# asgi-lifespan
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Programmatically send startup/shutdown [lifespan](https://asgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/specs/lifespan.html) events into [ASGI](https://asgi.readthedocs.io) applications. When used in combination with an ASGI-capable HTTP client such as [HTTPX](https://www.python-httpx.org), this allows mocking or testing ASGI applications without having to spin up an ASGI server.
## Features
- Send lifespan events to an ASGI app using `LifespanManager`.
- Support for [`asyncio`](https://docs.python.org/3/library/asyncio) and [`trio`](https://trio.readthedocs.io).
- Fully type-annotated.
- 100% test coverage.
## Installation
```bash
pip install 'asgi-lifespan==2.*'
```
## Usage
`asgi-lifespan` provides a `LifespanManager` to programmatically send ASGI lifespan events into an ASGI app. This can be used to programmatically startup/shutdown an ASGI app without having to spin up an ASGI server.
`LifespanManager` can run on either `asyncio` or `trio`, and will auto-detect the async library in use.
### Basic usage
```python
# example.py
from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
from asgi_lifespan import LifespanManager
from starlette.applications import Starlette
# Example lifespan-capable ASGI app. Any ASGI app that supports
# the lifespan protocol will do, e.g. FastAPI, Quart, Responder, ...
@asynccontextmanager
async def lifespan(app):
print("Starting up!")
yield
print("Shutting down!")
app = Starlette(lifespan=lifespan)
async def main():
async with LifespanManager(app) as manager:
print("We're in!")
# On asyncio:
import asyncio; asyncio.run(main())
# On trio:
# import trio; trio.run(main)
```
Output:
```console
$ python example.py
Starting up!
We're in!
Shutting down!
```
### Sending lifespan events for testing
The example below demonstrates how to use `asgi-lifespan` in conjunction with [HTTPX](https://www.python-httpx.org) and `pytest` in order to send test requests into an ASGI app.
- Install dependencies:
```
pip install asgi-lifespan httpx starlette pytest pytest-asyncio
```
- Test script:
```python
# test_app.py
from contextlib import asynccontextmanager
import httpx
import pytest
import pytest_asyncio
from asgi_lifespan import LifespanManager
from starlette.applications import Starlette
from starlette.responses import PlainTextResponse
from starlette.routing import Route
@pytest_asyncio.fixture
async def app():
@asynccontextmanager
async def lifespan(app):
print("Starting up")
yield
print("Shutting down")
async def home(request):
return PlainTextResponse("Hello, world!")
app = Starlette(
routes=[Route("/", home)],
lifespan=lifespan,
)
async with LifespanManager(app) as manager:
print("We're in!")
yield manager.app
@pytest_asyncio.fixture
async def client(app):
async with httpx.AsyncClient(app=app, base_url="http://app.io") as client:
print("Client is ready")
yield client
@pytest.mark.asyncio
async def test_home(client):
print("Testing")
response = await client.get("/")
assert response.status_code == 200
assert response.text == "Hello, world!"
print("OK")
```
- Run the test suite:
```console
$ pytest -s test_app.py
======================= test session starts =======================
test_app.py Starting up
We're in!
Client is ready
Testing
OK
.Shutting down
======================= 1 passed in 0.88s =======================
```
### Accessing state
`LifespanManager` provisions a [lifespan state](https://asgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/specs/lifespan.html#lifespan-state) which persists data from the lifespan cycle for use in request/response handling.
For your app to be aware of it, be sure to use `manager.app` instead of the `app` itself when inside the context manager.
For example if using HTTPX as an async test client:
```python
async with LifespanManager(app) as manager:
async with httpx.AsyncClient(app=manager.app) as client:
...
```
## API Reference
### `LifespanManager`
```python
def __init__(
self,
app: Callable,
startup_timeout: Optional[float] = 5,
shutdown_timeout: Optional[float] = 5,
)
```
An [asynchronous context manager](https://docs.python.org/3/reference/datamodel.html#async-context-managers) that starts up an ASGI app on enter and shuts it down on exit.
More precisely:
- On enter, start a `lifespan` request to `app` in the background, then send the `lifespan.startup` event and wait for the application to send `lifespan.startup.complete`.
- On exit, send the `lifespan.shutdown` event and wait for the application to send `lifespan.shutdown.complete`.
- If an exception occurs during startup, shutdown, or in the body of the `async with` block, it bubbles up and no shutdown is performed.
**Example**
```python
async with LifespanManager(app) as manager:
# 'app' was started up.
...
# 'app' was shut down.
```
**Parameters**
- `app` (`Callable`): an ASGI application.
- `startup_timeout` (`Optional[float]`, defaults to 5): maximum number of seconds to wait for the application to startup. Use `None` for no timeout.
- `shutdown_timeout` (`Optional[float]`, defaults to 5): maximum number of seconds to wait for the application to shutdown. Use `None` for no timeout.
**Yields**
- `manager` (`LifespanManager`): the `LifespanManager` itself. In case you use [lifespan state](https://asgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/specs/lifespan.html#lifespan-state), use `async with LifespanManager(app) as manager: ...` then access `manager.app` to get a reference to the state-aware app.
**Raises**
- `LifespanNotSupported`: if the application does not seem to support the lifespan protocol. Based on the rationale that if the app supported the lifespan protocol then it would successfully receive the `lifespan.startup` ASGI event, unsupported lifespan protocol is detected in two situations:
- The application called `send()` before calling `receive()` for the first time.
- The application raised an exception during startup before making its first call to `receive()`. For example, this may be because the application failed on a statement such as `assert scope["type"] == "http"`.
- `TimeoutError`: if startup or shutdown timed out.
- `Exception`: any exception raised by the application (during startup, shutdown, or within the `async with` body) that does not indicate it does not support the lifespan protocol.
## License
MIT
# Changelog
All notable changes to this project will be documented in this file.
The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/).
## 2.1.0 - 2023-03-28
### Added
- Add support for lifespan state. (Pull #59)
## 2.0.0 - 2022-11-11
### Removed
- Drop support for Python 3.6. (Pull #55)
### Added
- Add official support for Python 3.11. (Pull #55)
- Add official support for Python 3.9 and 3.10. (Pull #46 - Thanks @euri10)
### Fixed
- Ensure compatibility with mypy 0.990+, which made `no_implicit_optional` the default. (Pull #53 - Thanks @AllSeeingEyeTolledEweSew)
## 1.0.1 - 2020-06-08
### Fixed
- Update development status to `5 - Production/Stable`. (Pull #32)
## 1.0.0 - 2020-02-02
### Removed
- Drop `Lifespan` and `LifespanMiddleware`. Please use Starlette's built-in lifespan capabilities instead. (Pull #27)
### Fixed
- Use `sniffio` for auto-detecting the async environment. (Pull #28)
- Enforce 100% test coverage on CI. (Pull #29)
### Changed
- Enforce importing from the top-level package by switching to private internal modules. (Pull #26)
## 0.6.0 - 2019-11-29
### Changed
- Move `Lifespan` to the `lifespan` module. (Pull #21)
- Refactor `LifespanManager` to drop dependency on `asynccontextmanager` on 3.6. (Pull #20)
## 0.5.0 - 2019-11-29
- Enter Beta development status.
### Removed
- Remove `curio` support. (Pull #18)
### Added
- Ship binary distributions (wheels) alongside source distributions.
### Changed
- Use custom concurrency backends instead of `anyio` for asyncio and trio support. (Pull #18)
## 0.4.2 - 2019-10-06
### Fixed
- Ensure `py.typed` is bundled with the package so that type checkers can detect type annotations. (Pull #16)
## 0.4.1 - 2019-09-29
### Fixed
- Improve error handling in `LifespanManager` (Pull #11):
- Exceptions raised in the context manager body or during shutdown are now properly propagated.
- Unsupported lifespan is now also detected when the app calls `send()` before calling having called `receive()` at least once.
## 0.4.0 - 2019-09-29
- Enter Alpha development status.
## 0.3.1 - 2019-09-29
### Added
- Add configurable timeouts to `LifespanManager`. (Pull #10)
## 0.3.0 - 2019-09-29
### Added
- Add `LifespanManager` for sending lifespan events into an ASGI app. (Pull #5)
## 0.2.0 - 2019-09-28
### Added
- Add `LifespanMiddleware`, an ASGI middleware to add lifespan support to an ASGI app. (Pull #9)
## 0.1.0 - 2019-09-28
### Added
- Add `Lifespan`, an ASGI app implementing the lifespan protocol with event handler registration support. (Pull #7)
## 0.0.2 - 2019-09-28
### Fixed
- Installation from PyPI used to fail due to missing `MANIFEST.in`.
## 0.0.1 - 2019-09-28
### Added
- Empty package.