The little ASGI library that shines.
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✨ The little ASGI library that shines. ✨
Starlette is a small library for working with ASGI.
It gives you Request and Response classes, websocket support, routing,
static files support, and a test client.
Requirements:
Python 3.6+
Installation:
pip3 install starlette
Example:
from starlette.response import Response
class App:
def __init__(self, scope):
self.scope = scope
async def __call__(self, receive, send):
response = Response('Hello, world!', media_type='text/plain')
await response(receive, send)
You can run the application with any ASGI server, including uvicorn, daphne, or hypercorn.
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Contents
Responses
Starlette includes a few response classes that handle sending back the
appropriate ASGI messages on the send channel.
Response
Signature: Response(content, status_code=200, headers=None, media_type=None)
content- A string or bytestring.status_code- An integer HTTP status code.headers- A dictionary of strings.media_type- A string giving the media type. eg. "text/html"
Starlette will automatically include a Content-Length header. It will also include a Content-Type header, based on the media_type and appending a charset for text types.
Once you've instantiated a response, you can send it by calling it as an ASGI application instance.
class App:
def __init__(self, scope):
self.scope = scope
async def __call__(self, receive, send):
response = Response('Hello, world!', media_type='text/plain')
await response(receive, send)
HTMLResponse
Takes some text or bytes and returns an HTML response.
from starlette.response import HTMLResponse
class App:
def __init__(self, scope):
self.scope = scope
async def __call__(self, receive, send):
response = HTMLResponse('<html><body><h1>Hello, world!</h1></body></html>')
await response(receive, send)
PlainTextResponse
Takes some text or bytes and returns an plain text response.
from starlette.response import PlainTextResponse
class App:
def __init__(self, scope):
self.scope = scope
async def __call__(self, receive, send):
response = PlainTextResponse('Hello, world!')
await response(receive, send)
JSONResponse
Takes some data and returns an application/json encoded response.
from starlette.response import JSONResponse
class App:
def __init__(self, scope):
self.scope = scope
async def __call__(self, receive, send):
response = JSONResponse({'hello': 'world'})
await response(receive, send)
RedirectResponse
Returns an HTTP redirect. Uses a 302 status code by default.
from starlette.response import PlainTextResponse, RedirectResponse
class App:
def __init__(self, scope):
self.scope = scope
async def __call__(self, receive, send):
if self.scope['path'] != '/':
response = RedirectResponse(url='/')
else:
response = PlainTextResponse('Hello, world!')
await response(receive, send)
StreamingResponse
Takes an async generator and streams the response body.
from starlette.request import Request
from starlette.response import StreamingResponse
import asyncio
async def slow_numbers(minimum, maximum):
yield('<html><body><ul>')
for number in range(minimum, maximum + 1):
yield '<li>%d</li>' % number
await asyncio.sleep(0.5)
yield('</ul></body></html>')
class App:
def __init__(self, scope):
self.scope = scope
async def __call__(self, receive, send):
generator = slow_numbers(1, 10)
response = StreamingResponse(generator, media_type='text/html')
await response(receive, send)
FileResponse
Asynchronously streams a file as the response.
Takes a different set of arguments to instantiate than the other response types:
path- The filepath to the file to stream.headers- Any custom headers to include, as a dictionary.media_type- A string giving the media type. If unset, the filename or path will be used to infer a media type.filename- If set, this will be included in the responseContent-Disposition.
File responses will include appropriate Content-Length, Last-Modified and ETag headers.
from starlette.response import FileResponse
class App:
def __init__(self, scope):
self.scope = scope
async def __call__(self, receive, send):
response = FileResponse('/statics/favicon.ico')
await response(receive, send)
Requests
Starlette includes a Request class that gives you a nicer interface onto
the incoming request, rather than accessing the ASGI scope and receive channel directly.
Request
Signature: Request(scope, receive=None)
class App:
def __init__(self, scope):
self.scope = scope
async def __call__(self, receive, send):
request = Request(self.scope, receive)
content = '%s %s' % (request.method, request.url.path)
response = Response(content, media_type='text/plain')
await response(receive, send)
Requests present a mapping interface, so you can use them in the same
way as a scope.
For instance: request['path'] will return the ASGI path.
If you don't need to access the request body you can instantiate a request
without providing an argument to receive.
Method
The request method is accessed as request.method.
URL
The request URL is accessed as request.url.
The property is actually a subclass of str, and also exposes all the
components that can be parsed out of the URL.
For example: request.url.path, request.url.port, request.url.scheme.
Headers
Headers are exposed as an immutable, case-insensitive, multi-dict.
For example: request.headers['content-type']
Query Parameters
Headers are exposed as an immutable multi-dict.
For example: request.query_params['abc']
Body
There are a few different interfaces for returning the body of the request:
The request body as bytes: await request.body()
The request body, parsed as JSON: await request.json()
You can also access the request body as a stream, using the async for syntax:
class App:
def __init__(self, scope):
self.scope = scope
async def __call__(self, receive, send):
request = Request(self.scope, receive)
body = b''
async for chunk in request.stream():
body += chunk
response = Response(body, media_type='text/plain')
await response(receive, send)
If you access .stream() then the byte chunks are provided without storing
the entire body to memory. Any subsequent calls to .body() and .json() will
raise an error.
WebSockets
Starlette includes a WebSocketSessions class that fulfils a similar role
to the HTTP request, but that allows sending and receiving data on a websocket
session.
WebSocketSession
Signature: WebSocketSession(scope, receive=None, send=None)
from starlette.websockets import WebSocketSession
class App:
def __init__(self, scope):
self.scope = scope
async def __call__(self, receive, send):
session = WebSocketSession(self.scope, receive=receive, send=send)
await session.accept()
await session.send_text('Hello, world!')
await session.close()
Sessions present a mapping interface, so you can use them in the same
way as a scope.
For instance: session['path'] will return the ASGI path.
URL
The session URL is accessed as session.url.
The property is actually a subclass of str, and also exposes all the
components that can be parsed out of the URL.
For example: session.url.path, session.url.port, session.url.scheme.
Headers
Headers are exposed as an immutable, case-insensitive, multi-dict.
For example: session.headers['sec-websocket-version']
Query Parameters
Headers are exposed as an immutable multi-dict.
For example: session.query_params['abc']
Accepting the connection
await session.accept(subprotocol=None)
Sending data
await session.send_text(data)await session.send_bytes(data)await session.send_json(data)
Receiving data
await session.receive_text()await session.receive_bytes()await session.receive_json()
May raise starlette.websockets.Disconnect().
Closing the connection
await session.close(code=1000)
Sending and receiving messages
If you need to send or receive raw ASGI messages then you should use
session.send() and session.receive() rather than using the raw send and
receive callables. This will ensure that the session's state is kept
correctly updated.
await session.send(message)await session.receive()
Routing
Starlette includes a Router class which is an ASGI application that
dispatches to other ASGI applications.
from starlette.routing import Router, Path, PathPrefix
from myproject import Homepage, SubMountedApp
app = Router([
Path('/', app=Homepage, methods=['GET']),
PathPrefix('/mount/', app=SubMountedApp)
])
Paths can use URI templating style to capture path components.
Path('/users/{username}', app=User, methods=['GET'])
Path components are made available in the scope, as scope["kwargs"].
You can also use regular expressions for more complicated matching.
Named capture groups will be included in scope["kwargs"]:
Path('/users/(?P<username>[a-zA-Z0-9_]{1,20})', app=User, methods=['GET'])
Because each target of the router is an ASGI instance itself, routers allow for easy composition. For example:
app = Router([
Path('/', app=Homepage, methods=['GET']),
PathPrefix('/users', app=Router([
Path('/', app=Users, methods=['GET', 'POST']),
Path('/{username}', app=User, methods=['GET']),
]))
])
The router will respond with "404 Not found" or "406 Method not allowed" responses for requests which do not match.
Protocol Routing
You can also route based on the incoming protocol, using the ProtocolRouter
class.
from starlette.responses import Response
from starlette.routing import ProtocolRouter
from starlette.websockets import WebSocketSession
def http_endpoint(scope):
return Response("Hello, world", media_type="text/plain")
def websocket_endpoint(scope):
async def asgi(receive, send):
session = WebSocketSession(scope, receive, send)
await session.accept()
await session.send_json({"hello": "world"})
await session.close()
return asgi
app = ProtocolRouter({
"http": http_endpoint,
"websocket": websocket_endpoint
})
Static Files
As well as the FileResponse class, Starlette also includes ASGI applications
for serving a specific file or directory:
StaticFile(path)- Serve a single file, given bypath.StaticFiles(directory)- Serve any files in the givendirectory.
You can combine these ASGI applications with Starlette's routing to provide comprehensive static file serving.
from starlette.routing import Router, Path, PathPrefix
from starlette.staticfiles import StaticFile, StaticFiles
app = Router(routes=[
Path('/', app=StaticFile(path='index.html')),
PathPrefix('/static/', app=StaticFiles(directory='static')),
])
Static files will respond with "404 Not found" or "406 Method not allowed" responses for requests which do not match.
Test Client
The test client allows you to make requests against your ASGI application,
using the requests library.
from starlette.response import HTMLResponse
from starlette.testclient import TestClient
class App:
def __init__(self, scope):
self.scope = scope
async def __call__(self, receive, send):
response = HTMLResponse('<html><body>Hello, world!</body></html>')
await response(receive, send)
def test_app():
client = TestClient(App)
response = client.get('/')
assert response.status_code == 200
The test client exposes the same interface as any other requests session.
In particular, note that the calls to make a request are just standard
function calls, not awaitables.
Testing WebSocket applications
You can also test websocket applications with the test client.
The requests library will be used to build the initial handshake, meaning you
can use the same authentication options and other headers between both http and
websocket testing.
from starlette.testclient import TestClient
from starlette.websockets import WebSocketSession
class App:
def __init__(self, scope):
self.scope = scope
async def __call__(self, receive, send):
session = WebSocketSession(self.scope, receive=receive, send=send)
await session.accept()
await session.send_text('Hello, world!')
await session.close()
def test_app():
client = TestClient(App)
with client.websocket_connect('/') as session:
data = session.receive_text()
assert data == 'Hello, world!'
The operations on session are standard function calls, not awaitables.
It's important to use the session within a context-managed with block. This
ensure that the background thread on which the ASGI application is properly
terminated, and that any exceptions that occur within the application are
always raised by the test client.
Establishing a test session
.websocket_connect(url, subprotocols=None, **options)- Takes the same set of arguments asrequests.get().
May raise starlette.websockets.Disconnect if the application does not accept the websocket connection.
Sending data
.send_text(data)- Send the given text to the application..send_bytes(data)- Send the given bytes to the application..send_json(data)- Send the given data to the application.
Receiving data
.receive_text()- Wait for incoming text sent by the application and return it..receive_bytes()- Wait for incoming bytestring sent by the application and return it..receive_json()- Wait for incoming json data sent by the application and return it.
May raise starlette.websockets.Disconnect.
Closing the connection
.close(code=1000)- Perform a client-side close of the websocket connection.
Debugging
You can use Starlette's DebugMiddleware to display simple error tracebacks in the browser.
from starlette.debug import DebugMiddleware
class App:
def __init__(self, scope):
self.scope = scope
async def __call__(self, receive, send):
raise RuntimeError('Something went wrong')
app = DebugMiddleware(App)
Applications
Starlette also includes an App class that nicely ties together all of
its other functionality.
from starlette.app import App
from starlette.response import PlainTextResponse
from starlette.staticfiles import StaticFiles
app = App()
app.mount("/static", StaticFiles(directory="static"))
@app.route('/')
def homepage(request):
return PlainTextResponse('Hello, world!')
@app.route('/user/{username}')
def user(request, username):
return PlainTextResponse('Hello, %s!' % username)
@app.websocket_route('/ws')
async def websocket_endpoint(session):
await session.accept()
await session.send_text('Hello, websocket!')
await session.close()
Adding routes to the application
You can use any of the following to add handled routes to the application:
.add_route(path, func, methods=["GET"])- Add an HTTP route. The function may be either a coroutine or a regular function, with a signature likefunc(request **kwargs) -> response..add_websocket_route(path, func)- Add a websocket session route. The function must be a coroutine, with a signature likefunc(session, **kwargs)..mount(prefix, app)- Include an ASGI app, mounted under the given path prefix.route(path)- Add an HTTP route, decorator style..websocket_route(path)- Add a WebSocket route, decorator style.
Starlette is BSD licensed code.
Designed & built in Brighton, England.
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