How to combine python asyncio with threads?

Question

I have successfully built a RESTful microservice with Python asyncio and aiohttp that listens to a POST event to collect realtime events from various feeders.

It the

Answer 1

I also used run_in_executor, but I found this function kinda gross under most circumstances, since it requires partial() for keyword args and I'm never calling it with anything other than a single executor and the default event loop. So I made a convenience wrapper around it with sensible defaults and automatic keyword argument handling.

from time import sleep
import asyncio as aio
loop = aio.get_event_loop()

class Executor:
    """In most cases, you can just use the 'execute' instance as a
    function, i.e. y = await execute(f, a, b, k=c) => run f(a, b, k=c) in
    the executor, assign result to y. The defaults can be changed, though,
    with your own instantiation of Executor, i.e. execute =
    Executor(nthreads=4)"""
    def __init__(self, loop=loop, nthreads=1):
        from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor
        self._ex = ThreadPoolExecutor(nthreads)
        self._loop = loop
    def __call__(self, f, *args, **kw):
        from functools import partial
        return self._loop.run_in_executor(self._ex, partial(f, *args, **kw))
execute = Executor()

...

def cpu_bound_operation(t, alpha=30):
    sleep(t)
    return 20*alpha

async def main():
    y = await execute(cpu_bound_operation, 5, alpha=-2)

loop.run_until_complete(main())