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(Fork of) Promises/A+ implementation for Python

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Promise

This is a implementation of Promises in Python. It is a super set of Promises/A+ designed to have readable, performant code and to provide just the extensions that are absolutely necessary for using async_promises in Python.

This was forked to make it fully compatible with the Promise/A+ spec

On completion of promise PR #20, maintenence for this fork will be dropped.

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Installation

$ pip install async_promises

Usage

The example below shows how you can load the async_promises library. It then demonstrates creating a async_promises from scratch. You simply call Promise(fn). There is a complete specification for what is returned by this method in Promise/A+.

from async_promises import Promise

async_promises = Promise(
    lambda resolve, reject: resolve('RESOLVED!')
)

API

Before all examples, you will need:

from async_promises import Promise

Promise(resolver)

This creates and returns a new Promise. resolver must be a function. The resolver function is passed two arguments:

  1. resolve should be called with a single argument. If it is called with a non-promise value then the promise is fulfilled with that value. If it is called with a promise (A) then the returned promise takes on the state of that new promise (A).

  2. reject should be called with a single argument. The returned promise will be rejected with that argument.

Class Methods

These methods are invoked by calling Promise.methodName.

Promise.resolve(value)

Converts values and foreign Promises into Promise/A+ Promises. If you pass it a value then it returns a Promise for that value. If you pass it something that is close to a promise (such as a jQuery attempt at a promise) it returns a Promise that takes on the state of value (rejected or fulfilled).

Promise.rejected(value)

Returns a rejected promise with the given value.

Promise.all(list)

Returns a Promise for a list. If it is called with a single argument then this returns a Promise for a copy of that list with any Promises replaced by their fulfilled values. e.g.

p = Promise.all([Promise.resolve('a'), 'b', Promise.resolve('c')]) \
       .then(lambda res: res == ['a', 'b', 'c'])

assert p.get() is True
Promise.promisify(obj)

This function wraps the obj act as a Promise if possible. Python Futures are supported, with a callback to async_promises.done when resolved.

Promise.for_dict(d)

A special function that takes a dictionary of Promises and turns them into a Promises for a dictionary of values. In other words, this turns an dictionary of Promises for values into a Promises for a dictionary of values.

Instance Methods

These methods are invoked on a Promise instance by calling myPromise.methodName

async_promises.then(on_fulfilled, on_rejected)

This method follows the Promise/A+ spec. It explains things very clearly so I recommend you read it.

Either on_fulfilled or on_rejected will be called and they will not be called more than once. They will be passed a single argument and will always be called asynchronously (in the next turn of the event loop).

If the Promise is fulfilled then on_fulfilled is called. If the Promise is rejected then on_rejected is called.

The call to .then also returns a Promise. If the handler that is called returns a Promise, the Promise returned by .then takes on the state of that returned Promise. If the handler that is called returns a value that is not a Promise, the Promise returned by .then will be fulfilled with that value. If the handler that is called throws an exception then the Promise returned by .then is rejected with that exception.

async_promises.catch(on_rejected)

Sugar for async_promises.then(None, on_rejected), to mirror catch in synchronous code.

async_promises.done(on_fulfilled, on_rejected)

The same semantics as .then except that it does not return a Promise and any exceptions are re-thrown so that they can be logged (crashing the application in non-browser environments)

Other package functions

is_thenable(obj)

This function checks if the obj is a Promise, or could be promisifyed.

Notes

This package is heavily insipired in aplus.

License

MIT License

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