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.. currentmodule:: asyncio

.. _asyncio-streams:

++++++++++++++++++++++++
Streams (high-level API)
++++++++++++++++++++++++

Stream functions
================

.. coroutinefunction:: open_connection(host=None, port=None, \*, loop=None, limit=None, \*\*kwds)

   A wrapper for :meth:`~BaseEventLoop.create_connection()` returning a (reader,
   writer) pair.

   The reader returned is a :class:`StreamReader` instance; the writer is
   a :class:`StreamWriter` instance.

   The arguments are all the usual arguments to
   :meth:`BaseEventLoop.create_connection` except *protocol_factory*; most
   common are positional host and port, with various optional keyword arguments
   following.

   Additional optional keyword arguments are *loop* (to set the event loop
   instance to use) and *limit* (to set the buffer limit passed to the
   :class:`StreamReader`).

   (If you want to customize the :class:`StreamReader` and/or
   :class:`StreamReaderProtocol` classes, just copy the code -- there's really
   nothing special here except some convenience.)

   This function is a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.

.. coroutinefunction:: start_server(client_connected_cb, host=None, port=None, \*, loop=None, limit=None, \*\*kwds)

   Start a socket server, with a callback for each client connected. The return
   value is the same as :meth:`~BaseEventLoop.create_server()`.

   The *client_connected_cb* parameter is called with two parameters:
   *client_reader*, *client_writer*.  *client_reader* is a
   :class:`StreamReader` object, while *client_writer* is a
   :class:`StreamWriter` object.  The *client_connected_cb* parameter can
   either be a plain callback function or a :ref:`coroutine function
   <coroutine>`; if it is a coroutine function, it will be automatically
   converted into a :class:`Task`.

   The rest of the arguments are all the usual arguments to
   :meth:`~BaseEventLoop.create_server()` except *protocol_factory*; most
   common are positional *host* and *port*, with various optional keyword
   arguments following.

   Additional optional keyword arguments are *loop* (to set the event loop
   instance to use) and *limit* (to set the buffer limit passed to the
   :class:`StreamReader`).

   This function is a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.

.. coroutinefunction:: open_unix_connection(path=None, \*, loop=None, limit=None, **kwds)

   A wrapper for :meth:`~BaseEventLoop.create_unix_connection()` returning
   a (reader, writer) pair.

   See :func:`open_connection` for information about return value and other
   details.

   This function is a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.

   Availability: UNIX.

.. coroutinefunction:: start_unix_server(client_connected_cb, path=None, \*, loop=None, limit=None, **kwds)

   Start a UNIX Domain Socket server, with a callback for each client connected.

   See :func:`start_server` for information about return value and other
   details.

   This function is a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.

   Availability: UNIX.


StreamReader
============

.. class:: StreamReader(limit=None, loop=None)

   This class is :ref:`not thread safe <asyncio-multithreading>`.

   .. method:: exception()

      Get the exception.

   .. method:: feed_eof()

      Acknowledge the EOF.

   .. method:: feed_data(data)

      Feed *data* bytes in the internal buffer.  Any operations waiting
      for the data will be resumed.

   .. method:: set_exception(exc)

      Set the exception.

   .. method:: set_transport(transport)

      Set the transport.

   .. coroutinemethod:: read(n=-1)

      Read up to *n* bytes.  If *n* is not provided, or set to ``-1``,
      read until EOF and return all read bytes.

      If the EOF was received and the internal buffer is empty,
      return an empty ``bytes`` object.

      This method is a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.

   .. coroutinemethod:: readline()

      Read one line, where "line" is a sequence of bytes ending with ``\n``.

      If EOF is received, and ``\n`` was not found, the method will
      return the partial read bytes.

      If the EOF was received and the internal buffer is empty,
      return an empty ``bytes`` object.

      This method is a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.

   .. coroutinemethod:: readexactly(n)

      Read exactly *n* bytes. Raise an :exc:`IncompleteReadError` if the end of
      the stream is reached before *n* can be read, the
      :attr:`IncompleteReadError.partial` attribute of the exception contains
      the partial read bytes.

      This method is a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.

   .. method:: at_eof()

      Return ``True`` if the buffer is empty and :meth:`feed_eof` was called.


StreamWriter
============

.. class:: StreamWriter(transport, protocol, reader, loop)

   Wraps a Transport.

   This exposes :meth:`write`, :meth:`writelines`, :meth:`can_write_eof()`,
   :meth:`write_eof`, :meth:`get_extra_info` and :meth:`close`.  It adds
   :meth:`drain` which returns an optional :class:`Future` on which you can
   wait for flow control.  It also adds a transport attribute which references
   the :class:`Transport` directly.

   This class is :ref:`not thread safe <asyncio-multithreading>`.

   .. attribute:: transport

      Transport.

   .. method:: can_write_eof()

      Return :const:`True` if the transport supports :meth:`write_eof`,
      :const:`False` if not. See :meth:`WriteTransport.can_write_eof`.

   .. method:: close()

      Close the transport: see :meth:`BaseTransport.close`.

   .. coroutinemethod:: drain()

      Let the write buffer of the underlying transport a chance to be flushed.

      The intended use is to write::

          w.write(data)
          yield from w.drain()

      When the size of the transport buffer reaches the high-water limit (the
      protocol is paused), block until the size of the buffer is drained down
      to the low-water limit and the protocol is resumed. When there is nothing
      to wait for, the yield-from continues immediately.

      Yielding from :meth:`drain` gives the opportunity for the loop to
      schedule the write operation and flush the buffer. It should especially
      be used when a possibly large amount of data is written to the transport,
      and the coroutine does not yield-from between calls to :meth:`write`.

      This method is a :ref:`coroutine <coroutine>`.

   .. method:: get_extra_info(name, default=None)

      Return optional transport information: see
      :meth:`BaseTransport.get_extra_info`.

   .. method:: write(data)

      Write some *data* bytes to the transport: see
      :meth:`WriteTransport.write`.

   .. method:: writelines(data)

      Write a list (or any iterable) of data bytes to the transport:
      see :meth:`WriteTransport.writelines`.

   .. method:: write_eof()

      Close the write end of the transport after flushing buffered data:
      see :meth:`WriteTransport.write_eof`.


StreamReaderProtocol
====================

.. class:: StreamReaderProtocol(stream_reader, client_connected_cb=None, loop=None)

    Trivial helper class to adapt between :class:`Protocol` and
    :class:`StreamReader`. Sublclass of :class:`Protocol`.

    *stream_reader* is a :class:`StreamReader` instance, *client_connected_cb*
    is an optional function called with (stream_reader, stream_writer) when a
    connection is made, *loop* is the event loop instance to use.

    (This is a helper class instead of making :class:`StreamReader` itself a
    :class:`Protocol` subclass, because the :class:`StreamReader` has other
    potential uses, and to prevent the user of the :class:`StreamReader` from
    accidentally calling inappropriate methods of the protocol.)


IncompleteReadError
===================

.. exception:: IncompleteReadError

    Incomplete read error, subclass of :exc:`EOFError`.

   .. attribute:: expected

      Total number of expected bytes (:class:`int`).

   .. attribute:: partial

      Read bytes string before the end of stream was reached (:class:`bytes`).


Stream examples
===============

.. _asyncio-tcp-echo-client-streams:

TCP echo client using streams
-----------------------------

TCP echo client using the :func:`asyncio.open_connection` function::

    import asyncio

    @asyncio.coroutine
    def tcp_echo_client(message, loop):
        reader, writer = yield from asyncio.open_connection('127.0.0.1', 8888,
                                                            loop=loop)

        print('Send: %r' % message)
        writer.write(message.encode())

        data = yield from reader.read(100)
        print('Received: %r' % data.decode())

        print('Close the socket')
        writer.close()

    message = 'Hello World!'
    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
    loop.run_until_complete(tcp_echo_client(message, loop))
    loop.close()

.. seealso::

   The :ref:`TCP echo client protocol <asyncio-tcp-echo-client-protocol>`
   example uses the :meth:`BaseEventLoop.create_connection` method.


.. _asyncio-tcp-echo-server-streams:

TCP echo server using streams
-----------------------------

TCP echo server using the :func:`asyncio.start_server` function::

    import asyncio

    @asyncio.coroutine
    def handle_echo(reader, writer):
        data = yield from reader.read(100)
        message = data.decode()
        addr = writer.get_extra_info('peername')
        print("Received %r from %r" % (message, addr))

        print("Send: %r" % message)
        writer.write(data)
        yield from writer.drain()

        print("Close the client socket")
        writer.close()

    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
    coro = asyncio.start_server(handle_echo, '127.0.0.1', 8888, loop=loop)
    server = loop.run_until_complete(coro)

    # Serve requests until Ctrl+C is pressed
    print('Serving on {}'.format(server.sockets[0].getsockname()))
    try:
        loop.run_forever()
    except KeyboardInterrupt:
        pass

    # Close the server
    server.close()
    loop.run_until_complete(server.wait_closed())
    loop.close()

.. seealso::

   The :ref:`TCP echo server protocol <asyncio-tcp-echo-server-protocol>`
   example uses the :meth:`BaseEventLoop.create_server` method.


Get HTTP headers
----------------

Simple example querying HTTP headers of the URL passed on the command line::

    import asyncio
    import urllib.parse
    import sys

    @asyncio.coroutine
    def print_http_headers(url):
        url = urllib.parse.urlsplit(url)
        if url.scheme == 'https':
            connect = asyncio.open_connection(url.hostname, 443, ssl=True)
        else:
            connect = asyncio.open_connection(url.hostname, 80)
        reader, writer = yield from connect
        query = ('HEAD {path} HTTP/1.0\r\n'
                 'Host: {hostname}\r\n'
                 '\r\n').format(path=url.path or '/', hostname=url.hostname)
        writer.write(query.encode('latin-1'))
        while True:
            line = yield from reader.readline()
            if not line:
                break
            line = line.decode('latin1').rstrip()
            if line:
                print('HTTP header> %s' % line)

        # Ignore the body, close the socket
        writer.close()

    url = sys.argv[1]
    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
    task = asyncio.ensure_future(print_http_headers(url))
    loop.run_until_complete(task)
    loop.close()

Usage::

    python example.py http://example.com/path/page.html

or with HTTPS::

    python example.py https://example.com/path/page.html

.. _asyncio-register-socket-streams:

Register an open socket to wait for data using streams
------------------------------------------------------

Coroutine waiting until a socket receives data using the
:func:`open_connection` function::

    import asyncio
    try:
        from socket import socketpair
    except ImportError:
        from asyncio.windows_utils import socketpair

    @asyncio.coroutine
    def wait_for_data(loop):
        # Create a pair of connected sockets
        rsock, wsock = socketpair()

        # Register the open socket to wait for data
        reader, writer = yield from asyncio.open_connection(sock=rsock, loop=loop)

        # Simulate the reception of data from the network
        loop.call_soon(wsock.send, 'abc'.encode())

        # Wait for data
        data = yield from reader.read(100)

        # Got data, we are done: close the socket
        print("Received:", data.decode())
        writer.close()

        # Close the second socket
        wsock.close()

    loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
    loop.run_until_complete(wait_for_data(loop))
    loop.close()

.. seealso::

   The :ref:`register an open socket to wait for data using a protocol
   <asyncio-register-socket>` example uses a low-level protocol created by the
   :meth:`BaseEventLoop.create_connection` method.

   The :ref:`watch a file descriptor for read events
   <asyncio-watch-read-event>` example uses the low-level
   :meth:`BaseEventLoop.add_reader` method to register the file descriptor of a
   socket.