP Servers - Provides a high-performance asynchronous HTTP server with customizable routing and middleware.
- Asynchronous HTTP Clients - Allows sending asynchronous, non-blocking network requests to external web services to retrieve or submit data.
- Asyncio HTTP Frameworks - Combines an asynchronous HTTP client and server into a single networking framework based on the asyncio library.
- WebSocket Implementations - Implements persistent bidirectional communication channels for real-time data exchange via WebSockets.
- WebSocket Clients and Servers - Ships a complete toolkit for establishing persistent bidirectional communication for real-time data exchange.
- Network Programming Frameworks - Provides a framework for building scalable network services utilizing non-blocking I/O and asyncio.
- Non-Blocking Socket I/O - Utilizes asynchronous calls for socket read and write operations to maintain non-blocking network I/O.
- Asynchronous Event Loops - Implements a single-threaded event loop using asyncio to manage concurrent network connections without blocking.
- High-Performance HTTP Servers - Offers a high-performance server framework optimized for handling many simultaneous network requests using asyncio.
- Middleware-Based Request Pipelines - Provides a modular pipeline of wrappable functions to intercept and process incoming HTTP requests and responses.
- WebSocket Managers - Manages the full WebSocket connection lifecycle, from the HTTP handshake to the closed state, using a state-machine approach.
- Payload Streaming - Processes large request and response bodies in chunks to maintain low memory usage during data transfers.
- Real-Time Communication - Enables real-time, bidirectional data streaming between clients and servers using WebSockets.
- Trie-Based Routing Engines - Uses a prefix tree (trie) to efficiently map incoming URL paths to specific handler functions.
- Web Frameworks - HTTP client and server implementation for asynchronous applications.
