API

Executors

class futurist.GreenThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1000, check_and_reject=None)

Executor that uses a green thread pool to execute calls asynchronously.

See: https://docs.python.org/dev/library/concurrent.futures.html and http://eventlet.net/doc/modules/greenpool.html for information on how this works.

It gathers statistics about the submissions executed for post-analysis...

__init__(max_workers=1000, check_and_reject=None)

Initializes a green thread pool executor.

Parameters:

• max_workers (int) – maximum number of workers that can be simulatenously active at the same time, further submitted work will be queued up when this limit is reached.
• check_and_reject (callback) – a callback function that will be provided two position arguments, the first argument will be this executor instance, and the second will be the number of currently queued work items in this executors backlog; the callback should raise a RejectedSubmission exception if it wants to have this submission rejected.

alive

Accessor to determine if the executor is alive/active.

statistics

ExecutorStatistics about the executors executions.

submit(fn, *args, **kwargs)

Submit some work to be executed (and gather statistics).

Parameters:

• args (list) – non-keyworded arguments
• kwargs (dictionary) – key-value arguments

class futurist.ProcessPoolExecutor(max_workers=None)

Executor that uses a process pool to execute calls asynchronously.

It gathers statistics about the submissions executed for post-analysis...

See: https://docs.python.org/dev/library/concurrent.futures.html

alive

Accessor to determine if the executor is alive/active.

statistics

ExecutorStatistics about the executors executions.

submit(fn, *args, **kwargs)

Submit some work to be executed (and gather statistics).

class futurist.SynchronousExecutor(green=False)

Executor that uses the caller to execute calls synchronously.

This provides an interface to a caller that looks like an executor but will execute the calls inside the caller thread instead of executing it in a external process/thread for when this type of functionality is useful to provide...

It gathers statistics about the submissions executed for post-analysis...

__init__(green=False)

Synchronous executor constructor.

Parameters:green (bool) – when enabled this forces the usage of greened lock classes and green futures (so that the internals of this object operate correctly under eventlet)

alive

Accessor to determine if the executor is alive/active.

restart()

Restarts this executor (iff previously shutoff/shutdown).

NOTE(harlowja): clears any previously gathered statistics.

statistics

ExecutorStatistics about the executors executions.

submit(fn, *args, **kwargs)

Submit some work to be executed (and gather statistics).

class futurist.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=None, check_and_reject=None)

Executor that uses a thread pool to execute calls asynchronously.

It gathers statistics about the submissions executed for post-analysis...

See: https://docs.python.org/dev/library/concurrent.futures.html

__init__(max_workers=None, check_and_reject=None)

Initializes a thread pool executor.

Parameters:

• max_workers (int) – maximum number of workers that can be simulatenously active at the same time, further submitted work will be queued up when this limit is reached.
• check_and_reject (callback) – a callback function that will be provided two position arguments, the first argument will be this executor instance, and the second will be the number of currently queued work items in this executors backlog; the callback should raise a RejectedSubmission exception if it wants to have this submission rejected.

alive

Accessor to determine if the executor is alive/active.

statistics

ExecutorStatistics about the executors executions.

submit(fn, *args, **kwargs)

Submit some work to be executed (and gather statistics).

Futures

class futurist.Future

Represents the result of an asynchronous computation.

add_done_callback(fn)

Attaches a callable that will be called when the future finishes.

Args:

fn: A callable that will be called with this future as its only

argument when the future completes or is cancelled. The callable will always be called by a thread in the same process in which it was added. If the future has already completed or been cancelled then the callable will be called immediately. These callables are called in the order that they were added.

cancel()

Cancel the future if possible.

Returns True if the future was cancelled, False otherwise. A future cannot be cancelled if it is running or has already completed.

cancelled()

Return True if the future has cancelled.

done()

Return True of the future was cancelled or finished executing.

exception(timeout=None)

Return the exception raised by the call that the future represents.

Args:

timeout: The number of seconds to wait for the exception if the

future isn’t done. If None, then there is no limit on the wait time.

Returns:

The exception raised by the call that the future represents or None if the call completed without raising.

Raises:

CancelledError: If the future was cancelled. TimeoutError: If the future didn’t finish executing before the given

timeout.

exception_info(timeout=None)

Return a tuple of (exception, traceback) raised by the call that the future represents.

Args:

timeout: The number of seconds to wait for the exception if the

future isn’t done. If None, then there is no limit on the wait time.

Returns:

The exception raised by the call that the future represents or None if the call completed without raising.

Raises:

CancelledError: If the future was cancelled. TimeoutError: If the future didn’t finish executing before the given

timeout.

result(timeout=None)

Return the result of the call that the future represents.

Args:

timeout: The number of seconds to wait for the result if the future

isn’t done. If None, then there is no limit on the wait time.

Returns:

The result of the call that the future represents.

Raises:

CancelledError: If the future was cancelled. TimeoutError: If the future didn’t finish executing before the given

timeout.

Exception: If the call raised then that exception will be raised.

running()

Return True if the future is currently executing.

set_exception(exception)

Sets the result of the future as being the given exception.

Should only be used by Executor implementations and unit tests.

set_exception_info(exception, traceback)

Sets the result of the future as being the given exception and traceback.

Should only be used by Executor implementations and unit tests.

set_result(result)

Sets the return value of work associated with the future.

Should only be used by Executor implementations and unit tests.

set_running_or_notify_cancel()

Mark the future as running or process any cancel notifications.

Should only be used by Executor implementations and unit tests.

If the future has been cancelled (cancel() was called and returned True) then any threads waiting on the future completing (though calls to as_completed() or wait()) are notified and False is returned.

If the future was not cancelled then it is put in the running state (future calls to running() will return True) and True is returned.

This method should be called by Executor implementations before executing the work associated with this future. If this method returns False then the work should not be executed.

Returns:

False if the Future was cancelled, True otherwise.

Raises:

RuntimeError: if this method was already called or if set_result()

or set_exception() was called.

class futurist.GreenFuture

Represents the result of an asynchronous computation.

Periodics

class futurist.periodics.PeriodicWorker(callables, log=None, executor_factory=None, cond_cls=<function Condition at 0x2a4a758>, event_cls=<function Event at 0x2a8f398>, schedule_strategy='last_started', now_func=<function monotonic at 0x32cede8>, on_failure=None)

Calls a collection of callables periodically (sleeping as needed...).

NOTE(harlowja): typically the start() method is executed in a background thread so that the periodic callables are executed in the background/asynchronously (using the defined periods to determine when each is called).

BUILT_IN_STRATEGIES = {'last_started_jitter': (<function _last_started_strategy_with_jitter at 0x3aa10c8>, <function _now_plus_periodicity at 0x3aa0aa0>), 'last_finished': (<function _last_finished_strategy at 0x3aa0938>, <function _now_plus_periodicity at 0x3aa0aa0>), 'aligned_last_finished': (<function _aligned_last_finished_strategy at 0x3aa0a28>, <function _now_plus_periodicity at 0x3aa0aa0>), 'last_finished_jitter': (<function _last_finished_strategy_with_jitter at 0x3aa1140>, <function _now_plus_periodicity at 0x3aa0aa0>), 'last_started': (<function _last_started_strategy at 0x3aa09b0>, <function _now_plus_periodicity at 0x3aa0aa0>), 'aligned_last_finished_jitter': (<function _aligned_last_finished_strategy_with_jitter at 0x3aa11b8>, <function _now_plus_periodicity at 0x3aa0aa0>)}

Built in scheduling strategies (used to determine when next to run a periodic callable).

The first element is the strategy to use after the initial start and the second element is the strategy to use for the initial start.

These are made somewhat pluggable so that we can easily add-on different types later (perhaps one that uses a cron-style syntax for example).

DEFAULT_JITTER = Fraction(1, 20)

Default jitter percentage the built-in strategies (that have jitter support) will use.

MAX_LOOP_IDLE = 30

Max amount of time to wait when running (forces a wakeup when elapsed).

__init__(callables, log=None, executor_factory=None, cond_cls=<function Condition at 0x2a4a758>, event_cls=<function Event at 0x2a8f398>, schedule_strategy='last_started', now_func=<function monotonic at 0x32cede8>, on_failure=None)

Creates a new worker using the given periodic callables.

Parameters:

• callables (iterable) – a iterable of tuple objects previously decorated with the periodic() decorator, each item in the iterable is expected to be in the format of (cb, args, kwargs) where cb is the decorated function and args and kwargs are any positional and keyword arguments to send into the callback when it is activated (both args and kwargs may be provided as none to avoid using them)
• log (logger) – logger to use when creating a new worker (defaults to the module logger if none provided), it is currently only used to report callback failures (if they occur)
• executor_factory (callable) – factory callable that can be used to generate executor objects that will be used to run the periodic callables (if none is provided one will be created that uses the SynchronousExecutor class)
• cond_cls (callable) – callable object that can produce threading.Condition (or compatible/equivalent) objects
• event_cls (callable) – callable object that can produce threading.Event (or compatible/equivalent) objects
• schedule_strategy (string) – string to select one of the built-in strategies that can return the next time a callable should run
• now_func (callable) – callable that can return the current time offset from some point (used in calculating elapsed times and next times to run); preferably this is monotonically increasing
• on_failure (callable) – callable that will be called whenever a periodic function fails with an error, it will be provided four positional arguments and one keyword argument, the first positional argument being the callable that failed, the second being the type of activity under which it failed (IMMEDIATE or PERIODIC), the third being the spacing that the callable runs at and the fourth exc_info tuple of the failure. The keyword argument ‘traceback’ will also be provided that may be be a string that caused the failure (this is required for executors which run out of process, as those can not transfer stack frames across process boundaries); if no callable is provided then a default failure logging function will be used instead, do note that any user provided callable should not raise exceptions on being called

__len__()

How many callables are currently active.

__weakref__

list of weak references to the object (if defined)

add(cb, *args, **kwargs)

Adds a new periodic callback to the current worker.

Returns a Watcher if added successfully or the value None if not (or raises a ValueError if the callback is not correctly formed and/or decorated).

Parameters:cb (callable) – a callable object/method/function previously decorated with the periodic() decorator

classmethod create(objects, exclude_hidden=True, log=None, executor_factory=None, cond_cls=<function Condition at 0x2a4a758>, event_cls=<function Event at 0x2a8f398>, schedule_strategy='last_started', now_func=<function monotonic at 0x32cede8>, on_failure=None)

Automatically creates a worker by analyzing object(s) methods.

Only picks up methods that have been tagged/decorated with the periodic() decorator (does not match against private or protected methods unless explicitly requested to).

Parameters:

• objects (iterable) – the objects to introspect for decorated members
• exclude_hidden (bool) – exclude hidden members (ones that start with an underscore)
• log (logger) – logger to use when creating a new worker (defaults to the module logger if none provided), it is currently only used to report callback failures (if they occur)
• executor_factory (callable) – factory callable that can be used to generate executor objects that will be used to run the periodic callables (if none is provided one will be created that uses the SynchronousExecutor class)
• cond_cls (callable) – callable object that can produce threading.Condition (or compatible/equivalent) objects
• event_cls (callable) – callable object that can produce threading.Event (or compatible/equivalent) objects
• schedule_strategy (string) – string to select one of the built-in strategies that can return the next time a callable should run
• now_func (callable) – callable that can return the current time offset from some point (used in calculating elapsed times and next times to run); preferably this is monotonically increasing
• on_failure (callable) – callable that will be called whenever a periodic function fails with an error, it will be provided four positional arguments and one keyword argument, the first positional argument being the callable that failed, the second being the type of activity under which it failed (IMMEDIATE or PERIODIC), the third being the spacing that the callable runs at and the fourth exc_info tuple of the failure. The keyword argument ‘traceback’ will also be provided that may be be a string that caused the failure (this is required for executors which run out of process, as those can not transfer stack frames across process boundaries); if no callable is provided then a default failure logging function will be used instead, do note that any user provided callable should not raise exceptions on being called

iter_watchers()

Iterator/generator over all the currently maintained watchers.

reset()

Resets the workers internal state.

start(allow_empty=False)

Starts running (will not return until stop() is called).

Parameters:allow_empty (bool) – instead of running with no callbacks raise when this worker has no contained callables (this can be set to true and add() can be used to add new callables on demand), note that when enabled and no callbacks exist this will block and sleep (until either stopped or callbacks are added)

stop()

Sets the tombstone (this stops any further executions).

wait(timeout=None)

Waits for the start() method to gracefully exit.

An optional timeout can be provided, which will cause the method to return within the specified timeout. If the timeout is reached, the returned value will be False.

Parameters:timeout (float/int) – Maximum number of seconds that the wait() method should block for

futurist.periodics.periodic(spacing, run_immediately=False)

Tags a method/function as wanting/able to execute periodically.

Parameters:

• spacing (float/int) – how often to run the decorated function (required)
• run_immediately (boolean) – option to specify whether to run immediately or wait until the spacing provided has elapsed before running for the first time

class futurist.periodics.Watcher(metrics)

A read-only object representing a periodics callbacks activities.

average_elapsed

Avg. amount of time the periodic callback has ran for.

This may raise a ZeroDivisionError if there has been no runs.

average_elapsed_waiting

Avg. amount of time the periodic callback has waited to run for.

This may raise a ZeroDivisionError if there has been no runs.

elapsed

Total amount of time the periodic callback has ran for.

elapsed_waiting

Total amount of time the periodic callback has waited to run for.

failures

How many times the periodic callback ran unsuccessfully.

runs

How many times the periodic callback has been ran.

successes

How many times the periodic callback ran successfully.

Miscellaneous

class futurist.ExecutorStatistics(failures=0, executed=0, runtime=0.0, cancelled=0)

Holds immutable information about a executors executions.

average_runtime

The average runtime of all submissions executed.

Returns:average runtime of all submissions executed Return type:number Raises :ZeroDivisionError when no executions have occurred.

cancelled

How many submissions were cancelled before executing.

Returns:how many submissions were cancelled before executing Return type:number

executed

How many submissions were executed (failed or not).

Returns:how many submissions were executed Return type:number

failures

How many submissions ended up raising exceptions.

Returns:how many submissions ended up raising exceptions Return type:number

runtime

Total runtime of all submissions executed (failed or not).

Returns:total runtime of all submissions executed Return type:number

Exceptions

class futurist.RejectedSubmission

Exception raised when a submitted call is rejected (for some reason).

Waiters

futurist.waiters.wait_for_any(fs, timeout=None)

Wait for one (any) of the futures to complete.

Works correctly with both green and non-green futures (but not both together, since this can’t be guaranteed to avoid dead-lock due to how the waiting implementations are different when green threads are being used).

Returns pair (done futures, not done futures).

futurist.waiters.wait_for_all(fs, timeout=None)

Wait for all of the futures to complete.

Works correctly with both green and non-green futures (but not both together, since this can’t be guaranteed to avoid dead-lock due to how the waiting implementations are different when green threads are being used).

Returns pair (done futures, not done futures).

class futurist.waiters.DoneAndNotDoneFutures

Named tuple returned from wait_for* calls.