python asyncio add_done_callback with async def

add_done_callback is considered a "low level" interface. When working with coroutines, you can chain them in many ways, for example:

import asyncio


async def my_callback(result):
    print("my_callback got:", result)
    return "My return value is ignored"


async def coro(number):
    await asyncio.sleep(number)
    return number + 1


async def add_success_callback(fut, callback):
    result = await fut
    await callback(result)
    return result


loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
task = asyncio.ensure_future(coro(1))
task = add_success_callback(task, my_callback)
response = loop.run_until_complete(task)
print("response:", response)
loop.close()

Keep in mind add_done_callback will still call the callback if your future raises an exception (but calling result.result() will raise it).

This only works for one future job, if you have multiple async jobs, they will blocks each other, a better way is using asyncio.as_completed() to iterate future list:

import asyncio

async def __after_done_callback(future_result):
    # await for something...
    pass

async def __future_job(number):
    await some_async_work(number)
    return number + 1

loop = asyncio.get_event_loop()
tasks = [asyncio.ensure_future(__future_job(x)) for x in range(100)]  # create 100 future jobs

for f in asyncio.as_completed(tasks):
    result = await f
    await __after_done_callback(result)

loop.close()