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async_property
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Python decorator for async properties.

* Python: 3.7+
* Free software: MIT license
* Documentation: https://async-property.readthedocs.io
* Package: https://pypi.org/project/async-property
* Source code: https://github.com/ryananguiano/async_property

Install
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To install async_property, run this command in your terminal:

.. code-block:: console

    $ pip install async-property


Or if you have pipenv:

.. code-block:: console

    $ pipenv install async-property


Usage
-----

You can use ``@async_property`` just as you would with ``@property``, but on an async function.

.. code-block:: python

    class Foo:
        @async_property
        async def remote_value(self):
            return await get_remote_value()

The property ``remote_value`` now returns an awaitable coroutine.

.. code-block:: python

    instance = Foo()
    await instance.remote_value


Cached Properties
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

``@async_cached_property`` will call the function only once. Subsequent awaits to the property will return a cached value.

.. code-block:: python

    class Foo:
        @async_cached_property
        async def value(self):
            print('loading value')
            return 123

    >>> instance = Foo()
    >>> instance.value
    <AwaitableOnly "Foo.value">

    >>> await instance.value
    loading value
    123
    >>> await instance.value
    123
    >>> instance.value
    123

    >>> instance.value = 'abc'
    >>> instance.value
    'abc'
    >>> await instance.value
    'abc'

    >>> del instance.value
    >>> await instance.value
    loading value
    123


AwaitLoader
~~~~~~~~~~~

If you have an object with multiple cached properties, you can subclass ``AwaitLoader``. This will make your class instances awaitable and will load all ``@async_cached_property`` fields concurrently. ``AwaitLoader`` will call ``await instance.load()``, if it exists, before loading properties.

.. code-block:: python


    class Foo(AwaitLoader):
        async def load(self):
            print('load called')

        @async_cached_property
        async def db_lookup(self):
            return 'success'

        @async_cached_property
        async def api_call(self):
            print('calling api')
            return 'works every time'

    >>> instance = await Foo()
    load called
    calling api
    >>> instance.db_lookup
    'success'
    >>> instance.api_call
    'works every time'

Features
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* Both regular and cached property.
* Cached properties can be accessed multiple times without repeating function call.
* Uses asyncio.Lock to ensure cached functions are called only once.
* Full test coverage with py.test


Credits
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This package was created with Cookiecutter_ and the `audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage`_ project template.

.. _Cookiecutter: https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter
.. _`audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage`: https://github.com/audreyr/cookiecutter-pypackage


The ObjectProxy_ class was taken from wrapt_ library by Graham Dumpleton.

.. _ObjectProxy: https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/wrapt/blob/master/src/wrapt/wrappers.py
.. _wrapt: https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/wrapt
