How to implement a async grpc python server?
As noted by @Michael in a comment, as of version 1.32, gRPC now supports asyncio in its Python API. If you're using an earlier version, you can still use the asyncio API via the experimental API: from grpc.experimental import aio. An asyncio hello world example has also been added to the gRPC repo. The following code is a copy of the example server:
import logging
import asyncio
from grpc import aio
import helloworld_pb2
import helloworld_pb2_grpc
class Greeter(helloworld_pb2_grpc.GreeterServicer):
async def SayHello(self, request, context):
return helloworld_pb2.HelloReply(message='Hello, %s!' % request.name)
async def serve():
server = aio.server()
helloworld_pb2_grpc.add_GreeterServicer_to_server(Greeter(), server)
listen_addr = '[::]:50051'
server.add_insecure_port(listen_addr)
logging.info("Starting server on %s", listen_addr)
await server.start()
await server.wait_for_termination()
if __name__ == '__main__':
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.INFO)
asyncio.run(serve())
See my other answer for how to implement the client.
It can be done asynchronously if your call to res.get can be done asynchronously (if it is defined with the async keyword).
While grpc.server says it requires a futures.ThreadPoolExecutor, it will actually work with any futures.Executor that calls the behaviors submitted to it on some thread other than the one on which they were passed. Were you to pass to grpc.server a futures.Executor implemented by you that only used one thread to carry out four hundred (or more) concurrent calls to EventReporting.ReportEvent, your server should avoid the kind of blocking that you describe.
In my opinion is good simple implementation async grpc server, same like http based on aiohttp.
import asyncio
from concurrent import futures
import functools
import inspect
import threading
from grpc import _server
def _loop_mgr(loop: asyncio.AbstractEventLoop):
asyncio.set_event_loop(loop)
loop.run_forever()
# If we reach here, the loop was stopped.
# We should gather any remaining tasks and finish them.
pending = asyncio.Task.all_tasks(loop=loop)
if pending:
loop.run_until_complete(asyncio.gather(*pending))
class AsyncioExecutor(futures.Executor):
def __init__(self, *, loop=None):
super().__init__()
self._shutdown = False
self._loop = loop or asyncio.get_event_loop()
self._thread = threading.Thread(target=_loop_mgr, args=(self._loop,),
daemon=True)
self._thread.start()
def submit(self, fn, *args, **kwargs):
if self._shutdown:
raise RuntimeError('Cannot schedule new futures after shutdown')
if not self._loop.is_running():
raise RuntimeError("Loop must be started before any function can "
"be submitted")
if inspect.iscoroutinefunction(fn):
coro = fn(*args, **kwargs)
return asyncio.run_coroutine_threadsafe(coro, self._loop)
else:
func = functools.partial(fn, *args, **kwargs)
return self._loop.run_in_executor(None, func)
def shutdown(self, wait=True):
self._loop.stop()
self._shutdown = True
if wait:
self._thread.join()
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------- #
async def _call_behavior(rpc_event, state, behavior, argument, request_deserializer):
context = _server._Context(rpc_event, state, request_deserializer)
try:
return await behavior(argument, context), True
except Exception as e: # pylint: disable=broad-except
with state.condition:
if e not in state.rpc_errors:
details = 'Exception calling application: {}'.format(e)
_server.logging.exception(details)
_server._abort(state, rpc_event.operation_call,
_server.cygrpc.StatusCode.unknown, _server._common.encode(details))
return None, False
async def _take_response_from_response_iterator(rpc_event, state, response_iterator):
try:
return await response_iterator.__anext__(), True
except StopAsyncIteration:
return None, True
except Exception as e: # pylint: disable=broad-except
with state.condition:
if e not in state.rpc_errors:
details = 'Exception iterating responses: {}'.format(e)
_server.logging.exception(details)
_server._abort(state, rpc_event.operation_call,
_server.cygrpc.StatusCode.unknown, _server._common.encode(details))
return None, False
async def _unary_response_in_pool(rpc_event, state, behavior, argument_thunk,
request_deserializer, response_serializer):
argument = argument_thunk()
if argument is not None:
response, proceed = await _call_behavior(rpc_event, state, behavior,
argument, request_deserializer)
if proceed:
serialized_response = _server._serialize_response(
rpc_event, state, response, response_serializer)
if serialized_response is not None:
_server._status(rpc_event, state, serialized_response)
async def _stream_response_in_pool(rpc_event, state, behavior, argument_thunk,
request_deserializer, response_serializer):
argument = argument_thunk()
if argument is not None:
# Notice this calls the normal `_call_behavior` not the awaitable version.
response_iterator, proceed = _server._call_behavior(
rpc_event, state, behavior, argument, request_deserializer)
if proceed:
while True:
response, proceed = await _take_response_from_response_iterator(
rpc_event, state, response_iterator)
if proceed:
if response is None:
_server._status(rpc_event, state, None)
break
else:
serialized_response = _server._serialize_response(
rpc_event, state, response, response_serializer)
print(response)
if serialized_response is not None:
print("Serialized Correctly")
proceed = _server._send_response(rpc_event, state,
serialized_response)
if not proceed:
break
else:
break
else:
break
_server._unary_response_in_pool = _unary_response_in_pool
_server._stream_response_in_pool = _stream_response_in_pool
if __name__ == '__main__':
server = grpc.server(AsyncioExecutor())
# Add Servicer and Start Server Here
link to original:
https://gist.github.com/seglberg/0b4487b57b4fd425c56ad72aba9971be