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The following is a reference of modules and their public functions and classes.

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asgi

Public function for ASGI Application with custom ASGI handler.

get_asgi_application()

The public interface to Django's custom ASGI support that supports the lifespan protocol.

This is modified copy of

https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/django/core/asgi.py

:return: An ASGI 3 callable.

Source code in django_asgi_lifespan/asgi.py
def get_asgi_application() -> LifespanASGIHandler:
    """
    The public interface to Django's custom ASGI support
    that supports the lifespan protocol.

    This is modified copy of:
        <https://github.com/django/django/blob/main/django/core/asgi.py>

    :return: An ASGI 3 callable.
    """
    django.setup(set_prefix=False)
    return LifespanASGIHandler()

dispatcher

errors

events

send_lifespan_signal_collecting_contexts(signal, scope) async

Dispatches the given signal. Returns a list of async context managers.

Source code in django_asgi_lifespan/events.py
async def send_lifespan_signal_collecting_contexts(
    signal: CompatAsyncSignal, scope: LifespanScope
) -> List[Callable[[], AbstractAsyncContextManager[State]]]:
    """
    Dispatches the given signal. Returns a list of async context managers.
    """
    logger.debug("Dispatching signal: %s", signal)

    if "state" not in scope:
        logger.warning("Missing state in scope. Cannot dispatch signal.")
        raise MissingScopeStateError("Missing state in scope. Cannot dispatch signal.")

    logger.debug(
        "Awaiting signal `%s` using compat `compat_asend_async_only` method.", signal
    )

    # List of tuple pairs [(receiver, response), ...].
    receiver_responses: List[
        Tuple[Any, Callable[[], AbstractAsyncContextManager[State]]]
    ] = await signal.compat_asend_async_only(
        LifespanSender, scope=scope, state=scope["state"]
    )
    context_managers = [context_manager for _, context_manager in receiver_responses]

    return context_managers

send_lifespan_signal_compat(*, signal, scope) async

Dispatches the given signal.

Source code in django_asgi_lifespan/events.py
async def send_lifespan_signal_compat(*, signal: Signal, scope: LifespanScope) -> None:
    """
    Dispatches the given signal.
    """
    logger.debug("Dispatching signal: %s", signal)

    if callable(getattr(signal, "asend", None)):
        logger.debug("Awaiting signal using native `asend` method: %s", signal)
        await signal.asend(sender=LifespanSender, scope=scope)
    else:
        logger.debug("Sending signal using synchronous `send` method: %s", signal)
        responses = signal.send(sender=LifespanSender, scope=scope)

        # Synchronous send method returns coroutine objects, that need to be awaited
        for _, response in responses:
            if not response:
                continue

            if inspect.isawaitable(response):
                await response
            else:
                response()

    logger.debug("Signal: %s dispatched", signal)

handler

Subclass of Django ASGIHandler with ASGI Lifespan support.

LifespanASGIHandler

Bases: ASGIHandler

A subclass of ASGIHandler that supports the ASGI Lifespan protocol.

Source code in django_asgi_lifespan/handler.py
class LifespanASGIHandler(ASGIHandler):
    """A subclass of ASGIHandler that supports the ASGI Lifespan protocol."""

    _lifespan_event_dispatcher: LifespanEventDispatcher

    def __init__(self):
        super().__init__()
        self._lifespan_event_dispatcher = LifespanEventDispatcher()

    async def __call__(
        self, scope: Scope, receive: ASGIReceiveCallable, send: ASGISendCallable
    ) -> None:
        """
        If scope type is lifespan, handle lifespan request.
        Otherwise, delegate to the superclass call method.

        The base Django `ASGIHandler` can only handle http scope.
        """

        if scope["type"] == "lifespan":
            await self._handle_lifespan(scope, receive, send)
        else:
            await super().__call__(scope, receive, send)

    async def _handle_lifespan(
        self,
        scope: LifespanScope,
        receive: ASGIReceiveCallable,
        send: ASGISendCallable,
    ) -> None:
        """Process lifespan request events."""

        while True:
            message: ASGIReceiveEvent = await receive()

            match message["type"]:
                case "lifespan.startup":
                    try:
                        await self._lifespan_event_dispatcher.startup(scope)
                    except Exception as exc:
                        await send(
                            LifespanStartupFailedEvent(
                                type="lifespan.startup.failed", message=str(exc)
                            )
                        )
                        raise
                    else:
                        await send(
                            LifespanStartupCompleteEvent(
                                type="lifespan.startup.complete"
                            )
                        )

                case "lifespan.shutdown":
                    try:
                        await self._lifespan_event_dispatcher.shutdown(scope)
                    except Exception as exc:
                        await send(
                            LifespanShutdownFailedEvent(
                                type="lifespan.shutdown.failed", message=str(exc)
                            )
                        )
                        raise
                    else:
                        await send(
                            LifespanShutdownCompleteEvent(
                                type="lifespan.shutdown.complete"
                            )
                        )
                        # The return statement is important here to break the while loop
                        # and prevent the function from processing any further messages
                        # after the shutdown event.
                        # Ref.:
                        # https://asgi.readthedocs.io/en/latest/specs/lifespan.html
                        return

                case _:
                    raise ValueError(
                        f"Unknown lifespan message type: {message['type']}"
                    )

__call__(scope, receive, send) async

If scope type is lifespan, handle lifespan request. Otherwise, delegate to the superclass call method.

The base Django ASGIHandler can only handle http scope.

Source code in django_asgi_lifespan/handler.py
async def __call__(
    self, scope: Scope, receive: ASGIReceiveCallable, send: ASGISendCallable
) -> None:
    """
    If scope type is lifespan, handle lifespan request.
    Otherwise, delegate to the superclass call method.

    The base Django `ASGIHandler` can only handle http scope.
    """

    if scope["type"] == "lifespan":
        await self._handle_lifespan(scope, receive, send)
    else:
        await super().__call__(scope, receive, send)

middleware

register

register_lifespan_manager(*, context_manager)

Registers a context manager for lifecycle events

Source code in django_asgi_lifespan/register.py
def register_lifespan_manager(
    *, context_manager: Callable[[], AbstractAsyncContextManager[State]]
) -> None:
    """
    Registers a context manager for lifecycle events
    """
    wrapper = LifespanContextManagerSignalWrapper(context_manager)
    # weak=False is important here, otherwise the receiver will be garbage collected
    asgi_lifespan.connect(wrapper.receiver, sender=None, weak=False, dispatch_uid=None)

signals

ASGI lifespan Django signals for server startup and shutdown events.

types