Application

Initializing Parameters

In addition to the parameters mentioned elsewhere in this document, Kui also supports the following initialization parameters.

http_middlewares

This parameter is used to add global HTTP middlewares.

socket_middlewares

This parameter is used to add global WebSocket middlewares.

factory_class

This parameter is used to customize the HttpRequest and WebSocket classes.

from kui.asgi import Kui, HttpRequest, WebSocket


class CustomHttpRequest(HttpRequest):
    ...


class CustomWebSocket(WebSocket):
    ...


app = Kui(
    factory_class=FactoryClass(http=CustomHttpRequest, websocket=CustomWebSocket),
)

Attributes

state

app.state is used to store global variables. Here is an example using Redis in conjunction with Lifespan.

import redis.asyncio
from kui.asgi import Kui


async def init_redis(app: Kui):
    app.state.redis = redis.asyncio.Redis.from_url(
        os.environ.get("REDIS_URL", "redis://localhost:6379/0"),
        decode_responses=True,
    )


async def close_redis(app: Kui):
    await app.state.redis.close()


app = Kui(
    on_startup=[init_redis],
    on_shutdown=[close_redis],
)

should_exit

app.should_exit is used to indicate whether the Application should be closed.

Notice

This attribute requires support from the server being started.

from kui.asgi import Kui, websocket

app = Kui()


@app.router.websocket('/ws')
async def ws():
    await websocket.accept()

    while not websocket.app.should_exit:
        await asyncio.sleep(0.1)

    await websocket.close()


if __name__ == "__main__":
    # See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58133694/graceful-shutdown-of-uvicorn-starlette-app-with-websockets
    origin_handle_exit = uvicorn.Server.handle_exit

    def handle_exit(self: uvicorn.Server, sig, frame):
        app.should_exit = True
        return origin_handle_exit(self, sig, frame)

    uvicorn.Server.handle_exit = handle_exit

    uvicorn.run(app)